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To-do list:

  • Clean up examples that simply refer to large breasts existing, since the trope is about breasts as a source of comedy (regardless of size, and including male examples involving "man boobs" or fake breasts worn by crossdressing men).
    • Clean up on-page examples.
    • Clean up wicks.

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NOTE: The following thread was proposed by Acebrock. Please give credit to them.


Gag Boobs is another ancient trope that has serious misuse problems. It's for large boobs played for laughs in some way but is more often used for giant boobs in general. A wick check is here and it's bad. I found five examples of giant breasts played for laughs (and two borderline examples that may qualify with a rewrite) out of 64 examples on 52 pages. All the other examples were either just giant boobs in general, sinkholes, or ZC Es.

I suspect the name is part of the problem and think a rename at minimum is the best option. As a proposed name, Hilariously Large Bosom might work (though that may draw similar misuse) or Large Boob Comedy. Alternatively, we could rename and expand the trope to include all examples of breasts in general being used for comedy, instead of just limiting it to large boobs. In which case, I would suggest naming it something like Boob-Based Gag, Comedic Boobs, or something similar.

If it's decided to cut/redirect/disambig the page, unless I'm explicitly forbidden from doing so, I'll grab any examples of boobs being used for comedy and see if there's enough for a TLP. if there is, I'll go ahead and run it.

BTW, the trope description itself admits to widespread trope decay. From there: "Contrary to what widespread Trope Decay would have us believe, this trope is not synonymous with "any pair of breasts bigger than a D cup", but refers specifically to large breasts regularly and intentionally used to comedic effect."

Wick check:

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    Big boobs actually used for comedy 5/ 64 
  • (Laser Hallway) In Good Luck Ninomiya Kun, this trope is combined with gag boobs to comical effect. After much careful sidestepping, eventually Tsukimura Mayu's breast obscures one of the (sensory-only) beams and sets off the security response. Needs a rewrite, though
  • (Characters.Ladies Versus Butlers) Gag Boobs: Selnia boobs are the main source of this. For example, in episode 5, when Sanae trips once again falling onto Akiharu, dessert from his tray lands on Selnia's chest. And it was standing. Even lampshaded by both Tomomi and Akiharu. Again, could stand a rewrite
  • (Characters.Skullgirls Main Characters) Gag Boobs: Certainly not as Gag-worthy as others, but she measures at 36E and lists "Back pain" as one of her dislikes.
    • It's actually made into a constant visual gag, as many of Valentine's animations have her adjusting her top or supporting her breasts as she pulls items from her cleavage.
    • Eliza makes note of her cup size in her pre-round introduction, rather than trash talking like she would with anyone else.
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  • (VideoGame.Tales Of Xillia) Gag Boobs: Not in a direct way, while Milla has big knockers, they instead use Jude's lack of knowledge about that for humor (TEACH ME ABOUT BAZONGAS!). After all, 'bazongas' is a slang word for 'boobs'. Definitely could stand to get more detail, though
  • (VisualNovel.High School Romance Magi Trials) Gag Boobs: When turned into a girl, Shaun finds himself with rather big mammaries. Both he and Charlie poke fun at their size, the latter at one point claiming that she could use them as cupholders.

    Sinkhole 13/ 64 
The links to the trope will be bolded for convenience

    Giant boobs in general 33/ 64 

    ZCE 13/ 64 

Edited by GastonRabbit on Mar 15th 2023 at 1:08:21 PM

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#77: Mar 26th 2023 at 11:48:54 AM

Went through the on-page examples and removed examples that either lacked context (including ones that were already commented out) or didn't mention any comedic aspects. Even then, some of the examples I left only barely mentioned being Played for Laughs, and I left them for now because I didn't want to be too overzealous when removing examples (though I don't feel bad about having to cut so many examples considering the wick check only found five correct examples in the off-page examples, and the fact that on-page examples are bad as well is never a good sign).

Edit: In other news, we're below 300 wicks, and I had to cut a lot of them for lacking context and/or lacking the gag aspect.

Edited by GastonRabbit on Mar 26th 2023 at 2:05:25 PM

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#79: Mar 26th 2023 at 10:28:38 PM

Alright, all that's left is the wick cleaning administrivia page, an archive, and two indices it's expected to be on (appearance trope cleanup and the trope report dummy edition). I think we're done here.

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Trope Repair Shop: Gag Boobs
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Gag Boobs is heavily misused, and it was decided to rename it to something that more clearly matches the definition. What should its new name be?

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