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Since Most Writers Are Male and Buxom Is Better, there are a lot of female characters with... uh... prominent chests. This trope is about the common ways these women are depicted reacting to their situation. Again, remember Most Writers Are Male and All Men Are Perverts.
This trope can also apply to the girl who's the first to grow breasts. It's not too different, since often in fiction this will overlap with her having the largest assets when she's a teen/adult (and vice versa), but this isn't entirely Truth in Television.
A female character's reaction to possessing large breasts tend to fall into five basic archetypes, each one being usually associated with certain character types and Stock Phrases (or variations thereof):
Type 1: Embarrassment - "Please don't stare.": Gets very flustered by being the focus of attention—most particularly if it's from her secret crush.
- Common character types: Shrinking Violet, Yamato Nadeshiko, Reluctant Fanservice Girl.
Type 2: Resentment - "I wish I never had them.": A somewhat frequent evolution of Type 1. Thinks she's Blessed with Suck, even when others disagree.
- Common character types: Shrinking Violet, Broken Bird, Reluctant Fanservice Girl.
Type 3: Indifference - "So I'm bigger than average. Big deal.": Not only does she not exploit it, she may even have no real care for having such "assets" but is usually neutral about this issue. These ladies might show some traces of Type 4, as they are not necessarily against the idea of looking sexy with their outfits, but don't plan on relying on their sex appeal; however, while they might not try to exploit their "talents", the Artists/Animators/Camera View will almost certainly do it for them.
- Common character types: Ice Queen (and its sub tropes), Ojou (type I).
Type 4: Pride - "When you've got it, you should flaunt it!": Prone to parading their "assets" in the presence of male company (or female company, for homosexual ones... Or both, for bisexuals), sometimes with a little extra bounce in their step, and may often brag about them, unknowingly in front of less fortunate, usually younger and self-conscious female characters. Likely to view their "development" as a way to get what they want, they are proud of their physical attractivenesss. Also unlikely to openly tease distracted young men for staring too long, as it makes them feel hot.
- Common character types: Ethical Slut / Good Bad Girl, Femme Fatale / The Vamp, Lovable Sex Maniac, Ojou (type II), The Tease, Shameless Fanservice Girl.
Type 5: Ignorance - "Why do men keep running into lamp posts while looking at me?": This is a girl who is so innocent/oblivious/naive that she genuinely can't make the connection between the increase of male accident rates in her presence and where their eyes are straying to.
- Common character types: Innocent Fanservice Girl.
For self-image with smaller assets, compare A-Cup Angst and its opposite, Petite Pride.
Type 5 examples[]
Anime and Manga[]
- Komoe Harumachi, the smallest girl in the cast, has even bigger breasts than the other Eiken examples, and yet is completely oblivious to their Male Gaze-drawing effect whenever she bounces, which is too often for Densuke's taste and mental health.
- Orihime Inoue from Bleach mostly falls under this.
- Kenichi: The Mightiest Disciple: Kosaka Shigure: Not only doesn't seem to care about her rather large chest, but she doesn't even consider them to be big.
- Hadzuki from Koe de Oshigoto!! never realized boys weren't looking at her face until she was explicitly told so.
Literature[]
- Sacharissa Cripslock veers between this and indifference.
Movies[]
- Melody from Josie and the Pussy Cats. Not so much in the movie, where the car crash happened because of the sign that said "Honk if you love pussycats," rather than due to her figure.
Web Comics[]
- Didi from Ménage à 3 is extremely well-endowed, but doesn't seem to notice her effect on people.
Western Animation[]
- An episode of Duckman has Duckman and Cornfed keeping watch over a pair of twins who have enormous breasts twice as big as their heads, they are completely ignorant as to why men are always staring at them.
Multi-Type Examples[]
Note: "Multi-Type" is strictly limited to cases where a single character simultaneously qualifies for two or more of the above types; "evolving" from one type to another is not "Multi-Type".
Anime and Manga[]
- Manyu Hikencho revolves around this, depicting a society where a woman's social status depends entirely on her breast size. Type 4 is most common, but the main character has been known to demonstrate more than one type at once. Mostly combinations of Type 1-3.
- Rin Todoriki starts Mahoromatic in the "Please don't stare" camp; ends the series in the "When you've got it, you should flaunt it" camp.
Comic Books[]
- Clover from Blue Monday might fit this. While she doesn't like being objectified and often dresses conservatively, she has no problem using her breasts as a weapon (literally "punching" a guy in the face with them at one point). Also, instead of being embarrassed about her boobs, she just gets snippy or violent. It should be noted that Blue Monday's writer is a woman, which may be why Clover doesn't easily fall under any of the above types.
- Power Girl depending on the writer. She knows she has big breasts, and so does everyone else. She has also cited them as the reason she doesn't need to wear a mask, while at the same time being embarrassed when she was used to distract a young teen supervillain. She more seems to take offense at people who assume she only has a good body and no brains.
- Gina Diggers from Gold Digger was originally a severe Type 5 bordering on Asexuality. She specifically remembers thinking: "Jinkies! Where did those come from?!" when Brittany pointed them out the day she awakened her sex drive. Now, the flits between Types 3 and 4, depending on the situation (or the guy(s) in question).
Live Action TV[]
- Max in Two Broke Girls is both Type 3 and 4, with jokes in several episodes referencing her (and actress Kat Dennings') large breasts, with her reaction ranging from indifference to acknowledgement.
Video Games[]
- Tear Grants from Tales of the Abyss is both Type 1 and 3. Most of the time her huge breasts are not an issue whatsoever, but when they're pointed out in skits (specially when she wears a revealing outfit), she shows some minor embarrasment.
- In the Animated Adaptation, though, she's a total Type 3.
Web Comic[]
- Sister Germany of Scandinavia and The World. Types 2 and 3.
- Chloe in Eerie Cuties was surprised by all the attention after her "growth spurt". Later she did see what's going on, that's when she learned to use succubus abilities, which includes shapeshifting, so most of the time she was enjoying a form that won't strain her back this much.
Web Original[]
- Rationalist/atheist/humorist vlogger Laci Green is a mix of types 3 and 4 — she'd prefer to be known for something other than her immense bustline, but sees no reason to be ashamed of it either.
- She made a whole video addressing her bust size and how it related to her vlogging, decrying the people who said she should cover up while admitting she doesn't mind fanboys who want her to show more.
Western Animation[]
- Bebe in South Park—and the boys who are going crazy over her are also ignorant of why. Only Wendy Testaburger seems to know what's going on.
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Bebe's Mom: Oh, women in our family are always told we are smart and wonderful! |
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- By a point, in the episode, Bebe's fed up with the special treatment. She does attempt to get them reduced so she'd be treated like, well, normal but gets shrugged off. Eventually, she resolves the issue by wearing a cardboard box which gets the boys to realize that she's, quote, as "lame as she ever was".