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* [[DownplayedTrope Downplayed]] with Vasily "Vas" Vorishkin" in ''ComicBook/TheBoys''. He's known as the Love Sausage because of "fifteen inches of sheer dynamite", and is generally chummy and unbothered with his package. However, it still proves problematic as the blood that went to his erection when chasing one of Little Nina's henchmen through a strip club stops him in his tracks. It also looks somewhat awkward in his skin-tight superhero suit.

* Played for horror in ''ComicBook/ThePunisherMAX'': During "The Naked Kill" arc, Frank ends up investigating and hunting down a group of HumanTraffickers making [[SnuffFilm Snuff Films]]. The "star" is Eleventhree, who gets that name from his length ''while flaccid''. When erect he's so big that he literally rapes women to death.

* ''Film/Bedazzled2000'': [[DefiedTrope Defied]] when Elliot makes his fourth wish with a JackassGenie. Because his third wish gave him a TeenyWeenie as a side effect, he takes care to specify that he become well-endowed, but ''reasonably'' so.

* ''Literature/EarthsChildren'', the Ice Age travelogue ''cum'' RomanceNovel, uses this to characterize the male LoveInterest. Jondalar's BiggusDickus is such a plot point that a FanNickname for him is "Dongalar," but he learned early that his size could prove uncomfortable to the receiver, and has spent his life having to hold back. Part of the justification Ayla being his OneTrueLove is her UniqueProtagonistAsset of being the first person with sufficient, err, ''capacity'' to accept him fully.

* ''Literature/EarthsChildren'', the Ice Age travelogue ''cum'' RomanceNovel, uses this to characterize the male LoveInterest. Jondalar's BiggusDickus is such a plot point that a FanNickname for him is "Dongalar," but he learned early that his size could prove uncomfortable to the receiver, and has spent his life having to hold back. Part of the justification Ayla being his OneTrueLove is a UniqueProtagonistAsset, the first person with sufficient, err, capacity to accept him fully.

* In ''VideoGame/SummertimeSaga'', this is an attribute of the Main Character and gets him a lot of attention, some of which he might prefer not to have or would seek to opt out of. For one thing, the bulge is hard to conceal in situations where this is inappropriate, and this can cause embarrassment. It is also the case that in this "dating sim" some "dates" see not so much the MC as a penis with a late teenage boy attached.

# Another problem is hiding [[RagingStiffie unwanted erections]] and bulges, it will be embarrassing if the public sees an erection that you can't hide. In other cases, a bulge can be so big that it's difficult to [[OrAreYouJustHappyToSeeMe hide under your clothes]] and people may [[AccidentalPervert make some wrong assumptions about you]]. On that note, buying clothes will also be problematic since you can only buy a certain size, fit, or brand so it doesn't cause any pain, show bulges, or be uncomfortable for the wearer. Wearing shorts and swimwear will be an unpleasant sight if the wearer doesn't factor in their ''size'' before purchase.

# Another problem is hiding [[RagingStiffie unwanted erections]], it will be embarrassing if the public sees an erection that you can't hide. In other cases, if a bulge is so big that it's difficult to [[OrAreYouJustHappyToSeeMe hide under your clothes]] then people may [[AccidentalPervert make some wrong assumptions about you]]. On that note, buying clothes can also be problematic since you can only buy a certain size, fit, or brand so it doesn't cause any pain, show bulges, or be overall uncomfortable for the wearer.

# Another problem is hiding [[RagingStiffie unwanted erections]], it will be embarrassing if the public sees an erection that you can't hide. In other cases, if a bulge is so big that its difficult to [[OrAreYouJustHappyToSeeMe hide under your clothes]] then people may [[AccidentalPervert make some wrong assumptions about you]]. On that note, buying clothes can also be problematic since you can only buy a certain size, fit, or brand so it doesn't cause any pain, show bulges or be overall uncomfortable for the wearer.

Given the usual view towards dick size, this is usually done comedically, such as a subversion to general thought. However the idea that penis size is best modest has been present in some cultures, like in UsefulNotes/AncientGreece where a large dick size was seen as lustful and hedonistic. If big enough, it might even run the risk of an OutWithABang scenario.

[[folder:Anime and Manga]]

* ''Anime/PantyAndStockingWithGarterbelt'': This proves to be problematic for Brief when he has sex [[spoiler:with Panty]]. Because how large his dick is, it ends up being a painful experience for her. Admittedly part of that was also due to her hymen being restored.

[[folder:Comic Books]]
* [[DownplayedTrope Downplayed]] with Vasily "Vas" Vorishkin" in ''ComicBook/TheBoys''. He's known as the Love Sausage because of "fifteen inches of sheer dynamite", and is generally chummy and unbothered with his package. However it still proves problematic as the blood that went to his erection when chasing one of Little Nina's henchmen through a strip club stops him in his tracks. It also looks somewhat awkward in his skin-tight superhero suit.
* ''ComicBook/TheInternship'': Emery and Andy's first attempt at sex is aborted when Emery's largeness proves too painful for Andy. As a result, they resolve to start over [[spoiler:with Emery on the receiving end]].

[[folder:Films -- Live-Action]]

* ''Film/LadySnowblood'': When the blackmailer Genjiro reveals his gigantic penis, the reaction from Oyuki, the title character, is not adulation, but horror. He's is aware of the implications of his large penis, noting that one that large will usually cause the receiving woman serious pain. (In the manga it was made clear that Oyuki was a lesbian.)

[[folder:Literature]]

* Subverted in the book ''Literature/TheGodfather'' by Sonny Corleone, who finds a DistaffCounterpart in Lucy Mancini, a woman whose vagina is also overly large. When Sonny's wife find out he's cheating on her, she's actually relieved that she doesn't have to have as much sex with him anymore. This plot is AdaptedOut of the movie except for a brief ContinuityNod that shows Sonny's wife visually describing to some friends the size of ' equipment.
* In the classic Russian erotic poem ''Luka Mudischev'' by Creator/IvanBarkov, the title character is a sexually-frustrated ImpoverishedPatrician whose 14 inch-long penis denies him any kind of romantic liaison, at least, until an equally frustrated merchant widow takes an interest in him. [[spoiler:Unfortunately, Luka's tool immediately proves too much even for her, leading to both of them suffering rather ignoble [[OutWithABang deaths]].]]
* ''Literature/RenZhaFanPaiZiJiuXiTong'': whereas in the original version of ''[[ShowWithinAShow Proud Immortal Demon Way]]'' played BiggerIsBetterInBed straight, Shen Yuan mocked the author for his "elementary school-level" understanding of sex. When Shen Yuan as Shen Qingqiu has sex with Luo Binghe, the latter's large size and inexperience makes the experience very painful and unpleasant. This is part of the greater RealityEnsues that a man with a large penis and no sexual experience might not be automatically good at sex.

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[[folder:Mythology And Religion]]
* ''Myth/ClassicalMythology'': Having an oversized penis was often characterized as a sign of absurdity, and being a slave to lust. The god known for large penis size, Priapus, was a comical figure and ironically impotent, and the well-endowed satyrs are depicted as primitive beings often distracted by their own sex drive. While centaurs had typical sizes for their horse bodies, the large members of their horse bodies was seen as another indicator of their rowdy, lustful nature.

[[folder:Video Games]]
* In ''VideoGame/SummertimeSaga'', this is an attribute of the Main Character and gets him a lot of attention, some of which he might prefer not to have or would seek to opt out of. For one thing, the bulge is hard to conceal in situations where this is innappropriate, and this can cause embarrassment. It is also the case that in this "dating sim" some "dates" see not so much the MC as a penis with a late teenage boy attached.

[[folder:Webcomics]]
* ''WebComic/{{Oglaf}}'': A rather absurd example in "The Yoke", when a proposed "cock tax" causes all the well-endowed people to rebel and demand an end to their oppression, which includes "pleasuring size queens" and cock puppet shows, which are ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin.

[[folder:Web Original]]
* In ''Literature/SpaceBeasts'', this is one of the reasons that most [[InterspeciesRomance interspecies couples]] are human boy/[[UpliftedAnimal humanimal]] girl. Bill, for example, is a little nervous about having sex because of a particularly bad BedmateReveal he suffered in his past ([[WhatDidIDoLastNight he got drunk]] and [[OutWithABang accidentally killed his partner]]). Kate also reminisces about a very well-endowed Shetlan Pony humanimal and the troubles she had with him, which makes Ichabod (who remembers Marzipan making an offhand comment about Ichabod's penis size) rather alarmed. Bill tells him not to worry.
* ''WebOriginal/VirginVsChad'': Both [[TheAce Chad]] and his even better counterpart, Thad, are portrayed with sizable bulges, Thad's being even bigger, as one of the ways they're manlier and cooler than the TeenyWeenie [[ButtMonkey Virgin]]. However Lad, being an exaggeration of Chad to the point of being grotesque, has an unnaturally and inhuman-sized bulge. This typically prevents him from even having sex and is so heavy he's sometimes depicted needing to carry it with a wheelbarrow, and along with [[MuscleAngst unwieldy muscles]] it's one of the ways he's depicted worse than the Virgin despite being further on the Chad scale.

[[folder:Western Animation]]
* In a episode of ''WesternAnimation/AquaTeenHungerForce'', Carl uses the enlarge function of Frylock's shrink ray to give himself an ''absurdly'' large penis, to the extent that he asks Frylock for a wheelbarrow to carry it out, and giant STD crabs start jumping out of it and flooding the house.

# Another problem is hiding [[RagingStiffie unwanted erections]], it will be embarrassing if the public sees an erection that you can't hide. In other cases, if a buldge is so big that its difficult to [[OrAreYouJustHappyToSeeMe hide under your clothes]] then people may [[AccidentalPervert make some wrong assumptions about you]]. On that note, buying clothes can also be problematic since you can only buy a certain size, fit, or brand so it doesn't cause any pain, show bulges or be overall uncomfortable for the wearer.

# Another problem is hiding [[RagingStiffie unwanted erections]], it will be embarrassing if the public sees an erection that you can't hide. In other cases, if a buldge is so big that its difficult to [[OrAreYouJustHappyToSeeMe hide under your clothes]] then people may [[AccidentalPervert make some wrong assumptions about you]]. On that note, buying clothes can also be problematic since you can only buy a certain size, fit, or brand so it doesn't cause any pain, show buldges or be overall uncomfortable for the wearer.

# Another problem is hiding [[RagingStiffie unwanted erections]], it will be embarrassing if the public sees an erection that you can't hide. In other cases, if the unerect penis is so big that it's difficult to hide under your clothes then people may make some wrong assumptions about you. Buying clothes can also be problemaic since you can only buy a certain size or certain brand so it doesn't cause any pain or discomfort.

* ''Literature/EarthsChildren'', the Ice Age travelogue ''cum'' RomanceNovel, uses this to characterize the male LoveInterest. Jondalar's BiggusDickus is such a plot point that a FanNickname for him is "Dongalar," but he learned early that his size could prove uncomfortable to the receiver, and has spent his life having to hold back. Part of the justification behind MainCharacter Ayla being his OneTrueLove is that she is the first person with sufficient, err, capacity to accept him fully.

* ''WebComic/SomethingPostive'': Jason is stated to be well endowed enough that some of his past girlfriends refused to have sex with him. Fortunately, his eventual wife Aubrey has no problem with it.

* ''Manga/InterspeciesReviewers'': In the core group of [[SexTourism Interspecies Reviewers]] it's the [[OurAngelsAreDifferent angel]] Crimvael who has the largest size ([[{{Hermaphrodite}} along with some other anatomy]]), which given his {{Adorkable}} nature he's embarrassed by. Given his job is to review different brothels, the size can prove a hindrance; he is outright refused entry by the fairy brothel because he's too big to be compatible with even [[BigBeautifulWoman the largest fairy]].

Gender-inverted in ''Film/MeanGirls''. A girl mentions she got in the Burn Book for "lying about [her] virginity" since she uses jumbo tampons, but she claims it's really an unfortunate combination of having a naturally wide vagina and heavy flow.

Gender-inverted in ''Film/MeanGirls''. A girl mentions she got in the Burn Book for "lying about [her] virginity" since she uses jumbo tampons, but she claims it's really an unfortunate combination of having a wide vagina and heavy flow.

* In the ''WesternAnimation/SouthPark'' episode "Erection Day", Jimmy has a nightmare that he has a giant boner at the school talent show. Everyone in the audience mocks him because of this.

* ''Literature/RenZhaFanPaiZiJiuXiTong'': whereas in the original version of ''[[ShowWithinAShow Proud Immortal Demon Way]]'' played BiggerIsBetterInBed straight, Shen Yuan mocked the author for his "elementary school-level" understanding of sex. When Shen Yuan as Shen Qingqiu has sex with Luo Binghe, the latter's large size and inexperience makes the experience very painful and unpleasant. Which part of the greater RealityEnsues that a man with a large penis and no sexual experience wouldn't be automatically good at sex.

* ''Manga/LadySnowblood'' Genjiro's entire motivation for his criminal schemes is so he can buy a boat ticket to Europe where white prostitutes won't be scared away by his size (or so he hopes).

* [[DownplayedTrope Downplayed]] with Vasily "Vas" Vorishkin" in ''ComicBook/TheBoys''. He's known as the Love Sausage because of "fifteen inches of sheer dynamite", and is generally chummy and unbothered with his package. However it still proves problematic as the blood that went to his erection when chasing one of Little Nina's henchmen through a strip club stops him in his track. It also looks somewhat awkward in his skin-tight superhero suit.

* ''Manga/InterspeciesReviewers'': In the core group of [[SexTourism Interspecies Reviewers]] it's the [[OurAngelsAreDifferent angel]] Crimvael who has the largest size([[{{Hermaphrodite}} along with some other anatomy]]), which given his {{Adorkable}} nature he's embarrassed by. Given his job is to review different brothels, the size can prove a hindrance; he is outright refused entry by the fairy brothel because he's too big to be compatible with even [[BigBeautifulWoman the largest fairy]].

Given the usual view towards dick size, this is usually done comedically, such as a subversion to general thought. However the idea that penis size is best modest has been present in some cultures, like in Ancient Greece where a large dick size was seen as lustful and hedonistic. If big enough, it might even run the risk of an OutWithABang scenario.

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* In ''SexAndTheCity'', Samantha briefly dates a man with this issue. He purposely seeks Samantha because of her reputation for being sexually adventurous, but this proves too much even for her.

* ''WebOriginal/VirginVsChad'': Both [[TheAce Chad]] and his even better counterpart Thad are portrayed with sizable bulges, Thad's being even bigger, as one of the ways they're manlier and cooler than the TeenyWeenie [[ButtMonkey Virgin]]. However Lad, being an exaggeration of Chad to the point of being grotesque, has an unnaturally and inhuman-sized bulge. This typically prevents him from even having sex and is so heavy he's sometimes depicted needing to carry it with a wheelbarrow, and along with [[MuscleAngst unwieldy muscles]] it's one of the ways he's depicted worse than the Virgin despite being further on the Chad scale.

* In a episode of ''WesternAnimation/AquaTeenHungerForce'', Carl uses the enlarge function Frylock's shrink ray to give himself an ''absurdly'' large penis, to the extent that he asks Frylock for a wheelbarrow to carry it out and giant STD crabs start jumping out of it and flooding the house.

Sub-trope of GagPenis and SpearCounterpart to DCupDistress. The opposite BiggerIsBetterInBed, when a large package is preferable. Contrast TeenyWeenie, when the lack of size is problematic.

* In-universe example; ''Film/FullMetalJacket'' has a Vietnamese hooker not wanting to have sex with a [BlackIsBiggerInBed black Marine]] because she's worried it's too big for her. He demonstrates it isn't.

* In ''Film/MagicMikeXXL'', Big Dick Richie's arc revolves around the fact he can't find a woman who can handle his, well, big dick. He laments that as a result of his huge penis, he hasn't had ''actual'' sex in months. The culmination of his arc is meeting a MILF who can handle said big dick.

* In-universe example; ''Film/FullMetalJacket'' has a Vietnamese hooker not wanting to have sex with a black Marine because she's worried it's too big for her. He demonstrates it isn't.

# Regardless of personal preferences, someone's nethers can only stretch and fit so much; if a guy's penis is too big for his partner's orifices then intercourse will be awkward, physically painful, or even outright impossible.

# Truly extraordinary size can make it difficult or even impossible to sustain an erection due to blood-flow complications making any degree of performance impossible.

* Regardless of personal preferences, someone's nethers can only stretch and fit so much; if a guy's penis is too big for his partner's orifices then intercourse will be awkward, physically painful, or even outright impossible.
* It assumes that intercourse is all there is to sex, thereby demonstrating certain failures of knowledge and imagination. Some women are unable to climax solely from vaginal stimulation and excessive length may prevent them from receiving the additional vulval and clitoral stimulation they need.
* Truly extraordinary size can make it difficult or even impossible to sustain an erection due to blood-flow complications making any degree of performance impossible.
* While size can matter to women, girth benefits them more than length, and both take a back seat to technique because female genitals can accept a reasonable range of "inputs." One size does indeed fit all, so long as the "all" knows what they are doing.

When it comes to the size of a man's private parts, it's often thought that "bigger is better", [[BiggerIsBetterInBed especially in the bedroom]]. Often the same is said [[BuxomIsBetter about women and breasts]]. However sometimes [[DCupDistress like breasts]] having a larger package can prove problematic. The reason is usually at least one of the following.

* It assumes that intercourse is all there is to sex, thereby demonstrating certain failures of knowledge and imagination. Some women are unable to climax solely from vaginal stimulation and excessive length may prevent them from receiving the additional vulval and clitoral stimulation they need

* In ''Series/SexInTheCity'', Samantha briefly dates a man with this issue. He purposely seeks Samantha because of her reputation for being sexually adventurous, but this proves too much even for her.