History Main / BuxomBeautyStandard

* So thinks the sexist director of the [[ShowWithinAShow Film Within A Film]] at the heart of ''Film/SymbiopsychotaxiplasmTakeOne''. As his crew is filming in the park he says "Where's that woman with the tits?" On cue, the camera whirls and captures a busty blonde riding through the park on a horse. "Get her, get her, [[{{Gainaxing}} they're bouncing]]", he says.

* ''Manga/DontToyWithMeMissNagatoro'': A rather hilarious scene has Nagatoro's friends commenting that there's no way Senpai can compete with the Art Club's President (who painted a self-portrait ''nude'', showing off her large chest and rear). Gamo-chan teasingly states that while there's a "market for slender girls", when it comes to winning a popularity contest, size is power. At which point, she, Yoshi, and Sakura are intentionally [[{{Gainaxing}} bouncing their large chests]] to help illustrate the point, much to [[ACupAngst poor Nagatoro's irritation]].

* ''Film/MacheteKills''. When Miss San Antonio takes off her top to have sex with our hero, a message on the screen advises the audience to put on their 3D glasses now.[[note]]Extremely ironic, considering her actress, Creator/AmberHeard is fairly small in real life.[[/note]]

* ''Film/MacheteKills''. When Miss San Antonio takes off her top to have sex with our hero, a message on the screen advises the audience to put on their 3D glasses now.[[note]]Extremely ironic, considering her actress, [[Creator/AmberHeard]] is fairly small in real life.[[/note]]

* ''Film/MacheteKills''. When Miss San Antonio takes off her top to have sex with our hero, a message on the screen advises the audience to put on their 3D glasses now.

* ''LightNovel/{{Higehiro}}'': In the protagonist's own words:

* ''LightNovel/TheFamiliarOfZero'':
** Several of the women, particularly Henrietta and Siesta, utilize this trope in an attempt to seduce Saito. [[ACupAngst Louise]] is [[ClingyJealousGirl not too happy]] about that.
** Tiffania's breasts are often called to "debate" by many of the male characters in the series. And all like them.

* The title character in ''LightNovel/HaruhiSuzumiya'' thinks this. Gets {{lampshade|Hanging}}d by [[DeadpanSnarker Kyon]], of course.
-->'''Kyon:''' So, you brought this girl, Ms. Asahina, up here just because she happens to be cute, tiny, and extremely well-endowed?
-->'''Haruhi:''' That's right.

* ''LightNovel/{{Higehiro}}'': In the protagonist's own words:
-->'''Yoshida:''' I only [[LikesOlderWomen like older women]] with big tits.
** Also:
-->'''Sayu:''' Aren’t F-cups you can touch better than the H-cups you can’t?
* ''LightNovel/HighSchoolDxD'':
** While Issei Hyoudou loves women of all shapes and sizes, his favorite ones are the ones with big boobs.
** In the side story ''EX'', it's revealed that Issei's [[KidFromTheFuture future children]] have this belief due to the fact that their mothers are all busty. Yes, this even includes Asia and Koneko.

* ''LightNovel/SoICantPlayH'': Ilia's a blonde bombshell and a popular teen idol, thanks to her F-cup breasts ([[FakeBoobs which are actually just padding]]).

* ''LightNovel/TrappedInADatingSimTheWorldOfOtomeGamesIsToughForMobs'': Leon does not even try to hide that his favorite type of women are the ones with big busts, to the point it's a RunningGag.
--> '''Leon''': Do you seriously think I only judge people by their bust size?\\
'''Luxion''': [[BluntYes Yes]].

* ''WebVideo/MothersBasement'': Geoff Thew knows what he likes in a waifu. For example, when reviewing ''Anime/PrincessConnectReDive'', in a video where he's already made it clear that as well as her personality he appreciates Pecorine's bust, he starts talking about how ''LightNovel/KonoSuba'' only exhibited a certain quality when dealing with a few secondary characters like Wiz, with all the buildup seeming to be about ''Princess Connect'''s sincerity and heart...before delivering the BaitAndSwitch that he's actually talking about, quote, "some of the best-animated huge anime titty I have ever seen in my entire life," before rhapsodising about how round and bouncy they are.

* Played with in ''[[OppaiSensouKyonyuuVsHinnyuu Oppai Sensou ~Kyonyuu vs. Hinnyuu~]]'' (literally: Breast Wars ~Big Breasts vs. Tiny Breasts~). The struggle between large-breasted women and flat-chested women to determine which is superior has escalated to full-on war. Women are literally murdering each other in an attempt to prove this trope is true (or [[PetitePride untrue]]).

* ''Literature/RingForJeeves'': "Bill, as I remember it, was always more of a lad for the buxom, voluptuous type."

* The premise of ''Manga/ManyuHikencho'' takes this trope UpToEleven. The size of a woman's chest not only determines a woman's attractiveness but her wealth and worth in society as well. Small breasted women are outcasts and well-endowed women are showered with wealth and power.

The logical opposite to ACupAngst, DCupDistress, and PetitePride (though in different ways), and the DistaffCounterpart both to BiggerIsBetterInBed, which applies BiggerIsBetter to penis size and quality of sex, and the male half of MuscleAngst, which equates attractiveness with larger muscles. When it is paired in some way with another female with a smaller chest, then it's a BustContrastDuo.

* "Brick House" by The Commodores is all about admiring a voluptuous woman's figure. ("The lady's stacked and that's a fact").

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%% '''Please refrain from adding any more examples; this is ''NOT'' a list of all real-life people with bigger than average breasts.'''
* The Trope Name itself. The word "buxom" did not originally mean "large-breasted". Even the looser sense of "beautiful or attractive" is recent; see the OED for a full history. But ''of course'' an attractive woman's attributes include big breasts-- [[InsaneTrollLogic and why else would the words start with the same letter?]]
* [[BreastExpansion Breast enlargening]] surgery is called breasts ''enhancement'' or ''augment'' surgery because of this trope. They are a major business.
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dnEZIAMqOio "The Buxom Bandit"]]-- a woman who held up a gas station in Australia getting a lot of attention for her being "ample" and wearing a low-cut top. Even though she physically attacked the cashier and threatened him with a knife, the story mostly elicits jokes and suggestive comments about her big breasts.
* Sex workers (escorts, strippers, and porn stars) often get breast augmentation because it's been proven that large-breasted women make more money in that line of work.
* A stripper named Cynthia Hess a.k.a. Chesty Love once filed augmentation surgery that left her with a 56FF bust as a business expense on her taxes. When the IRS disagreed, she took the matter to court and defended herself by saying that the surgery was to help bring in better tips. She won the case after she becomes the rare person to fulfill all three prongs of the rule for a business deduction. She showed that 1) the breast enhancement (H cup) was too big for non-business/personal use, 2) that they only had a business use. She showed that she had to wear a specially made bra and spent her non-working hours in bed or sitting because they caused pain, and 3) she had the implants removed after she finished her career as a stripper.
* This is surprisingly averted with most porn stars. [[http://jonmillward.com/blog/studies/deep-inside-a-study-of-10000-porn-stars/ A study showed that the average female porn star's bra size was a B-cup.]]
* There has been at least one published research paper showing that female lawyers with small breasts are less likely to win cases than their larger breasted counterparts.
* Linse Kessler is famous for having the biggest breasts in the whole of Denmark. And she's so proud of them that she often tells people that "big boobs are the best". She even founded strip clubs to embrace this trope further.
* This is actually averted in real life in some cases. A study showed that men don't always prefer larger breasts to smaller breasts if the large breasted women had a high waist-to-hip ratio because it either made her look pregnant or matronly.
* Creator/ArielWinter's breast reduction (to ease her physical discomfort, and stop TMZ from ogling over them) did not go down well with some of her male fans, [[MaleGaze to put it politely]]-- even though she still has an average chest. That said, she did confess she didn't want to go completely flat.
* In 1999, Creator/PamelaAnderson had her breast implants removed because she was tired of her reputation for being "all boobs, no brains." But a few years later, she decided she missed having big boobs and got new implants that were even bigger than her old ones.
* May have been played straight in prehistory. Breast milk is, in the age before any major medical advancement, the panacea of the ancient world. It is filled with nutrients, minerals, and antibodies that ensures a significant increase in survival as long as you continue to drink it. A study suggests that early humans, while not understanding why it was so beneficial, would have fed not only their own children but other couples' children for as long as possible. For those that don't know, milk is expensive to make biologically speaking but that issue is rectified by increasing storage instead of production. This in turn makes breasts bigger in the process
* Averted in Classical Rome; large breasts were seen as comedic or as a sign of old age. Small breasts were seen as the ideal because they were associated with youthful beauty.
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** In ''Literature/TheTruth'', the LemonyNarrator goes on a tanget describing how various aspects of Sacharissa's face would have been considered attractive in different eras. The narration then adds that her conservative fashion sense does little to hide the fact that she also has "a well-crafted supply of other features that never go out of fashion at all and are perfectly at home in any century."

** According to Wicke, her boss Lusamine clicks pretty much every standard of female beauty, large breasts, where Wicke has her beat.

** According to Wicke, her boss Lusamine clicks pretty much every standard of female beauty, except this one, where Wicke has her beat.
** May, who in canon was rather (in)famous for being the bustiest of Ash's female companions (at least until [[ItMakesSenseInContext she seemingly aged backwards]]), is well-endowed for a 14-year-old, enough to pass off [[YoungerThanTheyLook for an older teenager.]]
** Several in-story female characters [[spoiler:who are all but stated to be Ash's half-sisters]] have large breasts, on top of being [[StatuesqueStunner rather tall and considered physically attractive.]]

** May, who in canon was rather (in)famous for being the bustiest of Ash's female companions (at least until [[ItMakesSenseInContext she seemingly aged backwards]]), is well-endowed for a 14-year old, enough to pass off [[YoungerThanTheyLook for an older teenager.]]

* ''Film/{{Suzy}}'': Andre's buddy approves of Suzy, who is planed by the curvaceous Creator/JeanHarlow.

* ''Film/ThatLittleBandOfGold'': Creator/FattyArbuckle and his buddy Ford sneak out of the opera, Ford's women trailing behind. The women exit and the friend shucks off her coat, revealing a lush curvaceous figure. Ford grins and makes the universal "hourglass" sign with his hands. (Ford's wife is much more slender.). Fatty for his part makes a beeline for the friend, refusing Ford's attempt to palm his wife off on Fatty.

** In ''Literature/{{Snuff}}'' when Lady Sybil tells Sam that one of the Gordon daughters who are seeking husbands is self-conscious about her bosom, Sam makes a valiant attempt at keeping a straight face as he suggests that finding a husband may not be as difficult as she believes. When he actually meets her he thinks "Men would be queuing up to fight over you. Why has nobody told you?"