History Main / GagLips

When applied to black characters, this carries a cargo of UnfortunateImplications. Exaggerated, oversized lips are a key element of {{blackface}}, so having this trait appear on a black-coded character can come across as a BlackfaceStyleCaricature whether intentional or not. This was common in [[TheThirties '30s']] and [[TheThirties '40s']] animated cartoons, which often used allusions to MinstrelShows as a ParentalBonus. See also AshFace for a similar gag.

Compare GagNose, BalloonBelly, and InflatingBodyGag. Not to be confused with BigLippedAlligatorMoment, though the TropeNamer of that trope has these.

* ''Manga/HoshinEngi'': used as a gag on a secondary character who's usually TheStoic: when Hiko Ko's sworn brothers are complaining about Seiki's too spicy cooking, said member says nothing but sports humongous, red swollen lips with a pained expression. Played straight later with gonky female Madonna, a morbidly obese ogress of a woman with giant lips.

* Soban the ugly gang member from a rival school from Anime/UruseiYatsura has massive lips that take up most of his face, when he tries to kiss Shinobu she’s afraid he will end up swallowing her.

* Hildagaard Rail in the story Sky Highway from the original ''Comicbook/{{Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles|Mirage}}'' comic book series, #30. She was a mutated German woman who had lips so big they took up most of the space on her face, going practically from ear to ear and forehead to chin. Otherwise, she was very well endowed, had long legs and an hourglass figure. When Raphael attempted to leave Hilda she grabbed him by the tales of his bandana and gave him a giant kiss goodbye against his wishes. The lipstick mark she left on his face covered his entire beak.

* ''WebVideo/DragonBallZAbridged'': Semi-Perfect Cell, designed by Akira Toriyama, appears to have unusually full lips; "unusual" in that his Imperfect and Perfect forms not only lack this trait, but they're weirdly human ''flesh-toned'', to boot. When Piccolo sees them for the first time, he doesn't exactly know how to react:
--> '''Piccolo''': [[UnfortunateCharacterDesign I'm kind of offended by his lips]]. Am I ''allowed'' to be offended by his lips?!
--> '''Krillin''': Are you offended by [[{{Blackface}} Mr. Popo's]] lips?
--> '''Piccolo''': Wait! Can we ''talk'' about ''that''?!

* ''WesternAnimation/AllDogsGoToHeaven'': King Gator, the giant alligator that Charlie and Anne-Marie encounter in the New Orleans sewers, has massive lips. This is where the "Big Lipped" part of BigLippedAlligatorMoment comes from.

* In ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons'' episode "[[Recap/TheSimpsonsS2E12TheWayWeWas The Way We Was]]", Marge takes a taxi home from her senior prom after her date with Artie Ziff got too handsy at MakeOutPoint. The taxi driver asks who's going to pay, and Marge angrily tells him to send the bill to "Baron von Kiss-A-Lot". [[CutawayGag Cut to]] a European castle where [[RealJokeName a man with enormous lips]] gets the bill and demands to know "Who's the wise guy?"

* ''WesternAnimation/TeenTitans'': In one episode, Robin is forced to take a villain's bratty teenage daughter to her prom, or else the villain would let his swarm of mutant moths overrun the city. During the evening, the girl attempts to kiss Robin, who now tells her his teammates captured her father and stopped his plan. The girl reveals she has the device that will release the moths. Believing that he now has no other choice but to let her kiss him, the girl begins to pucker up, causing her lips to become fuller and red. In the next shot, the girl's lips, as well as her face, becomes even more toony and gag-looking. Thankfully, Robin blocks the kiss with his finger, causing her lips to revert back to normal.