History Main / UnfortunateCharacterDesign

* All of the rubber bands in ''WesternAnimation/BandsOnTheRun'' look more like used condoms than anything.

* ''Franchise/{{Digimon}}'': The Savers redesign of Yatagaramon also suffers from this. He has a white mane that really stands out thanks to his mostly black and purple design. Said mane is [[http://dma.wtw-x.net/DMA/DigimonStands/Toei/Seppi/Crowmon.jpg braided into a single rope that dangles freely with a bell to each side of it.]] Guess we should call the savers version the four legged crow. Also, the very un-wendigo-like Wendigomon from the first ''02'' movie has been compared to a minstrel show for its facial features.

* ''VideoGame/FireEmblemGaiden'' has the infamous "Dong Armor"--most visibly on [[https://i.imgur.com/CoiDppA.png the cover of the game]], Alm's suit of armor has a massive segmented crotchpiece that dangles between his legs. It was removed completely for his redesign in the remake, unsurprisingly, though it returned for one of his alternate designs in ''VideoGame/FireEmblemHeroes'', too much rejoicing.

* The [[https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/d/d1/2024_Summer_Olympics_logo.svg/800px-2024_Summer_Olympics_logo.svg.png 2024 Paris Olympics]] logo shares a resemblance to a woman's face or more specifically, a face of a [[https://knowyourmeme.com/memes/karen Karen]].

* Pokey/Porky Minch's sprite in ''{{VideoGame/EarthBound}}'' made him look like a cyclops due to his real eyes being obscured by his hair.
* ''VideoGame/FireEmblemGaiden'' has the infamous "Dong Armor"--most visibly on [[https://i.imgur.com/CoiDppA.png the cover of the game]], Alm's suit of armor has a massive segmented crotchpiece that dangles between his legs. It was removed completely for his redesign in the remake, unsurprisingly, though it returned for one of his alternate designs in ''VideoGame/FireEmblemHeroes'', to much rejoicing.

** As soon as the titular villain of ''[[VideoGame/SonicBoom Sonic Boom: Rise of Lyric]]'' begins flying around, he looks a little too much like a sperm for comfort. Considering [[GameBreakingBug what the rest]] [[ChristmasRushed of the game]] [[ObviousBeta has to offer]], though, this is the ''least'' of your worries.

* Sakura's character select artwork in ''VideoGame/StreetFighterIV'': Just try to unsee [[http://danbooru.donmai.us/post/show/413959/ this image]] (site is {{NSFW}}).

* Don Flamenco of ''VideoGame/PunchOut'' has a long nose with large nostrils, looking not unlike a certain genitalia. However, considering this is ''[[ChickMagnet Don Flamenco]]'' we're talking about, this was likely intentional.

** One of the most famous is probably the ambassador from [[https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/alphacentauri3_3714.jpg Alpha Centauri]] in [[Recap/DoctorWhoS9E2TheCurseOfPeladon "The Curse of Peladon"]] and its [[SequelEpisode Sequel Story]] [[Recap/DoctorWhoS11E4TheMonsterOfPeladon "The Monster of Peladon"]]. The cloak she's wearing is a last minute attempt to cover it up. The complaint simply changed from "It looks like a giant dick," to "It looks like a giant dick with a cloak on." There was even some speculation that she could be a ''companion'' for a while, though the design soon put paid to that.

** Silver the Hedgehog, whose debut in ''VideoGame/SonicTheHedgehog2006'' meant the addition of a third new main hedgehog to the [[VideoGame/SonicTheHedgehog series]]. Except one of the very first things just about everyone noted about his design is that his head quills look like a marijuana leaf[[note]]It's meant to based on the [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Acer_palmatum Japanese maple]] leaf, which happens to look like the cannabis leaf[[/note]]. This (combined with the fact he has a friend named Blaze) led to a lot of [[TheStoner stoner]] jokes. One of the most notable was WebVideo/BrainScratchCommentaries coining the FanNickname "Pothead the Porcupine".

* ''[[VideoGame/KuroNoKenSwordOfDarkness Kuro no Ken: Sword of Darkness]]'', an old RPG for the [=PlayStation=], have some serious design flaws thanks to it's static animation and graphic limitations. For instance, your hero have a special move where he sheathes and unsheathes his sword rapidly, causing repetitive damage to his opponents, but given his sword being sheathed at around groin level and his hand movements [[https://youtu.be/0DFRe4GxygQ?t=15409 it looks more like he's having]] ADateWithRosiePalms. (In the middle of a fantasy battle no less!)

** Its predeccessor, ''VisualNovel/PhoenixWrightAceAttorneyTrialsAndTribulations'', gives us Luke Atmey, who has a particular character sprite that was ''supposed'' to be [[https://vignette.wikia.nocookie.net/aceattorney/images/9/99/Atmey_Breaks_2.gif/revision/latest?cb=20100329184301 laughing crazily]], but due to his left arm moving in a back-and-forth motion accompanied by a happy look on his face, more than a few gamers have said that it looks more like he's, erm... [[ADateWithRosiePalms pleasuring himself]].

* In its sequel, ''VideoGame/NierAutomata'', there are the [[https://nier.fandom.com/wiki/1st_Machine_War?file=NA_Emil_SS2.png incredibly phallic-looking aliens]], as well as the giant orb bosses So-Shi and Boku-Shi, both of which have a hole on their backside that occasionally lets out a [[CreepyCentipedes linked-sphere type machine]], bringing to mind anal parasites such as tapeworms.

* ''ComicBook/SonicTheHedgehogArchieComics'': Issue 247 ends with the [[CreepyDoll Tails Doll]] transforming into an EldritchAbomination set to take on Team Freedom. To put it bluntly, [[https://static.wikia.nocookie.net/sonic/images/4/41/Tails_Doll_CREEPY%21.jpg/revision/latest?cb=20130406174806 it looks like a penis and testicles with a vagina in the middle]], plus [[TentacledTerror tentacles]].

* In ''VideoGame/XenobladeChronicles2'', one of the blades you can summon, Dahlia, has boobs larger than her head; they're clearly [[BuxomBeautyStandard meant to be attractive]], but their sheer size comes off as ridiculous for a lot of people.
** There’s also Dagas, who has some exposed skin around his crotch area, which makes it look like his penis is showing or that he has a vagina.

* A really surprising number of the 1980s BattleBeasts figures were like this, with their cybernetic armor sporting crotch fins, guns, sliding panels, or just highly suspicious protrusions.

* ''WesternAnimation/SmilingFriends'' has an in-universe example with the forest demon. He is a black humanoid with a large mouth and branches on his head that act as hair. When the demon accidentally invades a Halloween party, the guests think that he’s a human dressed up as {{Blackface}}. After he unsuccessfully tries to tell the them the truth and that he just naturally looks like that, they proceed to [[DisproportionateRetribution beat him to death, devour his insides, and light the corpse on fire.]]

* In ''VideoGame/NierAutomata'', there are the [[https://nier.fandom.com/wiki/1st_Machine_War?file=NA_Emil_SS2.png incredibly phallic-looking aliens]], as well as the giant orb bosses, which have a hole on their backside that occasionally lets out a[[CreepyCentipedes linked-sphere type machine]], bringing to mind anal parasites such as tapeworms.

* ''WesternAnimation/SmilingFriends'' has an in-universe example with the forest demon. He is a black humanoid with a large mouth and branches on its head to act as hair. When the demon accidentally invades a Halloween party, the guests think that he’s a human dressed up as {{Blackface}}. After he unsuccessfully tries to tell the them the truth and that he just naturally looks like that, they proceed to [[DisproportionateRetribution beat him to death, devour his insides, and light the corpse on fire.]]

* ''WesternAnimation/SmilingFriends'' has an in-universe example with the forest demon. He is a black humanoid with a large mouth and branches on its head to act as hair. When the demon accidentally invades a Halloween party, the guests think that he’s a dressed up as {{Blackface}}. After he unsuccessfully tries to tell the guests the truth and that he just naturally looks like that, they proceed to [[DisproportionateRetribution beat him to death, devour his insides, and light the corpse on fire.]]

* In ''VideoGame/NierAutomata'', there are the [[https://nier.fandom.com/wiki/1st_Machine_War?file=NA_Emil_SS2.png incredibly phallic-looking aliens]], as well as the giant orb bosses, which have a hole on their backside that occasionally lets out a couple of [[CreepyCentipedes linked-sphere type machines]], bringing to mind anal parasites such as tapeworms.

* In ''VideoGame/NierAutomata'', there are the [[https://nier.fandom.com/wiki/1st_Machine_War?file=NA_Emil_SS2.png incredibly phallic-looking aliens]], as well as the boss So-Shi, which has a hole on its backside that occasionally lets out a couple of [[CreepyCentipedes linked-sphere type machines]], bringing to mind anal parasites such as tapeworms.

* In ''VideoGame/NierAutomata'', there are the [[https://nier.fandom.com/wiki/1st_Machine_War?file=NA_Emil_SS2.png incredibly phallic-looking aliens]].

* The Zaranites (an alien species who fortunately only appeared showed up as background extras) in ''Film/StarTrekTheMotionPicture'' have a ''serious'' case of [[https://vignette.wikia.nocookie.net/memoryalpha/images/a/ac/Zaranites.jpg/revision/latest?cb=20160818214611&path-prefix=en penis-head syndrome.]]

* ''Film/Dune2021'': In this adaptation, the [[SandWorm Shai-Hulud]] lack the [[FlowerMouth petal-like pedipalps]] they are usually depicted with, having [[LampreyMouth round ones ringed with baleen-like teeth]] instead. Director Denis Villeneuve claimed the change was intended to make the Shai-Huluds' mouths look like an 'eye of God'. Many fans were quick to point out that it also made them look like anuses ''with teeth''.

** As for the bosses in ''Skyward Sword'', [[https://zelda.fandom.com/File:SS_The_Imprisoned_Render.png The Imprisoned]] looks like a giant black pinecone with stubby legs and an anus on top, and [[https://zelda.fandom.com/File:SS_Tentalus_Render.png Tentalus]] looks like the chubby child of [[WesternAnimation/MonstersInc Mike Wazowski and Celia]].

* In ''VideoGame/XenobladeChronicles2'', one of the blades you can summon, Dahlia, has boobs larger than her head; they're clearly [[BuxomIsBetter meant to be attractive]], but their sheer size comes off as ridiculous for a lot of people.

** Magikoopas usually wear blue robes, but PaletteSwap versions of them appear as enemies in ''VideoGame/PaperMario64''. One of which wears a white robe, and is described as "a member of the Koopa Clan" in its tattle log.