History Main / UnfortunateCharacterDesign

** With ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyXII''[='=]s character design being extremely realistic, Vaan's drawn-on chest... shadow... things seem very much out of place. Depending on who you ask, they either look like really odd sunburns, or signs of emaciation.

* ''Film/HomeAlone2LostInNewYork'': In the Game Boy version, the ending screen has Kevin [=McCallister=] raising his fist in victory over the Sticky Bandits. Due to the hand being undetailed, it could easily be mistaken for either him missing his hand or flipping the bird.

* There's absolutely nothing weird about Claude C Kenny's character design in ''VideoGame/StarOceanTheSecondStory'' when viewing his artwork, and it's pretty easy to tell he's wearing a beige jacket in the original game's sprites. However, in the 2023 remake, which brightens the sprites colors a bit, [[NudeColoredClothes the coloration of his jacket on his sprite is so close to his skin color]] that if you're playing on a small screen, his sprite sort of looks like he's wearing a virgin killer sweater with white tights, especially from the back.

* There's absolutely nothing weird about Claude C Kenny's character design in ''VideoGame/StarOceanTheSecondStory'' when viewing his artwork, and it's pretty easy to tell he's wearing a beige jacket in the original game's sprites. However, in the 2023 remake, which brightens the sprites colors a bit, [[NudeColoredClothes the coloration of his jacket on his sprite is so close to his skin color]] that if you're playing on a small screen, his sprite sort of looks like he's wearing a virgin killer sweater with white tights.

* There's absolutely nothing weird about Claude C Kenny's character design in ''VideoGame/StarOceanTheSecondStory'' when viewing his artwork, and it's pretty easy to tell he's wearing a beige jacket in the original game's sprites. However, in the 2023 remake, which brightens the sprites colors a bit, [[NudeColorClothes the coloration of his jacket on his sprite is so close to his skin color]] that if you're playing on a small screen, his sprite sort of looks like he's wearing a virgin killer sweater with white tights.

* In ''VideoGame/XenobladeChronicles2'', Dagas has some exposed skin around his crotch area, which makes it look like his penis is showing or that he has a vagina.

* Near end of ''Manga/YakitateJapan'', [[spoiler:Kirisaki]] transforms into a giant hulking bread monster made of all the breads the Pantasia team has ever made over the course of the series...with Suwabara's turtle bread covering his crotch. Even better, when he's finally defeated, he shoots his crotch-turtle at Azuma as a DesperationAttack.

* ''ComicBook/SonicTheHedgehogArchieComics'': Issue 247 ends with the [[CreepyDoll Tails Doll]] transforming into a MechanicalAbomination set to take on Team Freedom. To put it bluntly, [[https://twitter.com/semifreqsonic/status/1409154799879196673 it looks like a penis and testicles with a vagina in the middle]], plus [[TentacledTerror tentacles]]. Luckily for the creative team, the issue in question happened to be the last one before the CosmicRetcon-inducing ''Worlds Collide'' crossover, allowing for the creature to be [[https://static.wikia.nocookie.net/archiesonic/images/e/ee/Newer_Tails_Doll.jpg/revision/latest redesigned]] for its returning appearance after the event.

* During D23 Expo 2022, Disney would unveil a special WesternAnimation/MickeyMouse ear hat and WesternAnimation/MinnieMouse ear headband intended to celebrate the company's [[MilestoneCelebration 100th anniversary]]. However, the design they went with is um… [[https://disneydiary.com/2022/09/you-can-pre-order-platinum-mickey-and-minnie-ears-for-disneys-100th-anniversary/ questionable to say the least]]. The idea was that they've been splashed with platinum paint. However, many have noted it looks like they've been splashed by a certain white bodily fluid instead. The fact that the item description on the [=shopDisney=] site says Mickey and Minnie are "[[AccidentalInnuendo dripping with excitement]]" only makes it worst. Likely in response to this, Disney would quietly change the item description to rid the "dripping with excitement" part a few days after the intial listing, before they ultimately decided to delist both hats from the store shortly after.

** There's at least two instances where they lampshade that Peter's chin looks like a pair of testicles: once when the FCC is censoring RealLife and they debate whether Peter's face needs to be censored because of it, and [[BrickJoke again when Peter is stroking his chin in thought]] before it comes off in his hand. He exclaims "Agh! How did these get up here?", then [[RuleOfFunny sticks his "chin" into the front of his pants]].

* A common joke about Argentine comic character ComicStrip/{{Gaturro}} is how his giant cheeks make his face look a butt.

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* Near end of ''Manga/YakitateJapan'', [[spoiler: Kirisaki]] transforms into a giant hulking bread monster made of all the breads the Pantasia team has ever made over the course of the series...with Suwabara's turtle bread covering his crotch. Even better, when he's finally defeated, he shoots his crotch-turtle at Azuma as a DesperationAttack.

--> '''Marik:''' By the way, what is that thing on your crotch? You know, that dragon-head thing?\\

* The statue atop [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Burnside_Fountain the Burnside Fountain]] in Worcester, Massachusetts has become infamous for its, um, ''suggestive'' posing. Officially called ''Boy with a Turtle'' but known colloquially as ''Turtle Boy'', the statue is of a naked boy riding on the back of a turtle - however, it looks a lot like [[BestialityIsDepraved the boy is “riding” the turtle in a different manner.]]

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** ''Beast Wars'' Blackarachnia was made into [[ShowAccuracyToyAccuracy a more feminine figure compared to her toy]] being a PaletteSwap of Tarantulas. She later got a Transmetal II figure that was designed to translate more easily into the show, but the logistics of making a feminine figure had designers concerned about her looking naked, but ended up making her look like she is wearing a bikini. Furthermore, due to last minute changes her BreastPlate was a last minute add on and able to be easily removed... with the attachment plugs on her chest in unfortunate places.

* The titular character of ''WesternAnimation/{{Bing}}'' is an anthropomorphic rabbit who looks somehwat like a Blaxkface caricature with a cleft lip.

%% Please explain what makes these two characters look high, then uncomment.
%% * From the ''WesternAnimation/{{Arthur}}'' episode "Arthur's Birthday" the woman working as a cashier who suggests blowing square breaths for square balloons to D.W. looks high.
%% * This may or may not have been intentional, but the head cat of Birds Anonymous from the ''WesternAnimation/LooneyTunes'' short of the same name appears to be high.

** One unit of Catholic Knights introduced in the last arc has uniforms [[ShownTheirWork accurately modeled after Spanish penitents]] (as seen in the picture above), which unfortunately is also how post-''Film/{{The Birth of a Nation|1915}}'' [=KKK=] members dress. ''WebVideo/HellsingUltimateAbridged'' ran with this by making one of them an ''actual'' Klansman.

** Ganon's sprite design in ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaI'' has confused a lot of people with some of his poses. Is he pretending to be a {{catgirl}} when Link walks in?
** This same game attempted to give Link irises and pupils. Actually, since each eye is two pixels high, he just looks like he has four eyes, which is talked about [[http://www.cracked.com/blog/video-game-zoology-how-5-8-bit-characters-would-really-look/ here.]]

*** The Wizzrobe's design is quite reminiscent of KKK robes, right down to the colour.

** ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaTwilightPrincess'''s Ooccoo is infamous for looking like it has 4 pairs of exposed saggy breasts because of some extremely badly placed markings combined with suggestive feather shapes.
** [[http://www.zeldadungeon.net/wiki/images/5/5e/Bucha.jpg Bucha]] the Kikwi elder from ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaSkywardSword'' is shaped like a scrotum. Really, the [[https://zelda.fandom.com/Kikwi Kikwis]] as a whole look like scrotums, but Bucha most of all.
** As for the bosses in ''Skyward Sword'', [[https://zelda.fandom.com/wiki/The_Imprisoned The Imprisoned]] looks like a giant black pinecone with stubby legs and an anus on top, and [[https://zelda.fandom.com/wiki/Tentalus Tentalus]] looks like the chubby child of [[WesternAnimation/MonstersInc Mike Wazowski and Celia]].

** Zero of the ''Videogame/MegaManX'' series is notorious for having a pair of {{Power Crystal}}s in an unfortunate placement. It's made even better in ''VideoGame/MegaManX4'' when he yells what sounds like "titties!" when he uses the Shippuuga / Hurricane Fang move.

* ''ComicBook/SonicTheHedgehogArchieComics'': Issue 247 ends with the [[CreepyDoll Tails Doll]] transforming into a MechanicalAbomination set to take on Team Freedom. To put it bluntly, [[https://twitter.com/semifreqsonic/status/1409154799879196673 it looks like a penis and testicles with a vagina in the middle]], plus [[TentacledTerror tentacles]]. Luckily for the creative team, the issue in question happened to be the last one before the CosmicRetcon-inducing ''Worlds Collide'' crossover, allowing for the creature to be [[https://static.wikia.nocookie.net/archiesonic/images/e/ee/Newer_Tails_Doll.jpg/revision/latest?cb=20140108224048 redesigned]] for its returning appearance after the event.

* ''VideoGame/BahamutLagoon''
** Yoyo's battle sprite from makes it seem like she has a giant chin, due to her clothes' neckline making her neck look like it's part of her face. (Thankfully, gets a better sprite halfway through the game.)

* Similar to ''Domestikator'', the statue atop [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Burnside_Fountain the Burnside Fountain]] in Worcester, Massachusetts has become infamous for its, um, ''suggestive'' posing. Officially called ''Boy with a Turtle'' but known colloquially as ''Turtle Boy'', the statue is of a naked boy riding on the back of a turtle - however, it looks a lot like [[BestialityIsDepraved the boy is “riding” the turtle in a different manner.]]

* ''TabletopGame/YuGiOh'':
** Guess where the biggest drill on [[http://yugioh.wikia.com/wiki/Drillago Drillago]] is. Not to mention the two drills on its boobs.
** Some character designs are unfortunate enough to set off the censors. Such as [[http://yugipedia.com/wiki/Card_Artworks:Flying_Fortress_SKY_FIRE Flying Fortress SKY FIRE]], which has a very conspicuous missile stack between its legs that's missing from the international artwork. Or the pointy bit between [[https://yugipedia.com/wiki/Card_Artworks:Bicular Bicular's]] wheels.

** In a crossover with UnfortunateImplications is the Ninth Edition version of [[http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?multiverseid=82951 Paladin en-Vec]], which depicts a knight wearing what appears to be a KKK hood. Even worse, it's a white knight with protection from black.

* ''ComicBook/{{Saga}}'' has a completely G-rated example[[note]]from a series which is ''not'' G-rated, mind you[[/note]]: Hazel starts off as a baby with nubby little horns, who's usually got a white blanket covering her head (over the horns) and a blue blanket covering her body. [[http://vignette1.wikia.nocookie.net/sagacomic/images/8/87/Hazel.jpg/revision/latest?cb=20120818042305 It makes her look like Finn from]] ''WesternAnimation/AdventureTime'', which [[http://www.comicbookresources.com/?page=article&id=40756 the artist regrets]].

* ''Animation/FairyTaleSitsOnTheDoorstep'': A lot of the Eldritch Abomination resemble KKK Hoods, especially when one steals the pointed hat of the main character and puts it on. Given that the animation is from Soviet Latvia, it's pretty unlikely that they intended to promote American White Supremacy

* The Zaranites (an alien species who fortunately only appeared 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.]]
* The Great Goblin's throat from ''Film/TheHobbitAnUnexpectedJourney'' resembles a scrotum.

* More than a few viewers have noted the resemblance of Tinker the Clown from ''Film/TheNutcrackerIn3D'' to [[MonsterClown John Wayne Gacy]] in his makeup.
* ''Film/Dune2021'': In this adaptation, the [[SandWorm Shai-Hulud]] lack the [[FlowerMouth petal-like pedipalps]] they are usually depicted with, having [[LampreyMouth round mouths 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''.

* [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Capirote Capirotes]] (pictured above), hoods which are worn by penitents during Holy Week processions in Spain, are pointy, occasionally white, and completely cover the face apart from eye holes. They have nothing to do with the UsefulNotes/KuKluxKlan and in fact predate it by hundreds of years. This has led to a rather unfortunate recurring example of this trope in AnimeAndManga; the Klan obviously isn't a thing in Japan, so the capirote has not been [[GuiltByAssociation stained by association with them]] like in the US, but it ''has'' become commonly used as [[HighlyConspicuousUniform cliche bad guy attire]] thanks to the RuleOfCool, leading to all sorts of potential awkwardness during localization. For instance, Neo-Atlantis from ''Anime/NadiaTheSecretOfBlueWater'', who all dress up in a manner reminiscent of Klan-members despite having absolutely nothing in common with the RealLife organization.

* ''TabletopGame/BattleTech'' has had its share of unfortunate-looking mechs over the years. One of the original machines to have issues is the [[https://www.sarna.net/wiki/File:3025_Stalker1.jpg Stalker]], whose design has been compared to a sex-toy with legs pretty much since it was introduced. Another one is the [[https://www.sarna.net/wiki/File:ArcticFox.jpg Arctic Fox]], which has an unfortunate resemblence to a heavily-armed toilet. The Dragonfire is a particularly egregious example, having a large cannon protruding from, for lack of a better word, its ''crotch.''

* A really surprising number of the 1980s Toys/BattleBeasts figures were like this, with their cybernetic armor sporting crotch fins, guns, sliding panels, or just highly suspicious protrusions.
* The [[GodCreatedCanonForeigner toyline exclusive]] ''WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic'' character; Emerald Ray has a cutie mark resembling the [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deepwater_Horizon_oil_spill BP]] [[http://theiranproject.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/BP-logo.jpg Logo.]]
** Emerald Ray has ''nothing'' on [[https://derpibooru.org/115333 Walking Talking Pinkie Pie.]] The plug covering the screw that holds the toy's battery lid closed is located ''[[https://derpibooru.org/115336 right beneath the tail]]''. So... you need to yank the plug out from beneath the tail and then screw it to turn the toy on... [[Creator/GeorgeCarlin I sense I've gone too far]].
* It's quite common for a [[Franchise/{{Transformers}} Transformer]] to have some sort of unintentionally amusing crotch design. A ''particularly'' unfortunate example is [[http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Image:Scattershot_toy.JPG Scattershot.]] That silver-bordered black shape? That's a heat-sensitive sticker that you're supposed to activate by ''rubbing.'' And if that weren't bad enough, he can easily be mistransformed so that the nose and cockpit of his spaceship mode is protruding forward from there instead. The [[http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Image:G1Megatron_toy.jpg original toy of Megatron]] is likewise infamous for having a trigger on his crotch. There are also a good number of Mini-Cons that have unfortunately-placed [[CombiningMecha Powerlinx]] [[AccidentalInnuendo connectors]].

** Transformers toy designers don't seem to be all too familiar with dinosaur anatomy, as at least two such figures have gimmicks located in unpractical places. The ''WesternAnimation/BeastWars'' Dinobot mold (and its repaints, remolds) has a rod sticking out of its cloaca that you have to push in to activate a feature; while ''Anime/TransformersCybertron'' Beast Megatron has a Cyber Key slot in the same place. (Apparently it's because tails frequently end up as arms or arm-wielded weapons in robot mode. Apparently, Hasbro didn't think fans would realize this means in beast mode you're shoving things '''directly''' where the sun don't shine. Which means, [[RuleOfThree apparently]], Hasbro doesn't know kids very well.)

** A good number of planes, such as G2 Smokescreen, have a design where the front part of the plane becomes the upper body, leading to a plane canopy in their chest and the nosecone on their crotch, but it's not especially noticeable. Beast Machines Ultra Jetstorm, meanwhile, has a long, flexible cockpit with a bulbous head, designed to "look around" in vehicle mode. In robot mode, it's tucked between his legs, but still has working joints and can hang low or point forward with relative ease. Yep, it's the first Transformer to have an articulated wang.
** WebVideo/TJOmega released a video called [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jf7CGdDVzCM Top 5 Inappropriate Transformers]] on this subject, featuring a variety of questionable designs, misbehaving gimmicks and oddly placed kibble.

** The Classics/Henkei Sideswipe and Sunstreaker figures have a pair of oddly placed circular details right on the bottom of their crotch that look fine from most angles other than the front.

* A lot of bootleg transforming dinosaur toys have their dino-heads ending up in questionable places in robot mode, hence ''Transformers'' fans dubbing them "Dinocock Prime".
* Torch/Fire from ''{{Toys/Slizer}}'' has his head between his legs, while Granite/Rock's action feature requires you to repeatedly push a giant rod into a hole on his butt.
* The rhino-like Vako from the ''Toys/{{Bionicle}} Master Builder'' set used a bent "pipe" piece for a tail that connected at the bend in its middle, so half of it stuck backwards like a tail, and the other half hung between the legs due to there being no friction to hold the piece in place. Worse, both ends were outfitted with an extension, not just the tail part that was ''meant'' to be seen.
** [[https://biosector01.com/wiki/File:Set_Stronius.png Stronius]] from the Glatorian Legends series has an extra long protrusion on the bottom of his torso armor with a widened tip, which looks okay from the side but hugely questionable from the front as it hangs way below his belt line. For what it's worth, his packaging art tried to hide it.
* [[https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/I/81DyEpEVqTL._SL1500_.jpg Catty Noir]] from ''Toys/MonsterHigh'' was meant to resemble a black cat, but her bright pink lips against black skin has been criticized for looking more like a {{blackface}} caricature.
* There's a ''{{ComicBook/Punisher}}'' toy that was infamously recalled because the first part of its transformation into a pistol results in the gun barrel coming out of its crotch.
* ''Franchise/JurassicPark'' has a Utahraptor in one of the early toylines that has leg kick action. Unfortunately, the button to activate the legs is placed beneath its tail, right behind its pubic bone, and it's been the, er, butt, of a few jokes.
* Narrowly averted when the original ''Franchise/TeenageMutantNinjaTurtles'' toyline came out. The first action figures were set to give the Turtles tails, which [[ComicBook/TeenageMutantNinjaTurtlesMirage their Mirage counterparts]] did have. While tails did work on the characters in the two-dimensional drawings, in the 3-D mock-ups, they ended up looking rather... phallic. So the tails were removed, and the Turtles were never depicted having tails since.

* ''Franchise/KingdomHearts'':
** ''VideoGame/KingdomHeartsII'': [[https://www.khwiki.com/File:Dusk_(Nobody)_(Art).png This Dusk]] looks a little happy to see our keyblade hero.
** In the ending of ''VideoGame/KingdomHeartsIII'', an animation bone issue makes it look like Axel has [[https://twitter.com/bustersvvord/status/1113145300426866688 an incredibly huge, freakish, dislocated giant thumb]].

* ''[[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 masturbating]]. (In the middle of a fantasy battle no less!)

** The new animation used for Cactuars in ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyXV'' gives them what appear to be [[http://kotaku.com/a-closer-look-at-cactuar-ass-1796910121 really tight, cute butts]].
* Most golems in ''VideoGame/BaldursGate'' wear loincloths that look just a little too much like giant flapping dongs.
* The ''VideoGame/{{Drakengard}}'''s wyrms have tails that resemble giant penises, not helping is the fact that the tail tends to dangle between their legs 99% of the time.
* ''Franchise/SonicTheHedgehog'':
** The Carnival Night Zone miniboss, along with the bosses of Marble Garden and Flying Battery Zones in ''VideoGame/Sonic3AndKnuckles'' suffer from rather phallic designs. It doesn't help the flames it shoots are also suggestive in shape.
** Silver the Hedgehog, whose debut in ''VideoGame/SonicTheHedgehog2006'' meant the addition of a third new main hedgehog to the [[Franchise/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".

** The Moblins in ''Skyward Sword'' blatantly look like their anuses are exposed because of the way their scant, thin loincloth is designed, which is made worse by how the player is encouraged to stab them in the ass a lot when fighting them because they block their front with wooden shields, and there is a big height difference. They also clearly have pierced, tasseled nipples which are animated to jiggle.
* ''Franchise/SuperMarioBros'':
** Mario in the original ''VideoGame/SuperMarioBros1'' has eyes shaped like letter "L"s. It's possible they were supposed to look like they were reflecting light, but that doesn't excuse the fact that his head is permanently twisted at a 90 degree angle to the rest of his body.
*** There's also Toad in the same game whose sprite could be mistaken for him FlippingTheBird at the player.
** ''VideoGame/SuperMarioSunshine:'' There is a DummiedOut enemy that is essentially a three eyed giant onion with a suspicious looking hole that it poops out enemies from. Why [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kDVZSkalR-U Tramplin' Stu]] even made it past the concept stage and got semi-programmed is a mystery.
** 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 "one of the magicians in the Koopa Clan" in its tattle log.
* In ''VideoGame/KingsQuestIII'', because of the limitations of the graphics, the protagonist's sprite has, for eyes, a solid line of red pixels, making him look like ComicBook/{{Cyclops}}.
* In the Xen level of ''VideoGame/HalfLife1'' the Gonarch's egg-sack looks like a huge scrotum. That said, with such a name, it definitely is intentional, at least according to ''VideoGame/HalfLife2: Raising the Bar''.

* The dragons in ''VideoGame/{{Adventure}}'' look less like dragons and more like [[WebAnimation/HomestarRunner freakin' ducks]].
* The player character in the NES game ''VideoGame/CodeNameViper'' has the same three-color palette limitations as most sprites did in the era. Brown was used for his hair and outline and green for his jacket and boots, while a pinkish flesh tone was used for his skin... and ''[[NudeColoredClothes his pants]]'', which has the very unfortunate effect of making him look like he's undertaking his mission with no pants at all.
* The [[PunnyName Orc Chasm]] in ''VideoGame/KingdomOfLoathing'' is shaped quite a bit like a vagina, though given the name this was probably intentional. The valley beyond it was originally represented by two mountains a short distance apart from each other with a row of trees at the bottom, looking uncannily similar to two knees and pubic hair. This was allegedly accidental on the artist's part, and it was eventually edited to use the same graphic as its predecessor. The level 9 quest was revamped again in August 2012, and the Valley of Rof'lm'fao was split off into a separate zone that used the original graphic.
* [[http://www.gamesradar.com/the-worst-box-art-of-2007/ This article]] should tell you everything about what's wrong with the box art for [[VideoGame/TouchDetective Touch Detective 2 1/2.]]
* Barricade from ''VideoGame/TransformersUniverse'', [[https://tfwiki.net/wiki/Barricade_(WFC) according to TFWiki]], has a crotch shaped like [[Film/{{Transformers}} Bonecrusher's]] face.
* Pokey/Porky Minch's sprite in ''VideoGame/{{EarthBound|1994}}'' 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.

* 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, most of whom (with the sole exception of Hegel) have a hole on their backside that occasionally lets out a [[CreepyCentipedes linked-sphere type machine]], bringing to mind anal parasites such as tapeworms.

* ''Franchise/MegaMan'':
** The Yellow Devil MK-II in ''VideoGame/MegaMan3'' is supposed to have manly pectorals, but to some it looks like it has a pair of boobs.
** Zero of the ''Videogame/MegaManX'' series is notorious for having a pair of {{Power Crystal}}s in an unfortunate placement. It's made even better in ''VideoGame/MegaManX4'' when he yells what sounds like "titties!" when he uses the Shippuuga / Hurricane Fang move.
** Oil Man in ''VideoGame/MegaManPoweredUp'' is an UncleTomfoolery who resembled a blackface caricature in the Japanese release. International releases changed his black parts to blue and made his lips yellow, but it still didn't help that the character still acts like a stereotype. The [[ComicBook/MegaManArchieComics Archie comic]]'s depiction of Oil Man is blue with a red scarf covering his mouth at all times.
** In ''VideoGame/MegaMan11'', Impact Man has the ability to transform into a three-pronged piece of mining equipment with a disturbing resemblance to a fidget spinner.
** Rospark from ''VideoGame/MegaManZX Advent'' has a giant metal horn protruding from a very unfortunate place [[https://i.pinimg.com/originals/4e/95/9d/4e959d4c29bb29c9bce4b7b99272ee2a.jpg when he's in his unfolded form]]. The fact that [[AgentPeacock he's an extremely flamboyant villain]] with lots of creepy dialogue for Grey doesn't help matters, either.
** The miniboss in Tunnel Rhino's stage, Hell Crusher, has a giant drill placed in a rather unfortunate area.
* The cabinet for VideoGame/{{BEMANI}} game ''Otoiroha'' is infamous for [[https://twitter.com/MinttearsTy/status/700530240666279937 resembling a toilet.]]
* As does the ''UsefulNotes/AtariJaguar'' with the CD add-on. [[https://imgur.com/7nMJiKQ Take a squint]]. The ''WebVideo/AngryVideoGameNerd'', wastes no time noticing and sums it up the absolute best:
--> That's some cool looking design. It looks just like a toilet. Yeah, it's a fucking toilet. What a perfect analogy!
* Similar to the London Olympics logo up at the top, [[MemeticMutation a lot of people had fun pointing out]] that [[http://vignette3.wikia.nocookie.net/capcomdatabase/images/3/3b/RE6_Logo.png/revision/latest?cb=20130330214412 the logo for]] ''VideoGame/ResidentEvil6'' looks like a man bending forward to suck off a bipedal giraffe.

* In ''VideoGame/{{Undertale}}'' when you first encounter [[spoiler:Mettaton]]'s second form and he appears from the smoke, thanks to the way the game's engine handles transparencies that area at his crotch looks way too much [[https://i.imgur.com/NirUFAv.png like a penis]]. Making things worse is the game has repeatedly played up how Alphys finds this form sexy and that it's an intentional in-universe case of {{fanservice}}.
* ''VideoGame/CrashBandicoot'':
** Many of ''VideoGame/CrashBandicootTheWrathOfCortex''[='=]s character models look infamously ugly compared to the [=PS1=] titles, but Cortex really takes the cake because his character model's slanted, unmoving eyes combined with his skin tone and goatee make him a dead ringer for an old-fashioned YellowPeril villain. Interestingly, Cortex's yellowish skin tone was retained in later installments despite his character model improving.
** In ''VideoGame/CrashBash'', Rilla Roo's facial expression was permanently locked into an ":o" expression, which, due to the limitations of the [=PS1=], made his mouth look like a butthole, adding to the fandom's dislike for the character at the time. Ironically, Rilla Roo's ridiculous design ended up being RescuedFromTheScrappyHeap over time as he gained an ironic following, to the point that complaints over his divisive redesign in ''VideoGame/CrashTeamRacingNitroFueled'' led to the addition of an updated version of his original ''Crash Bash'' design as a separate playable character named "Fixed Rilla Roo", complete with the perpetual ":o" expression that made his original design so laughable.
* Similar to the ''Rifts'' example above, [[https://vignette.wikia.nocookie.net/starcraft/images/7/7c/Goliath_SC1_Art1.jpg/revision/latest?cb=20091230030757 artwork]] for the Goliath mech of ''VideoGame/StarCraft'' fame often features an anti-infantry gun that looks… erm.
* The ''VideoGame/CookingMama'' spinoff ''Babysitting Mama'' comes with a doll that you have to stick the Wii Mote into in order to play the game, which also requires use of the nunchuck attachment. Unfortunately, the hole where you stick the Wii Mote is located right below the back of the doll's head, so with the nunchuck cable sticking out, it looks like your baby's [[DrivenToSuicide hanging itself]] -- ''especially'' if the wrist strap ends up around the baby's neck, as [[https://youtu.be/ToD4O8Mv83o one YouTuber]] discovered.
* As [[{{WebVideo/Vinesauce}} Vinny from Vinesauce]] states, it's difficult to not see Pepper from ''Videogame/ClockworkKnight'' as a skinny [[Franchise/SuperMarioBros Wario]].
* In ''VideoGame/ShadowOfTheColossus'', Pelagia, the twelfth Colossus, is defeated by stabbing a weak spot on its belly, but a lot of players saw it as Wander defeating Pelagia by [[GroinAttack stabbing its crotch]] because of the rather low placing of the weak spot.
* Narrowly averted with the Elite species in the ''Franchise/{{Halo}}'' series. As stated in the reference book ''The Art of Halo'', Creator/{{Bungie}}'s co-founder wanted them to have tails until an employee pointed out to him that, alongside the non-sexual factor of the sliding scale of ferality vs. intelligence conveyed by character design (of which the Elites are on the latter end), the tail would look phallic when an Elite is sitting.
* ''VideoGame/DayDreaminDavey'' on the UsefulNotes/NintendoEntertainmentSystem has the outlaws fought in the Wild West levels who have rather unfortunately-drawn noses. The way their noses are drawn could easily be mistaken for penises.
* From the UsefulNotes/GameBoy game loosely based off of ''Film/HomeAlone2LostInNewYork'', the ending screen has Kevin [=McCallister=] raising his fist in victory over the Sticky Bandits. Due to the hand being undetailed, it could easily be mistaken for either him missing his hand or flipping the bird.
* [[BigBad Von Bolt]] from ''[[VideoGame/AdvanceWars Advance Wars: Dual Strike]]'' for the most part has a [[https://imgur.com/a/HWQBg3e pretty good design]] for a DarkLordOnLifeSupport, but what ruins it are the hoses in his mouth that look like he's sticking out a big doofy tongue: along with his beady eyes it makes him basically look like a [[Franchise/{{Pokemon}} pickled Lickitongue.]].

* Daryan Crescend from ''VisualNovel/ApolloJusticeAceAttorney'', with his oversized, [[http://www.court-records.net/arts/artbook/artofgs-464.jpg phallic pompadour with a patch of white on the tip]]. It's supposed to look like a torpedo, tying into his [[AnimalMotifs shark motif]], but many fans like to joke that it just reinforces the fact that [[{{Pun}} he's a dickhead]]. The fact that his hair droops when he's upset/worried only makes the implications more obvious.
** 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... pleasuring himself.

%% * This may or may not have been intentional, but the head cat of Birds Anonymous from the WesternAnimation/LooneyTunes short of the same name appears to be high.

** There's at least two instances where they lampshade that Peter's chin looks like a pair of testicles: once when the FCC is censoring RealLife and they debate whether Peter's face needs to be censored because of it, and [[BrickJoke again when Peter is stroking his chin in thought]] before exclaiming "AH! How did those get up here!" (then [[RuleOfFunny removing his chin from his face and tucking it into the front of his pants]]).
* When ''WesternAnimation/BatmanTheBraveAndTheBold'' did its version of ''ComicBook/EmperorJoker'', it gave the Joker a crown in the shape of a whoopie-cushion. However, there are a few people who say his crown looks more like a giant pink condom.

* Recurring ''WesternAnimation/{{Beetlejuice}}'' villain Scuzzo the Clown has a black face with a long nose in reference to the mask worn by the Pulcinella comedy character, but combined with his red lips it is easy to misinterpret as a blackface caricature.
* It's not uncommon for ''WesternAnimation/StevenUniverseFuture'' fans to point out how [[spoiler:Monster Steven]] looks like he has a penis for a head, thanks in no small part to his thick long neck and the small, rounded shape of his head. The fact that his skin is entirely pink does not help.
* In ''WesternAnimation/SpongeBobSquarePants'', there is a [[https://spongebob.fandom.com/wiki/Incidental_30 background anchovy]] with a protruding belly button. Due to a combination of the way that his belly button is drawn and the position on his stomach, many fans misinterpreted it as a penis.

* ''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://twitter.com/semifreqsonic/status/1409154799879196673 it looks like a penis and testicles with a vagina in the middle]], plus [[TentacledTerror tentacles]]. Luckily for the creative team, the issue in question happened to be the last one before the CosmicRetcon-inducing ''Worlds Collide'' crossover, allowing for the creature to be [[https://static.wikia.nocookie.net/archiesonic/images/e/ee/Newer_Tails_Doll.jpg/revision/latest?cb=20140108224048 redesigned]] for its returning appearance after the event.

* ''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://twitter.com/semifreqsonic/status/1409154799879196673 it looks like a penis and testicles with a vagina in the middle]], plus [[TentacledTerror tentacles]]. Luckily for the creative team, the issue in question happened to be the last one before the CosmicRetcon-inducing ''Worlds Collide'' crossover, allowing for the creature to be [[AuthorsSavingThrow redesigned for its returning appearance after the event]].

* ''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://pbs.twimg.com/media/E45S0qTWUAIa2Fe.jpg:orig it looks like a penis and testicles with a vagina in the middle]], plus [[TentacledTerror tentacles]]. Luckily for the creative team, the issue in question happened to be the last one before the CosmicRetcon-inducing ''Worlds Collide'' crossover, allowing for the creature to be [[AuthorsSavingThrow redesigned for its returning appearance after the event]].

* ''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/metalsonic/images/6/60/Tails_Doll_battle_form.png/revision/latest?cb=20130407101028 it looks like a penis and testicles with a vagina in the middle]], plus [[TentacledTerror tentacles]]. Luckily for the creative team, the issue in question happened to be the last one before the CosmicRetcon-inducing ''Worlds Collide'' crossover, allowing for the creature to be [[AuthorsSavingThrow redesigned for its returning appearance after the event]].

* ''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]]. Luckily for the creative team, the issue in question happened to be the last one before the CosmicRetcon-inducing ''Worlds Collide'' crossover, allowing for the creature to be [[AuthorsSavingThrow redesigned for its returning appearance after the event]].

* ''Franchise/{{Digimon}}'': The ''Data Squad'' version of Crowmon 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.

* ''Franchise/Gundam'':

* Early Euro coins showed a map of the EU countries. On the 1 and 2 Euro coin, this made Scandinavia minus Norway look like flacid male genitalia. They changed it to a complete european map after a few years.