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* ''WesternAnimation/DCSuperHeroGirls2019'':''WesternAnimation/DCSuperHeroGirls2019'': This trope is normally averted completely due to the all-ages nature of the series, though there ''are'' some moments where the trope is used.


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** While Diana doesn't normally get a lot of focus, she has one deliberate shot in "#[=SoulSisters=]" where she gets a closeup of her packed abs while working out.

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** ''WesternAnimation/BatmanTheAnimatedSeries'': This show is very generous with it, especially in regards to all the [[MsFanservice attractive]] [[FemmeFatale villainesses.]] The most noteworthy example is in the episode [[Recap/BatmanTheAnimatedSeriesE5PrettyPoison "Pretty Poison"]] where Pamela Isley's [[SupermodelStrut sensuous, hip swaying departure]] from a fancy French restaurant garners the attention of [[DudeMagnet every male customer]] nearby.

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** ''WesternAnimation/BatmanTheAnimatedSeries'': This show is very generous with it, especially in regards to all the [[MsFanservice attractive]] [[FemmeFatale villainesses.]] The most noteworthy example is in the episode [[Recap/BatmanTheAnimatedSeriesE5PrettyPoison "Pretty Poison"]] where [[Characters/DCAUPoisonIvy Pamela Isley's Isley's]] [[SupermodelStrut sensuous, hip swaying departure]] from a fancy French restaurant garners the attention of [[DudeMagnet every male customer]] nearby.


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* In ''WesternAnimation/JusticeLeagueCrisisOnTwoEarths'', our first sight of Franchise/WonderWoman is a shot centered on her buttocks.
* In the Direct-to-Video ''{{WesternAnimation/Wonder Woman|2009}}'' movie, her "suit-up" sequence includes a close up of Diana's uncovered chest as she pulls her one-piece up.



* ''Series/WonderWoman'': Surprisingly rarely used. Both Wonder Woman and [[KidSidekick Wonder Girl]] get this from lots of people in their first appearances. Generally averted after that as the entire world seems to accept a gorgeous woman in a swimsuit leaping tall buildings and lifting cars as the status quo.

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* ''Series/WonderWoman'': ''Series/WonderWoman1975'': Surprisingly rarely used. Both Wonder Woman and [[KidSidekick Wonder Girl]] get this from lots of people in their first appearances. Generally averted after that as the entire world seems to accept a gorgeous woman in a swimsuit leaping tall buildings and lifting cars as the status quo.



* In ''WesternAnimation/JusticeLeague'', both super-heroines and villainesses are often subject to camera angles focusing on their busts or their derrieres.
** Wonder Woman tends to get subjected to these, mainly through shots that present her very athletic build, bust, toned shoulders and long legs.
** When the The Royal Flush members were being introduced one by one, Joker gave a "Hmm..." when the camera panned to Queen's legs before rising to display her face.
* In ''WesternAnimation/JusticeLeagueCrisisOnTwoEarths'', our first sight of Franchise/WonderWoman is a shot centered on her buttocks.
* In the Direct-to-Video ''{{WesternAnimation/Wonder Woman|2009}}'' movie, her "suit-up" sequence includes a close up of Diana's uncovered chest as she pulls her one-piece up.

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* ''Franchise/DCAnimatedUniverse''
** ''WesternAnimation/BatmanTheAnimatedSeries'': This show is very generous with it, especially in regards to all the [[MsFanservice attractive]] [[FemmeFatale villainesses.]] The most noteworthy example is in the episode [[Recap/BatmanTheAnimatedSeriesE5PrettyPoison "Pretty Poison"]] where Pamela Isley's [[SupermodelStrut sensuous, hip swaying departure]] from a fancy French restaurant garners the attention of [[DudeMagnet every male customer]] nearby.
**
In ''WesternAnimation/JusticeLeague'', both super-heroines and villainesses are often subject to camera angles focusing on their busts or their derrieres.
** *** Wonder Woman tends to get subjected to these, mainly through shots that present her very athletic build, bust, toned shoulders and long legs.
** *** When the The Royal Flush members were being introduced one by one, Joker gave a "Hmm..." when the camera panned to Queen's legs before rising to display her face.
* In ''WesternAnimation/JusticeLeagueCrisisOnTwoEarths'', our first sight of Franchise/WonderWoman is a shot centered ''WesternAnimation/DCSuperHeroGirls2019'':
** Supergirl has quite often where the shots focus
on her buttocks.
* In the Direct-to-Video ''{{WesternAnimation/Wonder Woman|2009}}'' movie,
prominent breasts and her "suit-up" sequence includes a close up of Diana's uncovered chest as huge behind. This is most noticeable when Kara is in her civilian identity either in profile or behind her.
** Zatanna also falls into this trope due to her curvaceous figure, since after all
she pulls her one-piece up.has a generous and more prominent bust compared to Supergirl.

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* In ''VideoGame/BatmanArkhamCity'', the "slide" maneuver used while playing Catwoman to move through very narrow, low obstacles involves Catwoman sliding on her knees and leaning back with her arms spread ''just so'', giving the player a perfect view of Catwoman's cleavage...
** Talia. While she and Batman walk down the Chamber of the Demon, the camera has a pretty good view of her behind while walking down the stairs.
** Used with Harley and Poison Ivy in ''VideoGame/BatmanArkhamAsylum''. The latter could be considered part of her powers but the former is clearly just fansevice as she herself points out.

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* In ''VideoGame/BatmanArkhamCity'', the "slide" maneuver used while playing Catwoman to move through very narrow, low obstacles involves Catwoman sliding on her knees and leaning back with her arms spread ''just so'', giving the player a perfect view of Catwoman's cleavage...
** Talia. While she and Batman walk down the Chamber of the Demon, the camera has a pretty good view of her behind while walking down the stairs.
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** Used with Harley and Poison Ivy in ''VideoGame/BatmanArkhamAsylum''. The latter could be considered part of her powers powers, but the former is clearly just fansevice fansevice, as she herself points out.
** In ''VideoGame/BatmanArkhamCity'', the "slide" maneuver used while playing Catwoman to move through very narrow, low obstacles involves Catwoman sliding on her knees and leaning back with her arms spread ''just so'', giving the player a perfect view of Catwoman's cleavage...
** Also in ''Arkham City'', while Talia and Batman walk down the Chamber of the Demon, the camera has a pretty good view of her behind while walking down the stairs.
* In ''VideoGame/GothamKnights2022'', many players both male and female picked up on the fact playing as ComicBook/{{Batgirl}} is worth it simply because how of just much attention is [[ThirdPersonSeductress inextricably]] drawn to [[https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=GypmfZAQXmk Barbara's finely sculpted butt cheeks]]. Sometimes her cape [[https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=nhio6ierTmQ glitches out]], just so the view of her sublime bum can be unobstructed which may or may not have been a case of ThrowItIn from developers. In fact, many gaming sites, [[https://www.thegamer.com/gotham-knights-batgirl-thighs-stealth-attacks/ theorize]] that a lot of people may only be playing the game ''for sake of Batgirl's ass!'' Of course, there's plenty FemaleGaze as well, mainly thanks to Nightwing (as per usual), even if his former girlfriend has undeniably stolen most of ass service limelight away with her own butt.
** Creator/{{Yahtzee}} in his review claimed this was the reason why he ''didn't'' play as Batgirl.
-->I was afraid if I'd had to watch her riding the batcycle for too long I'd eventually fall asleep and poke both my eyes out on her buttocks.

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* A major criticism of ''Film/JusticeLeague2017'' was how the camera treated Creator/GalGadot's Wonder Woman, in that it was more interested focusing on [[https://i.pinimg.com/736x/d3/e9/f6/d3e9f649b8528234811b0b2cc2d9dc51.jpg her buttocks]] or [[https://i.ytimg.com/vi/AqMwTrz8EJo/maxresdefault.jpg up her skirt]] than her face. This was especially jarring as her solo movie ([[Creator/PattyJenkins directed by a woman]]) averted this effectively, and even Diana's attire [[https://encrypted-tbn0.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn%3AANd9GcSjwwh5hW64V3JQ5zwoQQ33uErLc-phrbaqtY6FCsH3xkr6uPdw incorporated more cleavage compared to the previous movies]].
** Wonder Woman isn't the only one as the Amazons in general were [[https://encrypted-tbn0.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn%3AANd9GcQk-9CeX_Tk-7yOETLXmPR3qm9_AEAdgLwgqtxLTads9i53QVLV redesigned]] with the Male Gaze in mind. Fans speculate the production company behind the movie ''[=RatPac-Dune=] Entertainment'' owned by the controversial Brett Ratner may be to blame which raises several UnfortunateImplications.

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A major criticism of ''Film/JusticeLeague2017'' was how the camera treated Creator/GalGadot's Wonder Woman, in that it was more interested focusing on [[https://i.pinimg.com/736x/d3/e9/f6/d3e9f649b8528234811b0b2cc2d9dc51.jpg her buttocks]] or [[https://i.ytimg.com/vi/AqMwTrz8EJo/maxresdefault.jpg up her skirt]] than her face. This was especially jarring as her solo movie ([[Creator/PattyJenkins directed by a woman]]) averted this effectively, and even Diana's attire [[https://encrypted-tbn0.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn%3AANd9GcSjwwh5hW64V3JQ5zwoQQ33uErLc-phrbaqtY6FCsH3xkr6uPdw incorporated more cleavage compared to the previous movies]].
** *** Wonder Woman isn't the only one as the Amazons in general were [[https://encrypted-tbn0.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn%3AANd9GcQk-9CeX_Tk-7yOETLXmPR3qm9_AEAdgLwgqtxLTads9i53QVLV redesigned]] with the Male Gaze in mind. Fans speculate the production company behind the movie ''[=RatPac-Dune=] Entertainment'' owned by the controversial Brett Ratner may be to blame which raises several UnfortunateImplications.
** In ''Film/SuicideSquad2016'' multiple scenes of Creator/MargotRobbie's ComicBook/HarleyQuinn were [[https://gfycat.com/freediligentkingsnake shot]] with this trope in mind, especially when [[https://i.gifer.com/Y68V.gif she goes window shopping]].
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* Averted in one issue of ''ComicBook/IdentityCrisis'' where ComicBook/WonderWoman is interrogating a prisoner about who tried to kill Ray Palmer's wife. The prisoner is said to be smart because he's focusing on Wonder Woman's lasso, not her cleavage. Diana in general [[https://encrypted-tbn0.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcQZMllYYGgvqxoEjrkrLMQdSlmN19RChYHGNA&usqp=CAU has]] [[https://i.imgur.com/EuqsLaM.png gotten]] [[https://encrypted-tbn0.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcSvNTIZf7ZDkTaSEqN5vVNBoMiNJPQms1tlBg&usqp=CAU tons]] [[https://i.imgur.com/L2fdTmg.jpg of]] [[https://encrypted-tbn0.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcSMKimS7MQ2AW2z27_abXlGBx0s3wpvyL-ECA&usqp=CAU this]] over the years, every artist does their best to make her as voluptuous. Hell it goes back to Wonder Woman's earliest appearances where she'd often be BoundAndGagged in questionable positions, her creator William Moulton Marston was a known bondage fetishist.

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* Averted in one issue of ''ComicBook/IdentityCrisis'' ''ComicBook/IdentityCrisis2004'' where ComicBook/WonderWoman is interrogating a prisoner about who tried to kill Ray Palmer's wife. The prisoner is said to be smart because he's focusing on Wonder Woman's lasso, not her cleavage. Diana in general [[https://encrypted-tbn0.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcQZMllYYGgvqxoEjrkrLMQdSlmN19RChYHGNA&usqp=CAU has]] [[https://i.imgur.com/EuqsLaM.png gotten]] [[https://encrypted-tbn0.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcSvNTIZf7ZDkTaSEqN5vVNBoMiNJPQms1tlBg&usqp=CAU tons]] [[https://i.imgur.com/L2fdTmg.jpg of]] [[https://encrypted-tbn0.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcSMKimS7MQ2AW2z27_abXlGBx0s3wpvyL-ECA&usqp=CAU this]] over the years, every artist does their best to make her as voluptuous. Hell it goes back to Wonder Woman's earliest appearances where she'd often be BoundAndGagged in questionable positions, her creator William Moulton Marston was a known bondage fetishist.
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* Averted in one issue of ''ComicBook/IdentityCrisis'' where ComicBook/WonderWoman is interrogating a prisoner about who tried to kill Ray Palmer's wife. The prisoner is said to be smart because he's focusing on Wonder Woman's lasso, not her cleavage. Diana in general [[https://encrypted-tbn0.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcQZMllYYGgvqxoEjrkrLMQdSlmN19RChYHGNA&usqp=CAU has]] [[https://i.imgur.com/EuqsLaM.png gotten]] [[https://encrypted-tbn0.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcSvNTIZf7ZDkTaSEqN5vVNBoMiNJPQms1tlBg&usqp=CAU tons]] [[https://i.imgur.com/L2fdTmg.jpg of]] [[https://encrypted-tbn0.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcS4Rq-TJtqyqlkyyULL8ih11MzFnBfZvpTICA&usqp=CAU this]] over the years, every artist does their best to make her as voluptuous. Hell it goes back to Wonder Woman's earliest appearances where she'd often be BoundAndGagged in questionable positions, her creator William Moulton Marston was a known bondage fetishist.

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* Averted in one issue of ''ComicBook/IdentityCrisis'' where ComicBook/WonderWoman is interrogating a prisoner about who tried to kill Ray Palmer's wife. The prisoner is said to be smart because he's focusing on Wonder Woman's lasso, not her cleavage. Diana in general [[https://encrypted-tbn0.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcQZMllYYGgvqxoEjrkrLMQdSlmN19RChYHGNA&usqp=CAU has]] [[https://i.imgur.com/EuqsLaM.png gotten]] [[https://encrypted-tbn0.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcSvNTIZf7ZDkTaSEqN5vVNBoMiNJPQms1tlBg&usqp=CAU tons]] [[https://i.imgur.com/L2fdTmg.jpg of]] [[https://encrypted-tbn0.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcS4Rq-TJtqyqlkyyULL8ih11MzFnBfZvpTICA&usqp=CAU com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcSMKimS7MQ2AW2z27_abXlGBx0s3wpvyL-ECA&usqp=CAU this]] over the years, every artist does their best to make her as voluptuous. Hell it goes back to Wonder Woman's earliest appearances where she'd often be BoundAndGagged in questionable positions, her creator William Moulton Marston was a known bondage fetishist.
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** Later comics in ''ComicBook/DCRebirth'' have toned this down somewhat with Diana due to adopting her more [[AdaptationalModesty modest outfit]] from the ''Franchise/DCExtendedUniverse''. Although even then artists still have put Wondy positions where she’s [[https://encrypted-tbn0.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcSUUPPNILB6ch86SHk_Q2tCX-D3a7vsMt3eWg&usqp=CAU angled upwards]] to the reader giving them a view right up her [[ShesGotLegs thighs and skirt]].

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** Later comics in ''ComicBook/DCRebirth'' have toned this down somewhat with Diana due to adopting her more [[AdaptationalModesty modest outfit]] from the ''Franchise/DCExtendedUniverse''. Although even then artists still have put Wondy positions where she’s [[https://encrypted-tbn0.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcSUUPPNILB6ch86SHk_Q2tCX-D3a7vsMt3eWg&usqp=CAU angled upwards]] to the reader giving them a view right up her [[ShesGotLegs thighs and skirt]].skirt.
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* Averted in one issue of ''ComicBook/IdentityCrisis'' where ComicBook/WonderWoman is interrogating a prisoner about who tried to kill Ray Palmer's wife. The prisoner is said to be smart because he's focusing on Wonder Woman's lasso, not her cleavage. Diana in general [[https://encrypted-tbn0.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcQZMllYYGgvqxoEjrkrLMQdSlmN19RChYHGNA&usqp=CAU has]] [[https://i.imgur.com/EuqsLaM.png gotten]] [[https://encrypted-tbn0.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcSvNTIZf7ZDkTaSEqN5vVNBoMiNJPQms1tlBg&usqp=CAU tons]] [[https://i.imgur.com/L2fdTmg.jpg of]] [[https://comicvine1.cbsistatic.com/uploads/original/0/40/4485561-4.jpg this]] over the years, every artist does their best to make her as voluptuous. Hell it goes back to Wonder Woman's earliest appearances where she'd often be BoundAndGagged in questionable positions, her creator William Moulton Marston was a known bondage fetishist.

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* Averted in one issue of ''ComicBook/IdentityCrisis'' where ComicBook/WonderWoman is interrogating a prisoner about who tried to kill Ray Palmer's wife. The prisoner is said to be smart because he's focusing on Wonder Woman's lasso, not her cleavage. Diana in general [[https://encrypted-tbn0.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcQZMllYYGgvqxoEjrkrLMQdSlmN19RChYHGNA&usqp=CAU has]] [[https://i.imgur.com/EuqsLaM.png gotten]] [[https://encrypted-tbn0.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcSvNTIZf7ZDkTaSEqN5vVNBoMiNJPQms1tlBg&usqp=CAU tons]] [[https://i.imgur.com/L2fdTmg.jpg of]] [[https://comicvine1.cbsistatic.com/uploads/original/0/40/4485561-4.jpg [[https://encrypted-tbn0.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcS4Rq-TJtqyqlkyyULL8ih11MzFnBfZvpTICA&usqp=CAU this]] over the years, every artist does their best to make her as voluptuous. Hell it goes back to Wonder Woman's earliest appearances where she'd often be BoundAndGagged in questionable positions, her creator William Moulton Marston was a known bondage fetishist.

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* Pre-Crisis adult Comicbook/{{Supergirl}} got this a lot, depending on the artist. In ''Comicbook/KryptonNoMore'', drawn by José Luis García-López, many panels prominently featured her cleavage or her long legs. One time even ComicBook/{{Superboy}} got [[https://theragingfanboy.files.wordpress.com/2012/11/theadventuresofsuperman502-superboymeetssupergirl001.jpg distracted by her bosom]].
** Supergirl's updated origin from ''ComicBook/SupermanBatman'' is pretty (in)famous for this as not only does Supergirl emerge from her rocket in her birthday suit with only a [[https://2.bp.blogspot.com/0U58rPWM6lWnveSc3iB1xX7A7dDuE8R33Tcpi7yRtGToKFdCRdDViEK-Bug-8nNZsSoyih0-hfUnGb5Qd8OcfU7s4-GodGoqsQ4AKUFeg4OsScRoBhbL5P9Y0ii-D0V5h3XnSgXkWg=s1600 coat]] and later [[https://2.bp.blogspot.com/rkq9W8WiPw15Lsm2BHocpVLR1j0rtnZYFj9AFGannGdVijiDM4YO0Ang7R5bdlQ_f3UjVLc-8k6Uwr0-JHcWF_wT8wlsiaocX4tSwBShaqgXhAkVhizHj_9MnEChyHsHKhQ4GdIyKg=s1600 Superman's cape]] to cover her naughty bits and later trains with [[LadyLand Amazons]] in [[https://2.bp.blogspot.com/WRjUnburJr0iigovBf8yCn_Y_CFs14Fb2ism7Irg3Bns7Zdf1QZ7__LCZX8edLVaJerPPcUmi_sn7l7LsixsM-Hr_KKk9ey0OaTax8n9gjNbjhRHaI4kv_DbrwIs2XNHYZY57f7_ZA=s1600 full detail]]. After enough complaints from people about sexualising a teenager girl DC eventually toned down the MaleGaze with Kara.

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* Pre-Crisis adult Comicbook/{{Supergirl}} got this a lot, depending on the artist. In ''Comicbook/KryptonNoMore'', ''ComicBook/KryptonNoMore'', drawn by José Luis García-López, many panels prominently featured her cleavage or her long legs. legs.
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One time even ComicBook/{{Superboy}} got [[https://theragingfanboy.files.wordpress.com/2012/11/theadventuresofsuperman502-superboymeetssupergirl001.jpg distracted by her Matrix's bosom]].
** Supergirl's updated origin from ''ComicBook/SupermanBatman'' ''ComicBook/TheSupergirlFromKrypton2004'' is pretty (in)famous for this as not only does Supergirl emerge from her rocket in her birthday suit with only a [[https://2.bp.blogspot.com/0U58rPWM6lWnveSc3iB1xX7A7dDuE8R33Tcpi7yRtGToKFdCRdDViEK-Bug-8nNZsSoyih0-hfUnGb5Qd8OcfU7s4-GodGoqsQ4AKUFeg4OsScRoBhbL5P9Y0ii-D0V5h3XnSgXkWg=s1600 coat]] and later [[https://2.bp.blogspot.com/rkq9W8WiPw15Lsm2BHocpVLR1j0rtnZYFj9AFGannGdVijiDM4YO0Ang7R5bdlQ_f3UjVLc-8k6Uwr0-JHcWF_wT8wlsiaocX4tSwBShaqgXhAkVhizHj_9MnEChyHsHKhQ4GdIyKg=s1600 Superman's cape]] to cover her naughty bits and later trains with [[LadyLand Amazons]] in [[https://2.bp.blogspot.com/WRjUnburJr0iigovBf8yCn_Y_CFs14Fb2ism7Irg3Bns7Zdf1QZ7__LCZX8edLVaJerPPcUmi_sn7l7LsixsM-Hr_KKk9ey0OaTax8n9gjNbjhRHaI4kv_DbrwIs2XNHYZY57f7_ZA=s1600 full detail]]. After enough complaints from people about sexualising a teenager girl DC eventually toned down the MaleGaze with Kara.

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!!Comic Books



** ''Heroes in Crisis'' in general is rife with this as the artwork is more focused on curvaceous physiques of the female characters, regardless of how jarring it is with the tone of the scene. For example, during [[ComicBook/Batgirl2011 Batgirl]]’s confession she shows off the bullet wound ComicBook/TheJoker gave when [[ComicBook/TheKillingJoke he shot her through the abdomen]]. It’s supposed a disturbing scene but the art seems more interested in Babs’s [[https://bleedingcool.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/shot.jpg#main breasts, crotch and butt]] than her traumatic injury.

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** ''Heroes in Crisis'' in general is rife with this as the artwork is more focused on curvaceous physiques of the female characters, regardless of how jarring it is with the tone of the scene. For example, during [[ComicBook/Batgirl2011 Batgirl]]’s confession she shows off the bullet wound ComicBook/TheJoker gave when [[ComicBook/TheKillingJoke he shot her through the abdomen]]. It’s supposed a disturbing scene but the art seems more interested in Babs’s [[https://bleedingcool.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/shot.jpg#main breasts, crotch and butt]] than her traumatic injury.injury.

!!Films
* A major criticism of ''Film/JusticeLeague2017'' was how the camera treated Creator/GalGadot’s Wonder Woman, in that it was more interested focusing on [[https://i.pinimg.com/736x/d3/e9/f6/d3e9f649b8528234811b0b2cc2d9dc51.jpg her buttocks]] or [[https://i.ytimg.com/vi/AqMwTrz8EJo/maxresdefault.jpg up her skirt]] than her face. This was especially jarring as her solo movie ([[Creator/PattyJenkins directed by a woman]]) averted this effectively, and even Diana’s attire [[https://encrypted-tbn0.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn%3AANd9GcSjwwh5hW64V3JQ5zwoQQ33uErLc-phrbaqtY6FCsH3xkr6uPdw incorporated more cleavage compared to the previous movies]].
** Wonder Woman isn’t the only one as the Amazons in general were [[https://encrypted-tbn0.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn%3AANd9GcQk-9CeX_Tk-7yOETLXmPR3qm9_AEAdgLwgqtxLTads9i53QVLV redesigned]] with the Male Gaze in mind. Fans speculate the production company behind the movie ''[=RatPac-Dune=] Entertainment'' owned by the controversial Brett Ratner may be to blame which raises several UnfortunateImplications.

!!Live-Action TV
* ''Series/{{Smallville}}'': Camera focusing mostly on Lana Lang's body (her body-double's, actually) doing cartwheels in a tiny red bathing suit in episode "Nicodemus". Half of the episode "Exposed", which features plenty of gorgeous, mostly naked strippers, including Lois Lane. Half of the scenes with Lois Lane in general, e.g. "Aqua": Lois getting out of the water, wearing the tiniest bikini that could be found while the camera crawls lovingly over her body in (what else) slow motion.
* ''Series/WonderWoman'': Surprisingly rarely used. Both Wonder Woman and [[KidSidekick Wonder Girl]] get this from lots of people in their first appearances. Generally averted after that as the entire world seems to accept a gorgeous woman in a swimsuit leaping tall buildings and lifting cars as the status quo.

!!Video Games
* In ''VideoGame/BatmanArkhamCity'', the "slide" maneuver used while playing Catwoman to move through very narrow, low obstacles involves Catwoman sliding on her knees and leaning back with her arms spread ''just so'', giving the player a perfect view of Catwoman's cleavage...
** Talia. While she and Batman walk down the Chamber of the Demon, the camera has a pretty good view of her behind while walking down the stairs.
** Used with Harley and Poison Ivy in ''VideoGame/BatmanArkhamAsylum''. The latter could be considered part of her powers but the former is clearly just fansevice as she herself points out.

!!Western Animation
* In ''WesternAnimation/JusticeLeague'', both super-heroines and villainesses are often subject to camera angles focusing on their busts or their derrieres.
** Wonder Woman tends to get subjected to these, mainly through shots that present her very athletic build, bust, toned shoulders and long legs.
** When the The Royal Flush members were being introduced one by one, Joker gave a "Hmm..." when the camera panned to Queen's legs before rising to display her face.
* In ''WesternAnimation/JusticeLeagueCrisisOnTwoEarths'', our first sight of Franchise/WonderWoman is a shot centered on her buttocks.
* In the Direct-to-Video ''{{WesternAnimation/Wonder Woman|2009}}'' movie, her "suit-up" sequence includes a close up of Diana's uncovered chest as she pulls her one-piece up.
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* Pre-Crisis adult Comicbook/{{Supergirl}} got this a lot, depending on the artist. In ''Comicbook/KryptonNoMore'', drawn by José Luis García-López, many panels prominently featured her cleavage or her long legs. One time even ComicBook/{{Superboy}} got [[https://theragingfanboy.files.wordpress.com/2012/11/theadventuresofsuperman502-superboymeetssupergirl001.jpg distracted by her bosom]].[[quoteright:560:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/63a.jpg]]

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* Pre-Crisis adult Comicbook/{{Supergirl}} got this a lot, depending on the artist. In ''Comicbook/KryptonNoMore'', drawn by José Luis García-López, many panels prominently featured her cleavage or her long legs. One time even ComicBook/{{Superboy}} got [[https://theragingfanboy.files.wordpress.com/2012/11/theadventuresofsuperman502-superboymeetssupergirl001.jpg distracted by her bosom]].bosom]].
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* Pre-Crisis adult Comicbook/{{Supergirl}} got this a lot, depending on the artist. In ''Comicbook/KryptonNoMore'', drawn by José Luis García-López, many panels prominently featured her cleavage or her long legs. One time even ComicBook/{{Superboy}} got [[https://theragingfanboy.files.wordpress.com/2012/11/theadventuresofsuperman502-superboymeetssupergirl001.jpg distracted by her bosom]].[[quoteright:640:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/63a.jpg]]

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* Pre-Crisis adult Comicbook/{{Supergirl}} got this a lot, depending on the artist. In ''Comicbook/KryptonNoMore'', drawn by José Luis García-López, many panels prominently featured her cleavage or her long legs. One time even ComicBook/{{Superboy}} got [[https://theragingfanboy.files.wordpress.com/2012/11/theadventuresofsuperman502-superboymeetssupergirl001.jpg distracted by her bosom]].[[quoteright:640:https://static.[[quoteright:560:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/63a.jpg]]
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* Pre-Crisis adult Comicbook/{{Supergirl}} got this a lot, depending on the artist. In ''Comicbook/KryptonNoMore'', drawn by José Luis García-López, many panels prominently featured her cleavage or her long legs. One time even ComicBook/{{Superboy}} got [[https://theragingfanboy.files.wordpress.com/2012/11/theadventuresofsuperman502-superboymeetssupergirl001.jpg distracted by her bosom]].

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* Pre-Crisis adult Comicbook/{{Supergirl}} got this a lot, depending on the artist. In ''Comicbook/KryptonNoMore'', drawn by José Luis García-López, many panels prominently featured her cleavage or her long legs. One time even ComicBook/{{Superboy}} got [[https://theragingfanboy.files.wordpress.com/2012/11/theadventuresofsuperman502-superboymeetssupergirl001.jpg distracted by her bosom]].[[quoteright:640:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/63a.jpg]]
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* DC took even worse criticism for the leaked, unfinalized cover of Tom King’s ''ComicBook/HeroesInCrisis'' #7 by artist Clay Mann which depicting a dying ComicBook/PoisonIvy in a [[https://i0.wp.com/thefanboyseo.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/IMG_20181218_021047.jpg?fit=593%2C437 sexual manner]]. As fans on Twitter noted, it's bad enough killing off a beloved character (or threatening to at least) but the fact that ''in even death'' Ivy isn’t free from the MaleGaze is undignified and insulting. DC acknowledged this and the cover wasn't used nor has Ivy been killed off.

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* DC took even worse a lot of criticism for the leaked, unfinalized cover of Tom King’s ''ComicBook/HeroesInCrisis'' #7 by artist Clay Mann which depicting a dying ComicBook/PoisonIvy in a [[https://i0.wp.com/thefanboyseo.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/IMG_20181218_021047.jpg?fit=593%2C437 sexual manner]]. As fans on Twitter noted, it's bad enough killing off a beloved character (or threatening to at least) but the fact that ''in even death'' Ivy isn’t free from the MaleGaze is undignified and insulting. DC acknowledged this and the cover wasn't used nor has Ivy been killed off.
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* Pre-Crisis adult Comicbook/{{Supergirl}} got this a lot, depending on the artist. In ''Comicbook/KryptonNoMore'', drawn by José Luis García-López, many panels prominently featured her cleavage or her long legs. One time even ComicBook/{{Superboy}} got [[https://theragingfanboy.files.wordpress.com/2012/11/theadventuresofsuperman502-superboymeetssupergirl001.jpg distracted by her bosom]].
** Supergirl's updated origin from ''ComicBook/SupermanBatman'' is pretty (in)famous for this as not only does Supergirl emerge from her rocket in her birthday suit with only a [[https://2.bp.blogspot.com/0U58rPWM6lWnveSc3iB1xX7A7dDuE8R33Tcpi7yRtGToKFdCRdDViEK-Bug-8nNZsSoyih0-hfUnGb5Qd8OcfU7s4-GodGoqsQ4AKUFeg4OsScRoBhbL5P9Y0ii-D0V5h3XnSgXkWg=s1600 coat]] and later [[https://2.bp.blogspot.com/rkq9W8WiPw15Lsm2BHocpVLR1j0rtnZYFj9AFGannGdVijiDM4YO0Ang7R5bdlQ_f3UjVLc-8k6Uwr0-JHcWF_wT8wlsiaocX4tSwBShaqgXhAkVhizHj_9MnEChyHsHKhQ4GdIyKg=s1600 Superman's cape]] to cover her naughty bits and later trains with [[LadyLand Amazons]] in [[https://2.bp.blogspot.com/WRjUnburJr0iigovBf8yCn_Y_CFs14Fb2ism7Irg3Bns7Zdf1QZ7__LCZX8edLVaJerPPcUmi_sn7l7LsixsM-Hr_KKk9ey0OaTax8n9gjNbjhRHaI4kv_DbrwIs2XNHYZY57f7_ZA=s1600 full detail]]. After enough complaints from people about sexualising a teenager girl DC eventually toned down the MaleGaze with Kara.
* ''ComicBook/AllStarBatmanAndRobinTheBoyWonder'' features an issue in which Vicki Vale spends a scene standing around posing in lacy pink underwear for absolutely no reason. The script for the scene ([[https://66.media.tumblr.com/e1f70de74c9ff213eb3325e7022cd0ea/tumblr_oee1couR261qzj6elo1_1280.jpg included in the trade paperback]]) contains a blatant admission from Frank Miller as to what he was doing: "Okay, I'm shameless, let's go with an ass shot."
* ''ComicBook/BlackCanary'': Frequently. As strongly written as she was in ''Birds of Prey'', she also spent the entirety of the run pretty much constantly with a wedgie so that her ass popped out of her leotard better.
* ComicBook/PowerGirl frequently, lampshaded herself [[http://i.imgur.com/Yz4KR4G.jpg?1 at one point]] when she saves a kid but [[MyEyesAreUpHere he's too focused on her magnificent bosom]] to even say thank you. Power Girl kindly suggests he should find himself a girlfriend.
* ''Franchise/JusticeLeagueOfAmerica'' drawn by the aforementioned Ed Benes has plenty of this. Particularly in ''Justice League of America vol.2'' issue #14 where Lex Luther reveals he’s got most of the league captured to Superman and most of the splash page [[https://encrypted-tbn0.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcQuzIR1flBySFb-ok9DsJOplu3AGnDCRyzNZQ&usqp=CAU is largely focused on Wonder Wonder, Black Canary and Vixen being bound up with their curves prominent]]. Fans even dubbed it “Lex Luthor's Cheesecake Pillar”.
* One of the first things we see of Comicbook/{{Starfire}} in ''ComicBook/RedHoodAndTheOutlaws'' is her buttocks. And ''only'' her buttocks, since the panel cuts off her body from the waist up. To say nothing of the fact that the swimsuit scene in the first issue was supposed to have her in a ''[[https://i.pinimg.com/originals/48/d7/8d/48d78d4f11339b74cb4f340ec14b95e9.jpg semi transparent bikini]]'', though the editorial shot that one down.
* Also in the ComicBook/New52, the first issue of the ''ComicBook/{{Catwoman}}'' solo title was criticised for opening with an action scene that spent two full pages on close-up images of different parts of Selina's anatomy before bothering to show her face.
* Averted in one issue of ''ComicBook/IdentityCrisis'' where ComicBook/WonderWoman is interrogating a prisoner about who tried to kill Ray Palmer's wife. The prisoner is said to be smart because he's focusing on Wonder Woman's lasso, not her cleavage. Diana in general [[https://encrypted-tbn0.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcQZMllYYGgvqxoEjrkrLMQdSlmN19RChYHGNA&usqp=CAU has]] [[https://i.imgur.com/EuqsLaM.png gotten]] [[https://encrypted-tbn0.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcSvNTIZf7ZDkTaSEqN5vVNBoMiNJPQms1tlBg&usqp=CAU tons]] [[https://i.imgur.com/L2fdTmg.jpg of]] [[https://comicvine1.cbsistatic.com/uploads/original/0/40/4485561-4.jpg this]] over the years, every artist does their best to make her as voluptuous. Hell it goes back to Wonder Woman's earliest appearances where she'd often be BoundAndGagged in questionable positions, her creator William Moulton Marston was a known bondage fetishist.
** Later comics in ''ComicBook/DCRebirth'' have toned this down somewhat with Diana due to adopting her more [[AdaptationalModesty modest outfit]] from the ''Franchise/DCExtendedUniverse''. Although even then artists still have put Wondy positions where she’s [[https://encrypted-tbn0.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcSUUPPNILB6ch86SHk_Q2tCX-D3a7vsMt3eWg&usqp=CAU angled upwards]] to the reader giving them a view right up her [[ShesGotLegs thighs and skirt]].
* Franchise/GreenLantern: Red Lantern Bleez. It's often been pointed out that she's frequently drawn in ways that emphasize her curvaceous rear end (though it's worth noting that this was most prominent when Ed Benes was drawing her).
* ComicBook/HarleyQuinn, especially in the ComicBook/New52 solo series. Special mention to Issue 13 where she use [[https://2.bp.blogspot.com/un7mG5BZ0o7NouAxPITbruvDF5LMr4Xoo22QuSWeFYZ1VOfSxExUDgzYwkQdZfwxgOPkv16xM7NJ=s0 this]] to distract a mugger and a scene in Issue 26 that has Harley and a leering guy with a metal detector who makes an unwelcome comment about her butt as she walks by.
* DC took even worse criticism for the leaked, unfinalized cover of Tom King’s ''ComicBook/HeroesInCrisis'' #7 by artist Clay Mann which depicting a dying ComicBook/PoisonIvy in a [[https://i0.wp.com/thefanboyseo.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/IMG_20181218_021047.jpg?fit=593%2C437 sexual manner]]. As fans on Twitter noted, it's bad enough killing off a beloved character (or threatening to at least) but the fact that ''in even death'' Ivy isn’t free from the MaleGaze is undignified and insulting. DC acknowledged this and the cover wasn't used nor has Ivy been killed off.
** ''Heroes in Crisis'' in general is rife with this as the artwork is more focused on curvaceous physiques of the female characters, regardless of how jarring it is with the tone of the scene. For example, during [[ComicBook/Batgirl2011 Batgirl]]’s confession she shows off the bullet wound ComicBook/TheJoker gave when [[ComicBook/TheKillingJoke he shot her through the abdomen]]. It’s supposed a disturbing scene but the art seems more interested in Babs’s [[https://bleedingcool.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/shot.jpg#main breasts, crotch and butt]] than her traumatic injury.

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