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A SubTrope of HeroicBuild. Compare FormFittingWardrobe, {{Stripperiffic}}, GagBoobs, {{Gainaxing}}, BoobsOfSteel, CleavageWindow, WorldOfBuxom, BuxomIsBetter (open preference for large chests), TopHeavyGuy (a male exaggerated torso). See also IHaveBoobsYouMustObey.

[-[[caption-width-right:300:Comics like big busts, [[Music/SirMixALot and they cannot lie]].[[note]]From left to right, top to bottom: ComicBook/WonderWoman, [[ComicBook/FantasticFour the Invisible Woman]], ComicBook/PowerGirl, [[Characters/MarvelComicsStorm Storm]], ComicBook/{{Batgirl}}, [[Characters/MarvelComicsCarolDanvers Ms. Marvel]], ComicBook/{{Supergirl}}, [[ComicBook/XMen Jean Grey]], [[ComicBook/{{Gen13}} Caitlin Fairchild]], ComicBook/{{Vampirella}}, ComicBook/{{Catwoman}}, and Characters/{{Mystique}}.[[/note]]]]-]

* The [[http://ragnell.blogspot.com/2006/05/power-girl-you-be-judge.html urban legend]] goes that legendary comics artist Wally Wood, one of the original artists for ComicBook/PowerGirl at Creator/DCComics, started enlarging her chest issue-to-issue to see [[ItAmusedMe how far he could go with it before the suits upstairs caught on.]] Again, this is just a myth; however, it started a tradition, and it's often considered one -- er, ''two'' of the main features of the character, i.e. that she has ''even larger'' breasts than the average generously-endowed {{superhero}}ine. Plus the "boob window" over her cleavage making them that much more obvious.

* ComicBook/EmmaFrost is one of the few superheroines who has had breast implants, and she proudly flaunts her body.
* Franchise/WonderWoman:

** ComicBook/BlackCanary once told Wonder Woman that the latter has "our community's second most famous bosom." The most famous one is Power Girl's. Hers are apparently practically considered a national treasure.

* ''Comicbook/{{Supergirl}}'' is -usually- not as well-endowed as her Earth-Two adult counterpart Power Girl but she still has a very nice bust when she [[http://www.therobotsvoice.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/SupergirlHotPants.jpg grows]] [[http://www.superman.nu/supergirl/costumes/carmine.jpg up.]] In ''ComicBook/ElseworldsFinestSupergirlAndBatgirl'' she is the most buxom female character.

* In the first issue of DC's New 52 ComicBook/RedHoodAndTheOutlaws, ComicBook/RedHood has to break Arsenal/Speedy/Red Arrow out of a prison in a Middle Eastern country. While they're being chased, Arsenal asks if Hood brought any backup, and Hood replies, "38 of them." While Arsenal's still trying to figure that out, Comicbook/{{Starfire}} flies by and blows up a tank.

* In a tiny aversion, Alan Davis drew [[Comicbook/KittyPryde Shadowcat]] as flat-chested for a while on ''{{Comicbook/Excalibur}}''. [[WordOfGod According to Davis]], his editor soon told him to stop doing that.

* Lampshaded and subverted in ''Comicbook/MsMarvel2014''. Kamala Khan spent much of her life idolizing Comicbook/CarolDanvers and fantasized about looking as good as she does in Carol's most well-known outfit. When Kamala's {{Shapeshifting}} abilities first appear, she subconsciously forces herself to look somewhat like Carol, but quickly comes to realize that she doesn't have the body type, doesn't like the hair, and the outfit is uncomfortable. The outfit she comes up with later is far more modest, being a modified burkini. As she is a sixteen year old girl, this is probably for the best. [[https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/13f03d37ff16a6ff3f0dc4912e3d2914.jpg Not all the cover artists got the memo, though.]]

* In ''FanFic/OriginStory'', Alex Harris is a clone of ComicBook/PowerGirl, so naturally this trope applies. And they are remarked upon several times, not only by other people, but by Alex herself and (especially) Louise, Alex's girlfriend, who really, ''really'' appreciates them.
* WebAnimation/FloatingHands parodies the trope; its version of ComicBook/{{Psylocke}} has breasts that overshadow her head.

* In ''[[http://archiveofourown.org/works/5529512/chapters/12945616 Harry Potter and the Golden Ring]]'' Harry and Remus have a conversation with ComicBook/PowerGirl the morning after her and Harry's drunken Vegas wedding.

* In ''WesternAnimation/TheAvengersEarthsMightiestHeroes'', huge breasts are among the common physical characteristics of the female characters. However, in what may be a super-heroine first, ComicBook/TheWasp's costume ''downplays'' her figure. This is only fully revealed in "The Casket of Ancient Winters", where she has a swimsuit scene that reveals this.

->'''Hobbes''': Is Amazon Girl's super power the ability to squeeze that figure into that suit?\\
'''Calvin''': Nah, they all can do that.
-->-- ''ComicStrip/CalvinAndHobbes,'' [[http://www.gocomics.com/calvinandhobbes/1992/07/22 July 22, 1992]]

* In an issue of ''Comicbook/TheSandman'', Barbi (an attractive woman who certainly has no reason for ACupAngst) describes going into a comic book store; the creepy clerk says "we don't usually see breasts as small as yours here", [[DontExplainTheJoke presumably because]] the only women ever seen in that store are on the pages of the comic books.

* In ''Webcomic/{{Sidekicks}}'' all of the females introduced into the story (however briefly) are noticeably buxom except for Iblis, who seemingly makes up for it with her [[AbsoluteCleavage outfit]], and Limpid, who is only a teenager (and could always grow into it). This is especially noticeable with Mybee, who seems to be around the same age as Limpid, yet is quite busty for her size.

* ''Manga/MyHeroAcademia'', naturally, as it's based on superhero comics like the ones below. A lot of the professionals, and even some of the students despite their young age, are already developing quite nicely, showcased thanks to skintight uniforms being the norm for heroes and heroes-in-training. Of particular note in Class 1-A is Momo Yayorozu, which may be related to her lipid-based quirk of Creation.

* In [[https://www.fanfiction.net/u/1984576/Omega-Overlord Omega Overlord]]'s ''VideoGame/{{Overlord}}'' crossover fic series, we are introduced to the mischievous sorceress Persephone in the second story. Persephone being the Fourth Overlord's half-sister and daughter of their father, the previous Overlord and current God of Evil, and [[VideoGame/SoulSeries Ivy Valentine]], one of their father's wives. Persephone is, to put it bluntly, '''huge'''; she has a real-life condition know as [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Breast_hypertrophy bilateral macromastia]], also know as "Breast hypertrophy", which is when the breast tissues become excessively large and causes a number of problems such as rashes, blood loss and numerous joint pain. However, as Persephone is partially-Divine, she doesn't face such problems and [[BigBreastPride actively flaunts her figure]]; the worst problem she has with them is getting proper clothes. When she first showed up, she was only fifteen and yet had a bust even greater than either Ivy or [[Manga/OnePiece Boa Hancock]].[[note]]Ivy has a 100E~G cup and Boa has a 111J-cup[[/note]] But it doesn't stop there. By the end of the fourth story, she was eighteen and was estimated to have a bust of 130cm. ''But it doesn't stop there.'' By the sixth story, she was in her early twenties and stated to be 180cm... ''six months ago''. '''[[RuleOfThree But it doesn't stop there.]]''' At present she is apparently roughly ''twice'' as busty as Ivy was,[[note]]Meaning she's ''at least'' 200cm[[/note]] and has a cup size that she offhandedly mentions is '''[[ReadingsAreOffTheScale a long way past a Z-Cup]]'''... '''''and still growing'''''!
* In ''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/12101236/8/Magical-Puberty Magical Puberty]]'', wizards and witches undergo a transformation before their seventh year. The extent depends on the magical power, and usually involves some kind of improvement to certain attributes. With the kind of witches surrounding Harry, J and K are letters mentioned more than once. Thank Merlin for Featherweight Charms.

* In [[https://www.fanfiction.net/u/1984576/Omega-Overlord Omega Overlord]]'s ''VideoGame/{{Overlord}}'' crossover fic series, we are introduced to the mischievous sorceress Persephone in the second story. Persephone being the Fourth Overlord's half-sister and daughter of their father, the previous Overlord and current God of Evil, and [[VideoGame/SoulSeries Ivy Valentine]], one of their father's wives. Persephone is, to put it bluntly, '''huge'''; she has a real-life condition know as [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Breast_hypertrophy bilateral macromastia]], also know as "Breast hypertrophy", which is when the breast tissues become excessively large and causes a number of problems such as rashes, blood loss and numerous joint pain. However, as Persephone is partially-Divine, she doesn't face such problems and [[BigBreastPride actively flaunts her figure]]; the worst problem she has with them is getting proper clothes. When she first showed up, she was only fifteen and yet had a bust even greater than either Ivy or [[Manga/OnePiece Boa Hancock]].[[note]]Ivy has a 100E~G cup and Boa has a 111J-cup[[/note]] But it doesn't stop there. By the end of the fourth story, she was eighteen and was estimated to have a bust of 130cm. ''But it doesn't stop there.'' By the sixth story, she was in her early twenties and stated to be 180cm... ''six months ago''. '''[[RuleOfThree But it doesn't stop there.]]''' At present she is apparently roughly ''twice'' as busty as Ivy was,[[note]]Meaning she's ''at least'' 200cm[[/note]] and has a cup size that she offhandedly mentions is '''[[ReadingsAreOffTheScale a long way past a Z-Cup]]'''... '''''[[UpToEleven and still growing]]'''''!

** {{Lampshade|Hanging}}d in the ''ComicBook/SupermanBatman'' comic when Batman, Superman, Katana, and Power Girl are discussing the [[WeNeedADistraction need to distract]] the Toyman (a thirteen-year-old Japanese [[TeenGenius boy genius]]). Power Girl (in her [[CleavageWindow costume with the big window in the chest]]) asks why everyone is suddenly staring at her before realizing the obvious. Well, the pair of obvious.

** Many of the artists and writers over the past decade or so have had other characters point her figure out (such as in the preceding example), unlike other heroines in skintight and revealing clothing that other characters seemingly ignore. Even ''Power Girl'' is aware of her figure. She once commented that she doesn't need to wear a mask because "most of the time...they ain't lookin' at my face."

One theory behind this phenomenon in comics that American superheroes are drawn in a "larger than life" artstyle. Heroes are supposed to look dynamic and impressive, villains look evil and shady, and thus women are sometimes drawn to accentuate any womanly features far more heavily than a realistic style would. (And yes, to the extent this is true, there is a DoubleStandard at work here that males aren't depicted as super-manly men nearly as frequently.

* ''ComicBook/BlackCat''. Lampshaded occasionally. Best one that comes to mind is the time Spider-Man [[http://static.comicvine.com/uploads/original/6/68486/1370637-bc_sm_ballast.png questions how she can move so acrobatically with them weighing her down.]][[note]]They act as ballast.[[/note]] Similarly to Wonder Woman, she had an average bust size when she first appeared (in ''Amazing Spider-Man'' #194).

* Lampshaded and subverted in ''Comicbook/MsMarvel2014''. Kamala Khan spent much of her life idolizing Comicbook/CarolDanvers and fantasized about looking as good as she does in Carol's most well-known outfit. When Kamala's {{Shapeshifting}} abilities first appear, she subconsciously forces herself to look somewhat like Carol, but quickly comes to realize that she doesn't have the body type, doesn't like the hair, and the outfit is uncomfortable. The outfit she comes up with later is far more modest.

Whether the superheroine/villainess is a {{mutant|s}}, an {{amazon|ianBeauty}} princess or an {{Human Alien|s}}, if she's female, she is straining against the bonds of gravity... but not in a flying sort of way.

* This is also true in ''VideoGame/ChampionsOnline'', which isn't surprising given the game was made by the same developers as ''CityOfHeroes''. And likewise, some clothing options make it easier to downplay it (or not) than others.

* ''Manga/MyHeroAcademia'', naturally, as its based on superhero comics like the ones below. A lot of the professionals, and even some of the students despite their young age are already developing quite nicely, showcased quite nicely thanks to skintight uniforms being the norm for heroes and heroes-in-training. Of particular note in Class 1-A is Momo Yayorozu, which may be related to her lipid-based quirk of Creation.

* As originally drawn in the 1940s, Franchise/WonderWoman had an average chest. Obviously, things have changed since then, mostly due to the influence of the [[Series/WonderWoman1975 1970s TV series]] where she was played by the famously well-endowed Creator/LyndaCarter. Tellingly, she is described as ''canonically'' [[WorldsMostBeautifulWoman the most beautiful woman in]] Franchise/TheDCU. All the beholders have the same tastes, then?

* {{Subverted|Trope}} and {{lampshade|Hanging}}d in the Capes backup of ''ComicBook/{{Invincible}}'' #27, wherein Knockout dons large prosthetic breasts while getting into costume. Her also superpowered boyfriend comments that he wished she "didn't have to wear those anymore," to which she replies that her salary has doubled since she started wearing them, and that "the world just doesn't ''want'' flat-chested superheroines." Parodied later in that same series. When Atom Eve rebuilds herself using her matter-manipulation powers, in the middle of a life-or-death fight, she takes the opportunity to make some "improvements" by upping her cup-size. "Subconsciously". She then passes out, and is quite surprised by her new figure when she wakes up in the hospital.
** Knockout later gives up wearing the prosthetic breasts once she and Kid Thor join up with the Guardians of the Globe after Capes Inc. disbands, due to both being comfortable in her own skin, and having a government salary that is already generous enough as it is, and doesn't hinge on the size of her breasts, but on her abilities as a hero.

* This is also true in ''VideoGame/ChampionsOnline'', which isn't surprising given the game was made by the same developers. And likewise, some clothing options make it easier to downplay it (or not) than others.

* ''Anime/MyHeroAcademia'', naturally, as its based on superhero comics like the ones below. A lot of the professionals, and even some of the students despite their young age are already developing quite nicely, showcased quite nicely thanks to skintight uniforms being the norm for heroes and heroes-in-training. Of particular note in Class 1-A is Momo Yayorozu, which may be related to her lipid-based quirk of Creation.

* ''Anime/MyHeroAcademia'', naturally, as its based on superhero comics like the ones below. A lot of the professionals, and even some of the students despite their young age are already developing quite nicely, showcased quite nicely thanks to skintight uniforms being the norm for heroes and heroes-in-training. Of particular note in Class 1-A is Momo Yayorozu, which made be related to her lipid-based quirk of Creation.

This most common of metahuman attributes seems to range from a D-cup size upward for any character just past the onset of puberty (a time [[PubertySuperpower when many comic-book characters start to manifest superpowers]]). They are not only large, but remarkably self-supporting and perky for their size.

One theory behind this phenomenon in comics that American superheroes are drawn in a "larger than life" artstyle. Heroes are supposed to look dynamic and impressive, villains look evil and shady, and thus women are sometimes drawn to accentuate any womanly features far more heavily than a realistic style would. (And yes, to the extent this is true, there is a DoubleStandard at work here that males aren't depicted as super-manly men nearly as frequently.)

{{Live Action Adaptation}}s inevitably lead to a BigBraToFill.

** Her big bust became so iconic that the casting of Creator/GalGadot in the Franchise/DCExtendedUniverse drew some flack from people who thought she had a BigBraToFill even though her bust size is much closer to her original comicbook appearance as well as the classical Greek ideal that she's supposed to resemble. Gadot took it in good humour and even brought it up in a few interviews, most famously when she [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QA8pQMJrcNY asked Jimmy Kimmel what he thought of her breasts]]. Interestingly, her ComicBook/DCRebirth appearance [[https://comicnewbies.files.wordpress.com/2016/12/wonder-woman-tests-her-powers-rebirth-1.jpg seems to be averting this trope]] [[ComicBookFantasyCasting to more closely resemble Gadot's body type]].

[-[[caption-width-right:300:Comics like big busts, [[Music/SirMixALot and they cannot lie]].[[note]]From left to right, top to bottom: Franchise/WonderWoman, [[ComicBook/FantasticFour the Invisible Woman]], ComicBook/PowerGirl, [[Characters/MarvelComicsStorm Storm]], ComicBook/{{Batgirl}}, [[Characters/MarvelComicsCarolDanvers Ms. Marvel]], ComicBook/{{Supergirl}}, [[ComicBook/XMen Jean Grey]], [[ComicBook/{{Gen13}} Caitlin Fairchild]], ComicBook/{{Vampirella}}, ComicBook/{{Catwoman}}, and Characters/{{Mystique}}.[[/note]]]]-]

->'''Hobbes''': Is Amazon Girl's super power the ability to squeeze ''that'' figure into ''that'' suit?\\

* In ''VideoGame/AgeOfMythology'', Atalanta's breasts appear surprisingly prominent given her athletic inclinations. Forget SuperSpeed, her true power must be preventing those things from slapping her in the face.
* ''VideoGame/DragonQuestIV'': Averted for the heroine, if the catty comments of a woman in a bathhouse are to be trusted. Though the artwork indicates hers aren't that smaller than Maya's, so take that as you will.

* Lisa almost ended up having ACupAngst in ''Literature/LoneHuntress'' after surreptitiously obtaining hormones to emulate her adoptive father while in adolescence. Attempts to correct her development ended up becoming more of an overcorrection; it's more of an additional source of AppearanceAngst than anything.

* In ''Webcomic/TheMagnificentMilkmaid'', ChocolateMilkmaid and the villainesses they fight. The Milkmaids' powers are that their breasts expand from about D cups to closer to triple-K cups when they drink milk, and they can use their jugs as weapons.

For tropes related to ''actual'' common superpowers, see StockSuperpowers.

* ''Webcomic/MenageA3'' Desiree Chastel, better known as [=DiDi=]. The nickname says it all
-->'''Kiley''': [[https://pixietrixcomix.com/menage-a-3/barely-any-interest STOP USING THOSE TO WIN ARGUMENTS!]].
** Side characters [=Fifi=] and [=Gigi=] follow the same naming theme with ''even larger'' breasts.

[-[[caption-width-right:300:Comics like big busts, [[Music/SirMixALot and they cannot lie]].[[note]]From left to right, top to bottom: Franchise/WonderWoman, ComicBook/InvisibleWoman, ComicBook/PowerGirl, ComicBook/{{Storm}}, ComicBook/{{Batgirl}}, [[ComicBook/CarolDanvers Ms. Marvel]], ComicBook/{{Supergirl}}, ComicBook/JeanGrey, [[ComicBook/{{Gen13}} Caitlin Fairchild]], ComicBook/{{Vampirella}}, ComicBook/{{Catwoman}}, and ComicBook/{{Mystique}}.[[/note]]]]-]