History LimitedWardrobe / WesternAnimation

* While already noted in the video game section, this trope is taken UpToEleven in the animated USA version of ''WesternAnimation/StreetFighter''. Low production values, combined with ViewersAreMorons, results in every single character always being in their game outfits, ''no matter how out of place it would be in the scene''. This results in numerous scenes where people are invoking GunsInChurch, NoOSHACompliance, and {{Stripperiffic}}, among other tropes. At one point, Ryu and Ken can be seen walking down a New York city street in a ghetto with bare feet, and Cammy regularly walks around in her Delta Red leotard regardless of the situation, Balrog (Boxer) always has taped-up boxing gloves on, no matter what, Vega is always shirtless and wearing his claw no matter what.

* Anne Boonchuy of ''WesternAnimation/{{Amphibia}}'' gets hit with this harder than most, since after becoming TrappedInAnotherWorld, she [[LosingAShoeInTheStruggle lost one of her shoes]] (which is now in possession of the bad guys) and is forced to always walk around with one foot only covered by a sock. However, multiple times in the series she has bought and/or worn other outfits that include shoes, yet she never thinks to ''keep'' wearing those shoes when she inevitably changes back to her normal clothes, always going back to the one shoe she arrived in.

* ''WesternAnimation/PatAndMat'' have a pair of trousers, a pullover and a NiceHat each. All their money probably goes to buy tinkering supplies.

** The humans in ''WesternAnimation/TransformersPrime'' are only ever seen in one outfit.

* While this applies to the main cast of ''WesternAnimation/{{Undergrads}}'', it's taken to the extreme with one of Cal's many girlfriends in the episode "Risk". After Cal leaves with her bikini top in tow, she complains later that the bikini ''is the only piece of clothing she owns'' and spends the remainder of the episode topless as a result.
-->'''Girl''': Where's my top? I don't own anything else!

* In one episode, Randy from ''WesternAnimation/RandyCunninghamNinthGradeNinja'' opens his closet and all we see is multiple shirts, pants and jackets exactly like the ones he wears in every episode.

* Emmy and Max of ''WesternAnimation/DragonTales'' always wear the same everyday clothes every episode, with different outfits on occasion. The one episode where Emmy does not wear her base outfit is "Head Over Heels" when she wears a shirt and pants instead, likely because the episode heavily involved cartwheeling.

* ''WesternAnimation/{{Doug}}''

* Many of the western animation examples that follow below are of programs that originally aired on Saturday mornings, where children are the primary audience. The reasons vary, but one example can be what's stated in the explanation: children find it easier to identify a character by keeping what the character's wardrobe identical from episode to episode (along with hairstyle and other identifying characteristics remaining consistent). The trope is typically broken only when it relates to the plot, such as the characters going to a formal party (for instance, a pretty college-age girl who always wears a green T-shirt with her high school's name printed across the upper chest and blue jeans would not be acceptable, so she wears an evening gown to the party). Even beyond that, it's just cheaper and simpler on the production pipeline to have as few model sheets as possible for each character.
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!!Lampshaded Closet Gag Examples:

* The titular character of ''WesternAnimation/KickButtowski'' lampshaded this on several occasions, one of them was the standard closet reveal. In another episode he gets all the kids (and adults) on his street to dress up like him... he's of course able to provide everyone with his standard outfit.

* ''WesternAnimation/TheLoudHouse'': Lincoln Loud and all his sisters have this. In Lincoln's case, several shots of his room reveal that the only clothes he has in his closet are orange shirts and blue pants.

** While she's occasionally seen in other outfits, Candace usually wears a red blouse and white skirt. This is lampshaded in "Monster from the Id", where they go inside Candace's mind and one of the self-doubts that can be heard at the Waterfalls of Anxiety is "Is it okay that I only wear one dress?" Though, unlike everyone else on the show, she actually has another outfit she's worn on multiple occasions (other characters have worn different outfits for particular events or songs, but no one else seems to have more than one everyday outfit, except Candace) as seen in "One Good Scare Outta do you Some Good" and "Comet Kermillion" (in the former case she's dressing up to go over to Jeremy's house, in the latter on a date with him.)

!!Exceptions

* ''WesternAnimation/TheCupheadShow'': Both Cuphead and Mugman have a wardrobe of long-sleeved black shirts (resembling their InkblotCartoonStyle), yellow gloves, and pairs of red and blue shorts, in addition to the red/white and blue/white striped pajamas and nightcaps for their bedtime, as shown in "[[Recap/TheCupheadShowS1E8SweaterOffDead Sweater Off Dead]]".

* ''WesternAnimation/TheCupheadShow'': Both Cuphead and Mugman have a wardrobe of long-sleeved black shirts (resembling their InkblotCartoonStyle) and pairs of red and blue shorts, in addition to the red/white and blue/white striped pajamas and nightcaps for their bedtime, as shown in "[[Recap/TheCupheadShowS1E8SweaterOffDead Sweater Off Dead]]".

* All the characters on ''WesternAnimation/GetAce'' barring special occasions, but special mention goes to Mrs. [=McDougal=], whose normal outfit is her workout gear (since her "thing" is being super into fitness).

** The helmet is supposed to be for battle, the cloth mask for non-combat situations. The comics were fairly consistent about it, the cartoon animators often forgot the rule.

* The cast of Creator/SethMacFarlane[='=]s other shows, ''WesternAnimation/FamilyGuy'' and ''WesternAnimation/TheClevelandShow'', also qualify, although they do dress up for special occasions.

* In ''Franchise/GIJoe'', Cobra Commander either has a metal face-guard helmet or a cloth mask, with no particular pattern to when he changes them. He's even been seen to flicker between the two in the space of a single CCTV transmission.

** In "The Irate Pirates", the boys are again in swimsuits, and Darla wears a purple bikini.

* In ''WesternAnimation/TeamGalaxy'' the trio of space rangers all have their signature outfits in addition to their Galaxy High uniforms.

*** [[LampshadeHanging Gets a bit of cover]] when the goes undercover for a mission--after getting some help from Kimiko's dad, they're forced to wear traditional Asian formalwear (much to Kimiko's chagrin, who's forced to wear a kimono and her hair up in a bun), but Omi appears to be wearing the same robes he usually wears. But, as he points out, "they have a slightly higher thread count!"
*** In "My Homey Omi" Omi meets Jermaine who he quickly befriends after defending him and (vice versa) from some bullies. The n afterwards Jermaine suggests after Omi is mistaken for someone else by a woman based on what he was wearing that he gets some better clothes to blend in. Cue in the next scene where Omi is wearing a blue beanie, a blue hoodie with red stripes, blue baggy pants and red sneakers.

* On ''{{WesternAnimation/Daria}}'', Jane gets two: a subtle one in "[[Recap/DariaS1E12 The Teachings of Don Jake]]", when we see her packing multiple red shirts for a trip, and another in "[[Recap/DariaS5E09 Life in the Past Lane]]", when she goes through several retro styles and at one point complains how much easier it was to just wear one outfit.

** Steven himself wears clothes normally, but puts on the same red/pink shirt with a yellow star and blue jeans unless the weather or plot dictates otherwise. [[Recap/StevenUniverseS2E5StoryForSteven "Story for Steven"]] implies Steven is wearing many identical shirts that used to be merchandise his former-rock star father would sell at concerts. [[Recap/StevenUniverseS1E47PoliticalPower One episode]] had Pearl planning to dismantle the washing machine [[ItMakesSenseInContext to salvage parts for an anti-robot device]].

* ''WesternAnimation/{{Birdgirl}}'': Judy Ken Sebben lampshades her wardrobe in the pilot episode, with a rack of identical jackets.
-->'''Judy:''' Which says "confident and decisive" to you, harbor gray or slate gray?\\
Château, campfire smoke? Ooh, maybe thunder sky, or is that screaming for attention?\\
Oh, god, they're all so gray!