History MagicPants / Videogames

* Derek Simmons in ''VideoGame/ResidentEvil6'' somehow manages to change form twice, and radically - first into some four-legged predator, then into a gigantic TyrannosaurusRex made of organs. But each time he turns back to human, his pants and boots have survived the transformation.
** '''Then''' he turns into a building-sized insectoid and back, but you guess it - his pants and boots are still immune even to that.

* In the ''Franchise/FireEmblem'' series, the Manaketes, [[VideoGame/FireEmblemPathOfRadiance Laguz]], [[VideoGame/FireEmblemFates Fox Spirits, and Garou]] don't have any issues with their clothing, despite the fact that their dragon/animal transformations are larger then their humanoid forms, and very different in shape, as well. It simply disappears when they transform, and comes back once they revert to human form.

* In the ''Franchise/FireEmblem'' series, the Manaketes, [[VideoGame/FireEmblemTellius Laguz]], [[VideoGame/FireEmblemFates Fox Spirits, and Garou]] don't have any issues with their clothing, despite the fact that their dragon/animal transformations are larger then their humanoid forms, and very different in shape, as well. It simply disappears when they transform, and comes back once they revert to human form.

* ''Franchise/JakAndDaxter'':

** Played even more ridiculously straight if you unlock the Classic Wolverine costume, where Wolvie's regeneration suddenly now applies to the whole outfit, so as not to ruin the iconic look of the costume with clothing damage.

* In ''AlteredBeast'', the player characters can collect a series of orbs that causes them to become more muscular and less clothed with each application, until finally taking on the form of a fully nude (yet [[BarbieDollAnatomy anatomically void]]) monster. It's a different monster on each level, with the player characters reverting back to their original (clothed) form at the beginning of each level. Then again, you start off wearing not much more than a tunic and a loincloth anyway.

* If you give your female ''SoulCalibur 4'' character a certain piece of clothing (called spyrobe in the German version) you can clearly see that your character wears no bra. However when the opponent destroys your spyrobe you are suddenly wearing one.

* Link from ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaOcarinaOfTime''. When he's a kid he has no tights. When he wakes up in the Temple of Time...Tights. Magically.

** JustifiedTrope in ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaTwilightPrincess'', since the first time he transforms back to human Link's wearing [[ClothesMakeTheLegend entirely different clothes]], provided to him by the spirits in recognition of his heroism. These clothes could very well be magical, and since the spirits already knew about the wolf thing, they could have prepared the clothes to appear and disappear in just that way. Strangely, the wolf keeps the earrings that Link wears in his human form, making this a rather mixed use of the trope.

** Played even more ridiculously straight if you unlock the Classic Wolverine costume, where Wolvie's regeneration suddenly now applies to the whole outfit, so as not to ruin the iconic look of the costume with clothing damage.

* ''VideoGame/{{Splatoon}}'' lets you morph between a squid and a humanoid squid with the push of a button. Only the humanoid form wears clothes and holds a gun.
** What's more vexing is that when you get splatted, you leave behind your clothes and weapon, but respawning brings them back to you.

* The Manaketes, Laguz, and Taguel in the ''FireEmblem'' series don't have any issues with their clothing, despite the fact that their dragon/animal transformations are larger then their humanoid forms, and very different in shape, as well. It simply disappears when they transform, and comes back once they revert to human form.
* Panne of ''VideoGame/FireEmblemAwakening'' seems to have designed her armor for the express purpose of fitting both her humanoid form and her giant rabbit form.

* Werewolves in the game ''{{Majesty}}'' are naked while in wolf form (which is all the time when they are alive), magically gaining pants when they revert to human form after they die.

* Derek Simmons in ''ResidentEvil6'' somehow manages to change form twice, and radically - first into some four-legged predator, then into a gigantic T-rex made of organs. But each time he turns back to human, his pants and boots have survived the transformation.

* The old PC RogueLike ''Ragnarok/Valhalla'' specifically averts this: if you polymorph into something larger than a troll, then "Your armor strains and bursts. Eight of your fingers are cut off by rings. You shall now be known as Gjarfililidan the Fire Giant."
* ''RuneFactory3'' has characters with shapeshifting ability: [[spoiler:Micah, Pia, and Raven]]. When they transform, they lose or change their clothes, but when they revert to their normal forms. their clothes magically reappear.

* In ''{{Splatterhouse}}'', during the fight against [[spoiler:the mutated Jennifer, she transforms back into her human form]] after being hit enough times, with her clothes literally reappearing out of nowhere.

* The ''Film/{{X-Men}} Origins: {{Wolverine}}'' game plays this painfully straight. Despite the game having impressive effects where Wolverine's shirt, flesh and muscles get torn up as he takes damage, this only applies to his upper body. His pants stay completely intact.

* The Manaketes, Laguz, and Taguel in the ''FireEmblem'' series don't have any issues with their clothing, despite the fact that their dragon/animal transformations are larger then their humanoid forms, and very different in shape, as well. It simply disappears when they transform, and comes back once they revert to human form.

* In ''NetHack'', a self-polymorph can destroy or forcibly disrobe you of all your armor, but when you return to normal form you can sit on a cockatrice corpse without turning to stone. Hence, your character must be wearing magic pants.

* If you give your female ''SoulCalibur 4'' character the spyrobe (I have the German version and I`m not sure if this is the right translation) you can clearly see that your character wears no bra. However when the opponent destroys your spyrobe you suddenly wearing one.

** Played somewhat straight in the ''Rondo'' remake on the PSP, ''The Dracula X Chronicles''. When the Werewolf transforms back, he's now wearing a black speedo, both in the new 2.5D remake and the port of the original ''Rondo''. The Werewolves in the port of ''[[VideoGame/CastlevaniaSymphonyOfTheNight Symphony]]'', however, remain uncensored.

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* Eiji from ''Super Tokusatsu Wars'' has a transformation where he turns into a large, monstrous humanoid... completely destroying his old body in the process. Yet, if you use the Detransform action, he returns to his normal self, with the clothes he had on before he transformed.

** [[LampshadeHanging Lampshaded]] in [[http://www.furaffinity.net/view/535617 this]] Bloody Roar fanfic ({{NSFW}} and free registration required); during a FoeYay moment between [[CloningBlues clone-brothers]] Long and Shenlong, they compare underwear choices in regards to their transformations -- Long wears customized thongs (with a little strap for his tail), while Shenlong [[GoingCommando goes commando]]. Also, in the SlapSlapKiss fight between them beforehand, Shenlong removes his expensive shirt prior to transforming, not wanting to tear it up.
* In ''NetHack'', a self-polymorph can destroy or forcibly disrobe you of all your armor, but when you return to normal form you can sit on a cockatrice corpse without turning to stone. Hence, your character must be wearing magic pants.
* Averted with ''VideoGame/{{Rampage}}''; when the player characters revert to human form, they cover themselves up with their hands and run off screen.

* In ''AlteredBeast'', the player characters can collect a series of orbs that causes them to become more muscular and less clothed with each application, until finally taking on the form of a fully nude (yet [[BarbieDollAnatomy anatomically void]]) monster. It's a different monster on each level, with the player characters reverting back to their original (clothed) form at the beginning of each level. Then again, you start off wearing not much more than a tunic and a loincloth anyway.
** Slightly subverted in ''Project Altered Beast''. Upon first transforming into the werewolf, all your clothes tear off; when you change back, your shirt and jacket are gone for good, yet your jeans and boots somehow return.
* In ''VideoGame/WorldOfWarcraft'', Druids keep the statboosts from their gear despite not wearing anything in animal form. The gear also reappears when they tansform back. Same also aplies to any other class or mob with a shape-shifting ability. Notably, the Warlock's Metamorphosis (which temporarily turns the user into a demon) has MagicPants, as does a Shaman's Ghost Wolf form.
** In addition other players polymorphed by a mage, or otherwise transformed into a Sheep, Penguin, Frog or any other part of a wide ranging menagerie are also immune to unexpected nakedness, but it is magic after all.
** Players can remove all their equipped gear, leaving the character ''naked'' except for a different kind of Magic Pants[[note]]All characters have unremovable underwear of some sort, either boxers/loincloth or a bikini[[/note]].
** They finally going to play it real straight in later ExpansionPack ''Cataclysm'', this is going to be standard issue for all classes of playable [[OurWerewolvesAreDifferent Worgens]]. They can alternate between human and worgen form, but always revert to worgen when combat is initiated. Unlike druids, they do keep their clothing/armor while in worgen form (not just strangely dissapear and reappear when returning human).

* The ''Film/{{X-Men}} Origins: {{Wolverine}}'' game plays this painfully straight. Despite the game having impressive effects where Wolverine's shirt, flesh and muscles get torn up as he takes damage, this only applies to his upper body. His pants stay completely intact.
** Played even more ridiculously straight if you unlock the Classic Wolverine costume, where Wolvie's regeneration suddenly now applies to the whole outfit, so as not to ruin the iconic look of the costume with clothing damage.
* Subverted in ''[[VideoGame/TheElderScrollsIIIMorrowind Morrowind]]''. If you become a [[WolfMan werewolf]] and transform, when it's no longer night, you won't be wearing anything (except your [[MagicPants glued on loincloth]]). Though they won't be destroyed, since you can just equip them again, otherwise all your [[AmplifierArtifact precious artifacts]] [[NiceJobBreakingItHero would be destroyed.]]
* Link from ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaOcarinaOfTime''. When he's a kid he has no tights. When he wakes up in the Temple of Time...Tights. Magically.
** While we're on the topic of ''Zelda'', two words: ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaMajorasMask's'' Giant's Mask. Well, okay, it may be the ''mask'' that's magical and causes his clothes to grow in tandem, but it's still kind of humorous when you think about it. Also applies to the other masks.
** JustifiedTrope in ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaTwilightPrincess'', since the first time he transforms back to human Link's wearing [[ClothesMakeTheLegend entirely different clothes]], provided to him by the spirits in recognition of his heroism. These clothes could very well be magical, and since the spirits already knew about the wolf thing, they could have prepared the clothes to appear and disappear in just that way. Strangely, the wolf keeps the earrings that Link wears in his human form, making this a rather mixed use of the trope.

* In ''{{Splatterhouse}}'', during the fight against [[spoiler:the mutated Jennifer, she transforms back into her human form]] after being hit enough times, with her clothes literally reappearing out of nowhere.
* Used in one of the end credits scenes from ''VideoGame/CaveStory''. [[spoiler:Sue and Itoh]] are transformed from [[HalfDressedCartoonAnimal Half Dressed Mimigas]] to fully-dressed humans.
* ''Franchise/JakAndDaxter'':
** When Daxter is turned into an ottsel, he's left with only his gloves and goggles. [[spoiler:Similarly, Veger loses his coat, boots, and pants, and Tess loses just her shoes]]. And when Daxter's SuperpoweredEvilSide comes out, his gloves and goggles grow while his [[AndYourRewardIsClothes pants]] are shredded from the knees down. Of course, upon returning to his cute lil' ottsel form, his pants are returned to normal.
** In ''VideoGame/JakIIRenegade'', the final [[SuperpoweredEvilSide Dark Jak]] upgrade causes [[TopheavyGuy his upper body to grow to about twice its usual size]], with his shirt changing size and shape accordingly.
** In ''VideoGame/PlaystationMoveHeroes'', Daxter's pants only appear when he enters Dark Mode (in what has to be some bizarre [[ZigZaggingTrope Zig Zag]] of this trope).
* Averted in ''VideoGame/CastlevaniaRondoOfBlood'' and every subsequent game that uses the ''Rondo'' sprites for the Werewolf enemy. After losing all his HP, he transforms back into a naked man and bursts into flames as per the ''Franchise/{{Castlevania}}'' tradition.
** Played somewhat straight in the ''Rondo'' remake on the PSP, ''The Dracula X Chronicles''. When the Werewolf transforms back, he's now wearing a black speedo, both in the new 2.5D remake and the port of the original ''Rondo''. The Werewolves in the port of ''[[VideoGame/CastlevaniaSymphonyOfTheNight Symphony]]'', however, remain uncensored.
** ''VideoGame/CastlevaniaOrderOfEcclesia'' also uses edited ''Rondo'' sprites, but with a pair of boxer shorts ([[DigitalBikini that spontaneously appears between frames]]) rather than the speedo from ''Dracula X''.
** ''VideoGame/CastlevaniaPortraitOfRuin'' also averts this with its version of the Werewolf, which upon defeat transforms back into a naked man who [[BloodFromTheMouth coughs blood]] before dying.
* Fawkes from ''VideoGame/{{Fallout 3}}'' used to wear [[spoiler:Vault 87]] overalls. He still does, but having grown into twice as tall and large as he once was, the top half has been torn, clearly inadequate to house his new physique. The lower half fits just fine.
** Though it does state in one of the computer terminals that Super Mutants have no reproductive organs anyway.
* Morrigan from ''VideoGame/DragonAgeOrigins'' has a bra on when her shirt is off, and [[AbsoluteCleavage only when her shirt is off]].
* In the climactic battle with Titan Joker in ''VideoGame/BatmanArkhamAsylum'', the Titan formula has made the Joker a huge, hulking man-thing that stands easily ten feet tall. Needless to say, his purple suit is completely destroyed by the transformation - except for a pair of ragged purple shorts.
* Alex Mercer from ''VideoGame/{{Prototype}}'' shapeshifts constantly and never has to replace his clothes - even taking the forms of his [[FaceStealer victims]] dresses him in their outfits, whether they were suits, pants, skirts or body armour complete with gas mask. This is because his entire body, including his clothes, is made from superdynamic biomass that can imitate anything. On the downside, that means conventional armour does nothing except complete the disguise and his 'gas mask' will not, in fact, protect him from gas.
** Same here with [[VideoGame/{{Prototype 2}} James Heller]].
* If you give your female ''SoulCalibur 4'' character the spyrobe (I have the German version and I`m not sure if this is the right translation) you can clearly see that your character wears no bra. However when the opponent destroys your spyrobe you suddenly wearing one.
* In ''VideoGame/GoldenSun [[VideoGame/GoldenSunDarkDawn Dark Dawn]]'', Sveta's clothing will magically expand to fit her Beast Form when it's activated, and then magically shrink back to their normal size when she reverts. No ClothingDamage is sustained in either transformation.
* A variation of this trope, in ''VideoGame/SonicUnleashed'': Sonic's first transformation into the Werehog clearly shows his gloves being ripped to shreds, but when he reverts back to his original form, they magically reappear. This happens every subsequent transformation, even in the final one.
** For that matter, his shoes change size and shape, even gaining ''spikes''.
* ''RuneFactory3'' has characters with shapeshifting ability: [[spoiler:Micah, Pia, and Raven]]. When they transform, they lose or change their clothes, but when they revert to their normal forms. their clothes magically reappear.
* The old PC RogueLike ''Ragnarok/Valhalla'' specifically averts this: if you polymorph into something larger than a troll, then "Your armor strains and bursts. Eight of your fingers are cut off by rings. You shall now be known as Gjarfililidan the Fire Giant."
* Double subverted in [[LicensedGame the game of the movie]] ''VideoGame/TheAmazingSpiderMan''. When Dr Connors transforms into the Lizard, all his clothes disappear -- they don't even rip, they're just ''gone''. But when he changes back he's suddenly wearing boxers.
* Derek Simmons in ''ResidentEvil6'' somehow manages to change form twice, and radically - first into some four-legged predator, then into a gigantic T-rex made of organs. But each time he turns back to human, his pants and boots have survived the transformation.
** '''Then''' he turns into a building-sized insectoid and back, but you guess it - his pants and boots are still immune even to that.
* Averted with [[OurWerebeastsAreDifferent werecreatures]] in ''VideoGame/DwarfFortress'': when one in human form transforms all their clothes are removed (even stuff they can still put back on, like backpacks), though not destroyed because that's not something the game engine can do yet. As a result, most werecreatures spend the majority of their time naked in human form, hiding in caves.
* Panne of ''VideoGame/FireEmblemAwakening'' seems to have designed her armor for the express purpose of fitting both her humanoid form and her giant rabbit form.
* ''VideoGame/DungeonCrawl'' used to avert this trope, as shapeshifting would unequip any equipment incompatible with the selected form, and having [[ClingyCostume cursed equipment]] in one of those slots would make shapeshifting impossible. After people [[ScrappyMechanic complained about how annoying this was]], the developers made it so that any incompatible equipment (including cursed) instead melds into the player's body until the transformation wears off.
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* ''JakAndDaxter'': When Daxter is turned into an ottsel, he's left with only his gloves and goggles. [[spoiler:Similarly, Veger loses his coat, boots, and pants, and Tess loses just her shoes]]. And when Daxter's SuperpoweredEvilSide comes out, his gloves and goggles grow while his [[AndYourRewardIsClothes pants]] are shredded from the knees down. Of course, upon returning to his cute lil' ottsel form, his pants are returned to normal.
** For that matter, in ''JakII'', the final [[SuperpoweredEvilSide Dark Jak]] upgrade causes [[TopheavyGuy his upper body to grow to about twice its usual size]], with his shirt changing size and shape accordingly.
** In ''PlaystationMoveHeroes'', Daxter's pants only appear when he enters Dark Mode (in what has to be some bizarre [[ZigZaggingTrope Zig Zag]] of this trope).

* Averted in ''VideoGame/CastlevaniaRondoOfBlood'' and every subsequent game that uses the ''Rondo'' sprites for the Werewolf enemy. After losing all his HP, he transforms back into a naked man and bursts into flames as per the ''{{Castlevania}}'' tradition.
** Played somewhat straight in the ''Rondo'' remake on the PSP, ''The Dracula X Chronicles''. When the Werewolf transforms back, he's now wearing a black speedo, both in the new 2.5D remake and the port of the original ''Rondo''. The Werewolves in the port of ''[[CastlevaniaSymphonyOfTheNight Symphony]]'', however, remain uncensored.
** ''OrderOfEcclesia'' also uses edited ''Rondo'' sprites, but with a pair of boxer shorts ([[DigitalBikini that spontaneously appears between frames]]) rather than the speedo from ''Dracula X''.

** Though it does state in one of the computer terminals that Super Mutants have no reproductive organs.

** Players can remove all their equipped gear, leaving the character ''naked'' except for a different kind of MagicPants[[hottip:*:All characters have unremovable underwear of some sort, either boxers/loincloth or a bikini]].

* In ''FinalFantasyVII'', Vincent Valentine's LimitBreak involves changing shape into a beast. His clothes simply reappear when he changes back.
** ''[[FinalFantasyViiAdventChildren Advent Children]]'' seems to suggest that the cloak itself is part of his power. Possibly a holdover from when he was first transformed, since he was wearing a labcoat at the time.
** Possibly Terra Branford in ''FinalFantasyVI'', whose innate ability, Trance (Morph in the original release) turns her into a naked, fuzzy, pink Esper, although she still wields her weapons and enjoys the stat benefits of her armor and relics. Using the command "Revert" restores her and her clothes. Might just be a case where PowerGlows so brightly that it prevents anyone from seeing her clothes underneath.
** And again in ''FinalFantasyIX'', with both Zidane and Kuja, whose trance forms have all their clothes vanish in lieu of fur, yet reappear as soon as it ends.

* Averted in ''CastlevaniaRondoOfBlood'' and every subsequent game that uses the ''Rondo'' sprites for the Werewolf enemy. After losing all his HP, he transforms back into a naked man and bursts into flames as per the ''{{Castlevania}}'' tradition.

* Link from ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaOcarinaOfTime'''. When he's a kid he has no tights. When he wakes up in the Temple of Time...Tights. Magically.

* Certain characters in the ''VideoGame/{{Touhou}}'' series have displayed shapeshifting abilities in the games they're in, either when introducing themselves ([[CatGirl Orin]] changes into her humanoid form twice in the same game, complete with dress and wheelbarrow), or when the player uses a bomb ([[FriendlyNeighborhoodVampire Flandre]], [[{{Youkai}} Momizi]]; [[FriendlyNeighborhoodVampire Remilia]] sometimes changes into a bat during certain attack patterns, and if the player bombs during her final patterns, she temporarily changes into a bat too).
** On a different note, [[PlayingWithFire Mokou]] has a literal pair of magic pants that are immune to fire. And immune to her repeatedly dying explosively.

* Certain characters in the VideoGame/{{Touhou}} series have displayed shapeshifting abilities in the games they're in, either when introducing themselves ([[CatGirl Orin]] changes into her humanoid form twice in the same game, complete with dress and wheelbarrow), or when the player uses a bomb ([[FriendlyNeighborhoodVampire Flandre]], [[{{Youkai}} Momizi]]; [[FriendlyNeighborhoodVampire Remilia]] sometimes changes into a bat during certain attack patterns, and if the player bombs during her final patterns, she temporarily changes into a bat too).