History Main / AdaptationalModesty

* ''Fanfic/ChaldeaEvilIncorporated'': After finding out that Ushiwakamaru, Fujimaru's starting Servant who wears a {{Stripperiffic}} armor, is physically sixteen to seventeen years old, [[WesternAnimation/PhineasAndFeb Dr. Doofenshmirtz]] drags her aside, then builds a Cloth-Inator to give her something more concealing, though he uses up all available power sources before Ushiwakamaru sticks with a black bodysuit underneath her revealing garbs.

* ''[[https://archiveofourown.org/works/53319847/chapters/139516999 Chaldea's Evil Incorporated!]]': After finding out that Ushiwakamaru, Fujimaru's starting Servant who wears a {{Stripperiffic}} armor, is physically sixteen to seventeen years old, [[WesternAnimation/PhineasAndFeb Dr. Doofenshmirtz]] drags her aside, then builds a Cloth-Inator to give her something more concealing, though he uses up all available power sources before Ushiwakamaru sticks with a black bodysuit underneath her revealing garbs.

** Starting in 2016, actresses who play -- sorry, [[InsistentTerminology are friends with]] -- [[WesternAnimation/{{Aladdin}} Princess Jasmine]] now wear a blue floor-length dress that covers their arms and midriff. Disney ''officially'' said it was to make her outfit more culturally accurate to Middle Eastern modesty standards, but in reality, it was because Jasmine was subject to far more [[AllMenArePerverts unwanted male attention]] than the other Princesses because her original movie-accurate costume was the most revealing.

** Starting in 2016, actresses who play -- sorry, [[InsistentTerminology are friends with]] -- [[WesternAnimation/{{Aladdin}} Princess Jasmine]] now wear a blue floor-length dress that covers their arms and midriff. Disney ''officially'' said it was to make her outfit more culturally accurate to Middle Eastern modesty standards, but in reality, it was because Jasmine was subject to far more [[AllMenArePerverts unwanted male attention]] than the other Princesses.

Compare {{Bowdlerization}}, which is applied to edits applied to the original work. Related to LighterAndSofter, TamerAndChaster and, on a career level, BleachedUnderpants. A very specific inversion of HotterAndSexier.

This is where Adaptational Modesty comes into play. It can involve things like making the revealing outfits of the resident MsFanservice slightly less revealing, or reducing what was a lengthy and detailed sex scene in the original work to a SexyDiscretionShot. Other times, it can be something as simple as putting clothes on a character in scenes where the character was actually naked in the original material.

* Similarly zigzagged with her son Eros and Cupid. Nearly all Ancient Greek art of him depicts him as a handsome naked adult, but later artwork made him a {{Putto}} (a winged child). While these images didn't always cover him up, later art definitely started to, putting him in a diaper in his childlike form, while those few modern adaptations that make him an adult usually depict him wearing a chiton or a loincloth but rarely depict him nude.

* PlayedForDrama in ''[[https://m.fanfiction.net/s/13583899/1/ Fairy Tail: Re-Written]]'' with Lucy. Her attempts to wear more revealing outfits like in canon are hindered by self-doubt and feeling slut-shamed by her father and his more toxic business partners. At most she can wear a skirt that reaches to her mid-thighs and a top that gently hugs her curves. Though it would still be scandalous by the terms of her old, aristocratic life.

* ''Fanfic/InfinityTrainKnightOfTheOrangeLily'': Paul London is written wearing his ''Wrestling/LuchaUnderground'' attire -- an Elvis Presley like suit well known for having a sequin studded codpiece. The story omits said codpiece, and instead just leaves the sequins.

** Nui's villain outfit here covers a majority of her skin, where as canonically it left her legs, arms, and cleavage exposed.

* Both [=GoGo=] Tomago and Honey Lemon in ''WesternAnimation/BigHero6''. In the comics, [=GoGo's=] costume consisted of a black bodysuit, a metallic corset which had no purpose other than propping up her breasts, and a thong made of the same material and Honey's outfit in the comics includes a crop top exposing her cleavage and her midriff with skintight pants, as shown [[http://fc08.deviantart.net/fs71/f/2012/181/7/b/big_hero_6_concept__honey_lemon_by_pixel_saurus-d55eol7.jpg here.]] In the film, both wear more practical armor and Honey never shows more skin than anyone else.

* Poked at with the mock SaturdayMorningCartoon of ''ComicBook/{{Watchmen}}'', where Dr. Manhattan (typically nude in the graphic novel and movie) is given some briefs to wear. It's all part of the absurdity of trying to make a famously dark story LighterAndSofter.

* ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyVII'' depicted Tifa Lockheart wearing a tight white t-shirt and mini skirt, with her BoobsOfSteel on prominent display. ''Anime/FinalFantasyVIIAdventChildren'' gives her an outfit that covers more skin -- also being worn looser, deemphasizing her breasts.

[[quoteright:303:[[ComicBook/{{Starfire}} https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/starfire_modesty.png]]]]
[[caption-width-right:303:From [[ComicBook/TeenTitans comic book]] [[{{Stripperific}} bombshell]] to [[WesternAnimation/TeenTitans2003 cartoon]] [[TheCutie cutie]].]]

[[quoteright:350:[[ComicBook/{{Starfire}} https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/starfire_modesty_idea4.png]]]]
[[caption-width-right:350:From [[ComicBook/TeenTitans comic book]] [[{{Stripperific}} bombshell]] to [[WesternAnimation/TeenTitans2003 cartoon]] [[TheCutie cutie]].]]

* Lola Bunny would get hit with this hard in ''Film/SpaceJamANewLegacy'' with Creator/WarnerBrothers going to great pains to desexualise her. In ''Film/SpaceJam'' she was an iconically curvaceous and sultry MsFanservice who wore a midriff baring tank top and booty shorts and even in ''WesternAnimation/TheLooneyTunesShow'' (which is TamerAndChaster) Lola she still wore short dresses and had a bosom. In ''New Legacy'', Lola’s figure is redesigned to be not curvy but noodle-limbed similar to Bugs, she also has longer modest clothing in general nor is she particularly flirty like her previous depictions.

[[caption-width-right:350:From [[ComicBook/TeenTitans comic book]] [[{{Stripperific}} bombshell]] to [[WesternAnimation/TeenTitans2003 cartoon]] cutie.]]

* One way to depict the Grecorroman LoveGoddess is the "Venus Pudica", which was very popular during the Hellenistic period. It features her as self-conscious of her own nakedness and divine beauty, causing her to daintily try and cover her breasts and crotch. In the myths, Aphrodite is rather promiscuous and finds being a HeadTurningBeauty pleasurable. This also contrasts with other common takes on her, in which she neither flaunts nor cares about her looks but is merely solemn. It draws from the goddess' early days when she was still a virgin. {{Artworks}} modeled after the "Venus Pudica" include the ''Art/AphroditeOfMenophantos'', Creator/SandroBotticelli's ''Art/{{The Birth of Venus|Botticelli}}'', and the ''Art/CapitolineVenus''.

* The ''Capitoline Venus'' is a type of statue of Venus where the naked goddess is desperately trying to cover her naked form, covering her breasts with her right hand, and her groin with her left hand. Creator/SandroBotticelli would later adopt this idea for ''Art/{{The Birth of Venus|Botticelli}}''.
* Zigzagged with the Three Graces, in how they were portrayed over time. For instance, they were initially nude during the Classical Era, then they were covered with sheets in TheMiddleAges, then Botticelli's ''Art/{{Primavera}}'' portrayed them with transparent underwear, and finally nude again by the 17th century.

[[caption-width-right:350:From [[ComicBook/TeenTitans comic book]] [[{{Stripperific}} bombshell]] to [[WesternAnimation/TeenTitans2003 cartoon]] [[BareYourMidriff cutie]].]]

* Starfire's hero outfit in ''Fanfic/TheVirtueOfRevenge'' is more of a [[SensualSpandex skintight]] [[FormFittingWardrobe bodysuit]] and lacks the more {{Stripperiffic}} and revealing aspects of her cartoon and comic versions such as BareYourMidriff and NavelDeepNeckline respectively. Being Starfire, she's still the resident MsFanservice.

* Both [=GoGo=] Tomago and Honey Lemon in ''WesternAnimation/BigHero6''. In the comics, [=GoGo's=] costume consisted of a black bodysuit, a metallic corset which had no purpose other than propping up her breasts, and a thong made of the same material and Honey's outfit in the comics includes a crop top exposing her cleavage and [[BareYourMidriff her midriff]] with skintight pants, as shown [[http://fc08.deviantart.net/fs71/f/2012/181/7/b/big_hero_6_concept__honey_lemon_by_pixel_saurus-d55eol7.jpg here.]] In the film, both wear more practical armor and Honey never shows more skin than anyone else.

* Lola Bunny would get hit with this hard in ''Film/SpaceJamANewLegacy'' with Creator/WarnerBrothers going to great pains to desexualise her. In ''Film/SpaceJam'' she was an iconically curvaceous and sultry MsFanservice who wore a [[BareYourMidriff midriff baring tank top]] and booty shorts and even in ''WesternAnimation/TheLooneyTunesShow'' (which is TamerAndChaster) Lola she still wore short dresses and had a bosom. In ''New Legacy'', Lola’s figure is redesigned to be not curvy but noodle-limbed similar to Bugs, she also has longer modest clothing in general nor is she particularly flirty like her previous depictions.

* The ''Capitoline Venus'' is a type of statue of Venus where the naked goddess is desperately trying to cover her naked form, covering her breasts with her right hand, and her groin with her left hand. Sandro Botticelli would later adopt this idea for ''[[Art/TheBirthOfVenusBotticelli The Birth of Venus]]''.
* Zigzagged with the Three Graces, in how they were portrayed over time. For instance, they were initially nude during the Classical Era, then they were covered with sheets in TheMiddleAges, then Botticelli's ''Primavera'' portrayed them with transparent underwear, and finally nude again by the 17th century.

* Zigzagged with [[LoveGoddess Aphrodite and Venus]]. The most famous artwork of them depicts them fully nude. Numerous films based on classical mythology -- ''{{WesternAnimation/Hercules}}'', ''Film/ClashOfTheTitans1981'', ''Film/OneTouchOfVenus'', ''Series/XenaWarriorPrincess'' -- feature her fully clothed. But some works will have her nude, though usually as a ShoutOut to Botticelli's "The Birth of Venus" -- ''Film/TheAdventuresOfBaronMunchausen'', ''{{WesternAnimation/Coraline}}''.

* Cammy from ''Franchise/StreetFighter'' makes a [[https://lh6.ggpht.com/-23EWdFbu-Jc/UjvHgrhsvkI/AAAAAAAAOV8/cR-uxRkT1qg/Cammy-DETONA-RALPH_thumb%25255B1%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800 cameo]] in ''WesternAnimation/WreckItRalph'' alongside Chun-Li but you'll notice she appears to be wearing green leggings opposed to the games where she just [[ShesGotLegs shows off]] her naked gams all the time. The reason behind this is clear: It's a Creator/{{Disney}} movie; they aren't gonna let any adult female character go around baring her buttocks, no matter how little screen presence she gets.

** Ragyo wears business attire similar to the Queen Crimson from ''VideoGame/{{Helltaker}}'' rather than the revealing AbsoluteCleavage outfit she wore canonically.
* ''Fanfic/MyHeroPlaythrough'': Unlike canon, where Momo wears an AbsoluteCleavage-baring {{leotard|OfPower}}, her hero costume instead consists of modified leather pants and a jacket with lots of zippers along with a motorcycle helmet.

* Starfire's hero outfit in ''Fanfic/TheVirtueOfRevenge'' is more of a [[SensualSpandex skintight]] [[FormFittingWardrobe bodysuit]] and lacks the more {{Stripperiffic}} and revealing aspects of her cartoon and comic versions such as BareYourMidriff and AbsoluteCleavage respectively. Being Starfire, she's still the resident MsFanservice.

* ''Franchise/MyHeroAcademia: The "Ultra" Stage'': Momo's costume covers up most of her torso and removes the [[AbsoluteCleavage ridiculously large cleavage window]] from her manga design. Any potential problem this might pose for her Quirk (the ability to generate weaponry and other non-living items from her exposed skin) is solved by her new suit also including a zipper.

* Cammy from ''Franchise/StreetFighter'' makes a [[https://lh6.ggpht.com/-23EWdFbu-Jc/UjvHgrhsvkI/AAAAAAAAOV8/cR-uxRkT1qg/Cammy-DETONA-RALPH_thumb%25255B1%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800 cameo]] in ''WesternAnimation/WreckItRalph'' alongside Chun-Li but you'll notice she appears to be wearing green leggings opposed to games where she just [[ShesGotLegs shows off]] her naked gams all the time. The reason behind this is clear: It's a Creator/{{Disney}} movie; they aren't gonna let an adult female character go around baring her buttocks, no matter little screen presence she gets.