History Main / AppropriateAnimalAttire

* The ClassicDisneyShorts feature the swimwear/sleepwear and winter attire paradoxes a lot, especially with WesternAnimation/DonaldDuck and WesternAnimation/ChipAndDale. For example:

* In the 1929 ClassicDisneyShort, "The Karnival Kid," MickeyMouse doffs his ears as if they were a hat. This inspired the creation of MickeyMouse ear hats.

* There is "I Might be a Duck, but I'm Human": An Analysis of Clothing in Disney Cartoons. It talks about the state of dress of various ClassicDisneyShorts characters, ranging from completely naked (like Chip and Dale), to accessory wearing (like Pluto and Clara Cluck), to half-dressed (like Mickey, Minnie, Donald, and Daisy), to fully clothed (like Minnie and {{Goofy}}).

Now is an important time to define the term "nudity": When ''we'' say that a person is "naked", we usually use it in a social context, implying that they should PleasePutSomeClothesOn. Even though the standard for acceptable human attire can vary with each culture, this isn't a standard we hold animals to; we just don't view their nudity as being so objectionable. Maybe it's the coat of fur (or feathers) that partially obscures their genitals already; maybe it's the four-legged posture that makes their unmentionables less visible than those of a bipedal human (especially from the front). So while we may not particularly ''want'' to be looking at an animal's family jewels, the [[AnimalsLackAttributes omission of them]] in art is much less noticeable than BarbieDollAnatomy.

* KrazyKat's "collar", which is really more like a necktie, bow, or scarf. Regardless, the Kat feels "nude" without it.

This is the tendency for the sleepwear and swimwear of typically completely naked, [[AccessoryWearingCartoonAnimal mostly naked]], or [[HalfDressedCartoonAnimal partially]] dressed {{Funny Animal}}s and {{CivilizedAnimal}}s to not follow the rules of their everyday dress (or lack of dress). Instead, they appear more fully dressed in their sleepwear and swimwear than in their normal outfits.

* Kermit the Frog from ''Franchise/TheMuppets'' considers his collar clothing; one time when he was without it, he acted as if he were naked (hiding his neck-nudity from Miss Piggy, for one thing).

* Kermit the Frog from ''TheMuppets'' considers his collar clothing; one time when he was without it, he acted as if he were naked (hiding his neck-nudity from Miss Piggy, for one thing).

* Most ponies of ''WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic'' "don't normally wear clothes". They will dress up for formal events like the Grand Galloping Gala, but what constitutes "appropriate" Gala attire varies from one pony to the next; royal pages wear livery that includes bloomers, shirt, and jacket, while the guests wear anything from long gowns to an ascot or a shirt collar and tie. When a pony wears shoes (not nailed-on horseshoes, but shoes that cover the hoof), they are typically only worn on the forehooves.

* Justified in the WesternAnimation/BugsBunny short "High-Diving Hare". While wayyy up on the high-dive platform, Bugs tells Yosemite Sam to cover his eyes while he puts on a bathing suit. It was really just a trick to avoid diving.

!!!AccessoryWearingCartoonAnimal

!!!HalfDressedCartoonAnimal

!!!BarefootCartoonAnimal

!!!FullyDressedCartoonAnimal

!!!TheOneWhoWearsShoes

!!!PantslessMalesFullyDressedFemales

!!!Sleepwear and Swimwear Paradox

!!!Normally Pantsless or Naked Character With a Towel Wrapped Around His/Her Waist

!!!Winter Attire Without Pants, Shoes, or Boots

!!!Pantsless or Mostly Naked Character Acting Denuded When Naked

!!!Otherwise Clothed Animal Not Embarrassed by State of Undress

!!!Naked Animal Legs Colored Pants

!!!FurIsClothing

!!!RemovableShell

!!!EggshellClothing

!!!Ears As a Hat

Extending "half-dressed" to "mostly-dressed" results in this: The animal wears a full set of clothing, except retaining their unshod feet. Spat-wearing, but otherwise fully-dressed animals also count as BarefootCartoonAnimals. When this is the status quo in a setting, the exception becomes known as TheOneWhoWearsShoes.

* Most ponies of ''WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic'' "don't normally wear clothes". They will dress up for formal events like the Grand Galloping Gala, but what constitutes "appropriate" Gala attire varies from one pony to the next; royal pages wear livery that includes bloomers, shirt, and jacket, while the guests wear anything from long gowns to an ascot or a shirt collar and tie. When a pony wears shoes (not nailed-on horseshoes, but shoes that cover the hoof), they are typically only worn on the forehooves,

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* One {{Geico}} commercial depicts the the always-naked gecko mascot happening upon a clothing-optional beach and saying "how convenient." (In no other commerical does anyone percieve him as naked.)

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* Justified in the WesternAnimation/BugsBunny short "High-Diving Hare". While wayyy up on the high-dive platform, Bugs tells Yosemite Sam to cover his eyes while he puts on a bathing suit. It was really just a trick to avoid diving.

* ''ComicStrip/CalvinAndHobbes'': Hobbes doesn't wear clothes, although in one storyline he wears "jams" to go swimming.
** He does have swimwear on in other strips, as well.
*** It was even lampshaded once.

** Darwin, Tobias, and Banana Joe have all worn towels in the locker room despite not wearing pants (not counting Joe's peel, which he wears the towel over). With Tobias, this leads to an odd scene in "The Voice" where he's wearing a towel, has it taken from him, and his fuzzball [[{{Cephalathorax}} body/head]] is higher up on his legs, though he doesn't react as if he's nude.

* Sabrina from ''WebComic/SabrinaOnline'' wears nude animal leg colored pants. This receives a LampshadeHanging at one point when her roommate borrows them, [[BreakingTheFourthWall addresses the reader]] while pulling on the waistband and calls them perverts for assuming Sabrina has been naked the whole time.

* Sabrina from ''WebComic/SabrinaOnline'' wears nude animal leg colored pants.

* The childrens book ''Animals Should Definitely Not Wear Clothing'' written by Judi Barrett and illustrated by Ron Barrett talks about animals and clothing in general and why they should not wear clothing. It shows that some animal's body parts don't go very well with clothing.

* The FurryFandom's focus on animals and anthropomorphism gives it a diverse range of examples and opinions on to what extent its animals should wear clothes (and/or what kind). Wikifur, the Furry wiki, provides [[http://en.wikifur.com/wiki/Clothing its own discussion of the matter]].

* The ClassicDisneyShorts feature the swimwear/sleepwear and winter attire paradoxes a lot, especially with WesternAnimation/DonaldDuck and ChipAndDale. For example:

** In the short “Two Chips and a Miss,” the normally naked ChipAndDale are seen wearing nightgowns and sleeping caps.
** In some shorts, ChipAndDale wear winter outfits with jackets, but not pants or boots.

->'''[[Franchise/AceAttorney Phoenix Wright]]:''' I can't walk into court with a ripped suit; I'll look so unprofessional...\\
'''[[WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic Pinkie Pie]]:''' You could just go naked like [[TalkingAnimal me]].\\
'''Phoenix:''' '''''[[WildTake AAGH!!]]''' ARE YOU CRAZY!?'' I'm not gonna show up in court naked!\\

->'''[[VisualNovel/AceAttorney Phoenix Wright]]:''' I can't walk into court with a ripped suit; I'll look so unprofessional...\\

Now is an important time to define the term "nudity": When ''we'' say that a person is "naked", we usually use mean it in a social context, implying that they should PleasePutSomeClothesOn. Even though the standard for acceptable human attire can vary with each culture, this isn't a standard we hold animals to; we just don't view their nudity as being so objectionable. Maybe it's the coat of fur (or feathers) that partially obscures their genitals already; maybe it's the four-legged posture that makes their unmentionables less visible than those of a bipedal human (especially from the front). So while we may not particularly ''want'' to be looking at an animal's family jewels, the [[AnimalsLackAttributes omission of them]] in art is much less noticeable than BarbieDollAnatomy.

->'''[[VisualNovel/AceAttorney Phoenix Wright]]:''' I can't walk into court with a ripped suit; I'll look so unprofessional...
->'''[[WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic Pinkie Pie]]:''' You could just go naked like [[TalkingAnimal me]].
->'''Phoenix:''' '''''[[WildTake AAGH!!]]''' ARE YOU CRAZY!?'' I'm not gonna show up in court naked!
->'''Pinkie:''' Why not? Everypony else does it!