History Main / BandageBabe

* Cleo from ''Franchise/MonsterHigh'' wears bandages, being a BandageMummy, as does her sister, Nefera. Cleo at least, and possibly both of them, is cursed to have to wear ''some'' of her bandages at all times or suffer some unexplained consequence, but she doesn't have to wear all of them, leaving all her outfits to end up like this. RuleOfSexy is enforced almost constantly.

* Female (and male) stars in ''TheMovies'' recovering from chest augmentations wear these on top, and pajama pants on the bottom. The same set is available as a costume option for use in movies.

* Alta, the heroine of ''MightyFlipChamps'', has the bandages-replacing-underwear variety.

* Though not uncommon in the ''Manga/Naruto'' universe for shinobi, Ume takes it to a bit of an extreme. Under her clothing she is from the neck down covered in bandages because it actually looks more innocuous than people seeing all the [[ScarsAreForever scars]] she's accumulated over her relatively short (three years) career as a shinobi so far.

* Osamu Dazai from ''Manga/BungouStrayDogs'' wears gauze bandages over most of his body. No reason is given, though since he specializes in manipulation and getting information out of people, invoking this trope is a definite possibility.

* Beating the Ultimate Bass Challenge in ''RockBand 2'' unlocks an all-bandages outfit for your created character.

* ''VisualNovel/SuperDanganRonpa2'': Mikan Tsumiki is a strange example of a [[TheMedic nurse]] who also does double duty as a Bandage Babe. She's [[CuteClumsyGirl massively clumsy]], explaining it somewhat. Gundam has a bandaged left arm, but that's probably due to his status as an animal breeder... Or his occasional [[MrImagination Chuunibyou]] traits.

* Given the number of battles and bad-until-magically-healed injuries sustained in ''Manga/MahouSenseiNegima'', there's a definite element to this. Mind you, this is a KenAkamatsu series...

* Mileena's secret third outfit in ''VideoGame/MortalKombat9'', reproducing how she looked when she came out of the Flesh Pits. Crosses well over into {{Stripperiffic}} territory.

%%* Ryomou Shimei of ''Manga/IkkiTousen''

* Another male example: Kuranosuke Shiraishi from ''Manga/ThePrinceOfTennis'', who wears bandages all over his left arm. There's a RunningGag of him either starting to take them off or threatening to do so, but it never happens. [[spoiler: The manga reveals that the bandages actually hide a heavy bracelet/arm guard that acts as his PowerLimiter.]]

** [[spoiler: Caren's mother Claudia was this, too. She wore an eyepatch and bandages, due to being a mixture of IllGirl and BlessedWithSuck.]]

* VideoGame/AnimalCrossing of all things lets you purchase and wear a post-op patch over an eye. There's also headgear called "Dressing" that covers your ''entire head'' except one eye in bandages.
* [[MrFanservice Ezio]] is briefly bandaged at the beginning of VideoGame/AssassinsCreedBrotherhood's second sequence.

* ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyXIII'': Can Snow Villiers [[http://i.ytimg.com/vi/9LW-m0qyTQg/0.jpg count]]? He is bandaged, and he is a (male) babe...

* Lucy and other Diclonius in ''Manga/ElfenLied'' are actually a case of BeamMeUpScotty, aside from some of the box art, Lucy as a child in a hallucination [[note]]the one where the bandages fall down to show Lucy the voice talking to her has her own face[[/note]], and Mariko in her first appearance, the diclonii don't wear bandages, or usually anything else for that matter.

* [[http://www.angelfire.com/anime5/dual_pta/page8.html Yayoi Schwael]] in ''[[Anime/DualParallelTroubleAdventure Dual]]''.

* [[http://www.imagebam.com/image/dfe660341128069 Rei]] from ''Anime/NeonGenesisEvangelion'', in the first episode.
** Subverted in Episode 23: Rei is in bandages AGAIN due to injuries sustained from Unit 00 self-destructing against Armisael. [[spoiler: She goes home and discards the bandages, revealing she is injury-free]].
** Asuka ends up as such by the end. The doujinshi ''Manga/ReTake'' uses that visual of her [[http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y49/BornIn1142/AsukaReTake.jpg for all its worth]] (slightly NSFW).
* Lucy and other Diclonius in ''Manga/ElfenLied''.
** Actually a case of BeamMeUpScotty, aside from some of the box art, Lucy as a child in a hallucination [[note]]the one where the bandages fall down to show Lucy the voice talking to her has her own face[[/note]], and Mariko in her first appearance, the diclonii don't wear bandages, or usually anything else for that matter.

* Chii in ''Manga/{{Chobits}}'' when first discovered, wrapped in what looks like bandaging.
* Shana from ''LightNovel/ShakuganNoShana'', in the flashback of her first fight as a Flame Haze.
** Happens again when [[spoiler: she is [[TakingTheBullet unintentionally]] stabbed by [[NinjaMaid Wilhelmina]]]].

* [[http://www.angelfire.com/anime5/dual_pta/page8.html Yayoi Schwael]] in ''[[Anime/DualParallelTroubleAdventure Dual]]''.
* In ''Manga/ExcelSaga'' manga volume 18, Elgala is injured by a bomb, and is shown with bandages like Rei Ayanami's ones. She even says "[[ShoutOut Maybe I'm the third one]]".
* After [[spoiler:Nanoha's]] NearDeathExperience in the SnowMeansDeath FlashBack of ''Anime/MagicalGirlLyricalNanohaStrikers'', we are shown a picture of her connected to several life-support units, her upper torso clad only in bandages.
* Subverted by Adorea of ''Manga/FrankenFran''. A female servant of Fran's covered in bandages like a mummy. Her [[http://www.mangahere.co/manga/franken_fran/v03/c016/7.html striking figure, beautiful hair, and selfless willingness to give her organs]] certainly made her look like a bandage babe, and the [[CoversAlwaysLie volume cover that has her story]] even made it look like that underneath those bandages was a naked, classic beautiful girl. Then, when a terrorist who was smitten with her asked to see her face, she removes the bandages around her head [[spoiler:and we're treated to a frame filled with nothing but tentacles surrounding a gaping maw that she uses to swallow the terrorist whole]].
** [[http://www.mangahere.co/manga/franken_fran/v03/c016/21.html High Octane Nightmare Fuel.]] '''You have been warned.'''
* Allen Walker from ''Manga/DGrayMan'' is a {{Moe}} ''male'' version of this trope. Seriously, though--he's [[http://www.mangahere.co/manga/d_gray_man/c184/11.html so incredibly pretty,]] and has such an [[http://www.mangahere.co/manga/d_gray_man/c184/8.html effeminate, slender figure,]] he fits pretty darn well with all the other examples.
* In ''Manga/FullmetalAlchemist'' Lan Fan is [[spoiler: injured and cuts off her own arm after an attack from King Bradley]] and for the majority of her appearances before [[spoiler: she leaves to get a replacement arm]] she's pretty much topless except of the bandages around her chest.
* Suzaku from ''Anime/CodeGeass'' to [[http://www.narutocommunity.net/gallery/img12276.htm the]] [[http://www.narutocommunity.net/gallery/img12277.htm fangirls.]]
* Hayato Gokudera of ''Manga/KatekyoHitmanReborn'' wore a bandage-centric outfit to his [[TournamentArc Ring Conflict]] battle, having nothing on under his gauze shirt, but wearing [[{{Fanservice}} impractical]] [[ImpossiblyCoolClothes skinny jeans and single-buttoned, almost non-existant jacket-y thing]] in spite of his other injuries. Makes ''perfect'' [[FridgeLogic sense]], right?
* ''Manga/GameXRush'' gives us two male examples in the last chapter, as well as a single-panel flashback of [[spoiler: Miyuki]] as a Bandage Babe.
* Rather common on ''Manga/{{Bleach}}'' since everyone spends so much time having been nearly slashed, stabbed and chopped to pieces. Ichigo takes it so far that even his ''sword'' is wrapped in bandages!
* ''LightNovel/FullMetalPanic'' has a {{fanservice}}y male version of this with Sousuke, in the later parts of the story. Nicely illustrated in the ''Sigma'' manga. After being [[spoiler: in a coma for a month]], Sousuke was rendered ''very'' weak and helpless in bed, being half naked and having his bare chest and arms wrapped in bandages. (Of course, "helpless" for him means only being able to [[spoiler: bomb the hell out of the enemies that try to ambush him]].)

* Ruthlessly subverted with Balalaika in ''Manga/BlackLagoon''. One of her flashbacks involves her sitting in a vehicle with bandages covering her burns and wounds from a recent battle. [[FanDisservice There was nothing remotely sexy about that scen]]e as she looked exactly what you'd expect from someone coming from a war zone. She also retains a large number of scars over her body because of those wounds.
* Crane Yuzuriha of ''Manga/SaintSeiyaTheLostCanvas''.
* Ryomou Shimei of ''Manga/IkkiTousen''
* Hannah Anasfeloz of ''Manga/BlackButler'' starts wearing a bandage over the left side of her face after Alois [[EyeScream stabs out her left eye]] in the first episode.
* Mikaila from ''[[Manga/CountCain Godchild]]'' is completely covered with bandages (except for her head) under her clothes, due to the fact that she is [[spoiler: literally rotting away underneath due to a bad case of clone degeneration.]]
* Rokujo Chikage from ''LightNovel/{{Durarara}}''. Evidently, having his face violently rearranged by [[TheBerserker Shizuo]] has done ''nothing'' to hinder his chick magnet status.
* [[http://www.dm5.com/Comic/MH81/Comics-81596_b9328a96_page-40.htm Mizho]] from ''Manga/KarakuridoujiUltimo'' whose bandages even double as ZettaiRyouki. She also uses a crutch as weapon.
** Her doji Palace (pictured beside her) would be a male example.
* [[http://souleater.wikia.com/wiki/Mira_Nygus Mira Nygus]] from ''Manga/SoulEater'', most of the time.
* ''Manga/GunslingerGirl''. A flashback scene shows Henrietta like this before she became a cyborg, when she was in hospital after a brutal attack. Becomes {{squick}} when a full-body view shows that one of her legs has been amputated. Triela is also shown this way after her fight with Pinnochio (it's more of a fanservice version as Triela has only got her skirt and bandages on under the blanket, and she gets a CoolDownHug from her male handler). Due to the nature of the cyborgs she gets better after a quick operation.
* ''Anime/TigerAndBunny'' has taken to injuring Kotetsu/Wild Tiger for the purposes of getting him [[ShirtlessScene out of his shirt]] and into bandages.
* Sango from ''Manga/InuYasha'' since she's a warrior sometimes gets gravely injured having to be bandaged.
** Inuyasha himself gets this on occasion.
* A male variation: Aki, at the end of the {{yaoi}} OVA ''Sensitive Pornograph'', [[spoiler:defies his "master"]] and gets beaten. He later appears as [[http://www.imagebam.com/image/974c86341130296 this]].
* [[MeaningfulName Mummy Maker]] from ''LightNovel/CubeXCursedXCurious'' is covered in many bandages that not only hides her many scars and burns but also seems to be alive.
* ''Manga/{{Doraemon}}'' the Movie #7 and #31 ([[InstantAwesomeJustAddMecha Steel Troops]]) spot Riruru, [[GirlOfTheWeek a girl of the movie]], getting bandaged up by Shizuka after she's critically hurt from an explosion.
* Rikka primarily in ''LightNovel/LoveChunibyoAndOtherDelusions'', including EyepatchOfPower and bandaged arms. Other characters, including Yuuta, sometimes show this style when in Chuni-mode.
* Seems to be an instance of AuthorAppeal in the manga ''Manga/{{Karneval}}'', as characters commonly appear on the volume covers in bandages. Karoku is a notable example in that he wears bandages around his head and torso for most of his in-story appearances, for reasons that are currently unknown.
* A rare male example in ''Manga/{{Loveless}}'' with Soubi, who wears bandages around his neck because the carvings on it bleed when he fights.
* Another male example is Zange Natsume of ''Manga/InuXBokuSS'', who wears bandages over his right eye. [[spoiler: Not because he can't see out of it though, as we later learn.]]
* RareMaleExample: Kuranosuke Shiraishi from ''Manga/ThePrinceOfTennis'', who wears bandages all over his left arm. There's a RunningGag of him either starting to take them off or threatening to do so, but it never happens. [[spoiler: The manga reveals that the bandages actually hide a heavy bracelet/arm guard that acts as his PowerLimiter.]]
* After almost dying in the battle against Merak in the ''Anime/DevilSurvivor2'' anime the already {{Stripperiffic}} Hinako spends the rest of the series with a bandaged eye and arm.
* ''Manga/SnowWhiteAndSevenDwarfs'' ''loves'' this trope, to the point where it'd be easier to name the characters who ''don't'' wear or end up in bandages at some point.

* ''ComicBook/PainkillerJane''.

* A.B.A. from ''VideoGame/GuiltyGear''

* Beating the Ultimate Bass Challenge in ''RockBand 2'' unlocks an all-bandages outfit for your created character.
* ''VideoGame/WorldOfWarcraft'' players can invoke this trope with either of two [[http://www.wowhead.com/?item=44693 expensive]] [[http://www.wowhead.com/?item=44694 "shirts"]] available in ''Wrath'' and otherwise stripping down to the waist.
* Female (and male) stars in ''TheMovies'' recovering from chest augmentations wear these on top, and pajama pants on the bottom. The same set is available as a costume option for use in movies.
* In ''VideoGame/SoulCalibur 4'', female custom characters have the option to choose a layer of bandages as their underwear.

* In ''VideoGame/NeverwinterNights'', when you first meet Aribeth, she is scar free, and her army is shiny and at %100. However, [[spoiler: When she turns to the bad guys, she gets new armor, a new model, and a new portrait. You can see a heavy bloodstained bandage around her waist through the part of the armor that normally would have shown some skin]]
* Alta, the heroine of ''MightyFlipChamps'', has the bandages-replacing-underwear variety.
* Alessa Gillespie appears briefly in bandages during the game start animation of ''SilentHill1''. This scene never appears again in the game.
* In the ''VideoGame/TheKingOfFighters'', Mature makes her comeback in ''XII'' as one.

* [[MrFanservice Ezio]] is briefly bandaged at the beginning of VideoGame/AssassinsCreedBrotherhood's second sequence.
* Burn victim and all around {{Badass}} Joshua Graham from VideoGame/FalloutNewVegas, [[BandageMummy fully bandaged]] from head to toe apart from his IcyBlueEyes, sometimes receives this treatment at the hands of the {{Fangirl}}s.
* Mileena's secret third outfit in ''VideoGame/MortalKombat9'', reproducing how she looked when she came out of the Flesh Pits. Crosses well over into {{Stripperiffic}} territory.
* Ada Wong in ''VideoGame/ResidentEvilTheUmbrellaChronicles'' is covered in bandages during her short scenario Death's Door.
* Ursula from ''VideoGame/RivieraThePromisedLand'' is not hurt, but her attire can be described as "bandage that floats around and loosely covers her body." The same is true for the HalfIdenticalTwins Blue Fool and Red Sage.
* Ellie in ''VideoGame/DeadSpace2'' after [[spoiler: Nolas Stross takes out her eye with a screwdriver]].
* Official artwork of Eriko Christy (and her super-rare action figure) from ''VideoGame/{{Illbleed}}'' shows her with bloody bandages wrapped around one arm and both legs. Fulfilling certain conditions in a NewGamePlus can cause her to suffer such severe ClothingDamage that she's wearing practically nothing ''except'' a few bandages by the end.
* Alyx Vance in ''VideoGame/HalfLife2'' has bandages on her right wrist, probably after [[ActionGirl being injured in a fight]] or [[WrenchWench cutting herself on some machinery]]. Given that she uses her hand freely, the injury must be minor and/or mostly healed.
* Litty from ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfDarkWitch2'' regularly wraps several parts of her body in bandages, including her otherwise-bare chest. (Exposing tons of {{Underboobs}} in the process.) Her excuse is that she "gets hurt a lot."

* After [[spoiler:Nanoha's]] NearDeathExperience in the SnowMeansDeath FlashBack of ''MagicalGirlLyricalNanoha [=StrikerS=]'', we are shown a picture of her connected to several life-support units, her upper torso clad only in bandages.

* [[MoralGuardians Laura]] [[AxCrazy Lochs]] from ''ComicBook/HackSlash''.

* Nefertina in ''MummiesAlive''. She's a mummy!

[-[[caption-width-right:300:[[ShyBlueHairedGirl Rei Ayanami]]. [[TropeCodifier The original]].]]-]

* Arguably the female leads in ''Film/TheHumanCentipede''.