History Main / BarelyThereSwimwear

The swimsuit does not actually need to be worn for this trope--displaying it to someone who asks "where's the rest of it" or declares "no daughter of mine is wearing such a thing!" qualifies.

* Xander Harris in a Speedo in the "Go Fish" episode of ''{{Buffy the Vampire Slayer}}''.
* [[TheFreshPrinceOfBelAir Will Smith]] was rendered speechless when a pair of twins mentioned that their bathing suits were carried in their compacts.

* In the [[BeachEpisode beach]]/[[PoolEpisode pool episode]] of ''ToAruKagakuNoRailgun'', Kuroko chooses one of these out for herself. She does not have the body for it.

* [[TheFreshPrinceOfBelAir Will Smith]] was rendered speachless when a pair of twins mentioned that thier bathing suits were carried in their compacts.

* The ''TengenToppaGurrenLagann'' series has an interesting [[InvertedTrope inversion]], when the other cast members note that [[MsFanservice Yoko's]] swimsuit is less revealing than her normal outfit. Kittan even yells at her that the more skin she shows, the better; he gets [[GirlsWithGuns her sniper rifle's barrel in his face]] for his trouble. A few seconds later, every single male in sight gets a {{nosebleed}} from resident {{Kawaiiko}} Nia's conservative one-piece, despite her [[{{Lolicon}} being pre-adolescent and not much of a body to show off]]. Kittan immediately remarks, "Maybe less skin is OK as well."

!!Examples:

[[AC:ComicBooks]]
* Done alarmingly frequently in ArchieComics, considering that it's supposed to be for kids. Artist Dan [=DeCarlo=] was an unrivaled master of FanService, so there are frequent shots of Veronica being indecent at the beach. One time she even got arrested -- as did Cheryl Blossom when she attempted to go topless at another one.

[[AC:{{Film}}]]
* ''{{Borat}}'' ends with the excessively hairy male lead in one.
** It actually covers ''more'' than normal male swimwear, but it still manages to look perverted as hell. A reporter discovered that wearing it on public beaches can get you charged for breaking public decency laws - despite of technically showing less skin than other men on the beach.
* This style of swimwear is one of the chief draws of Skinmax-style B-movies like ''BikiniCarwashCompany'', ''BikiniCarwashCompanyII'', ''[=~The Great Bikini Off-Road Adventure~=]'', ''[[BeachBabesfromBeyond Beach Babes from Beyond]]'', ''SavageBeach'', ''[[ReturntoSavageBeach Return to Savage Beach]]'', and ''[[DayoftheWarrior Day of the Warrior]]''.

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[[AC:LiveActionTV]]

* In the short-lived Tony Randall/Swoozie Kurtz sitcom ''[[LoveSidney Love, Sidney]]'', Kurtz is talking about a trip she and her 5 year old daughter Patti are going on. She shows Randall an extremely tiny bikini bottom, he says "That's indecent!" She replies "it's for Patti!"

* Xander Harris in a Speedo in the "Go Fish" episode of ''BuffyTheVampireSlayer''

[[AC:{{Manga}} and {{Anime}}]]
* In the [[BeachEpisode beach]]/[[PoolEpisode pool episode]] of ''ToAruKagakuNoRailgun'', Kuroko chooses one of these out for herself. She does not have the body for it.
** In episode 15 of ''ToAruMajutsuNoIndex'', Touma's mother wears incredibly scant swimwear, much to his horror. ''Especially'' since Touma's seeing her as [[TokenLoli Index]].
* The ''TengenToppaGurrenLagann'' series has an interesting [[InvertedTrope inversion]], when the other cast members note that [[MsFanservice Yoko's]] swimsuit is less revealing than her normal outfit. Kittan even yells at her that the more skin she shows, the better; he gets [[GirlsWithGuns her sniper rifle's barrel in his face]] for his trouble. A few seconds later, every single male in sight gets a {{nosebleed}} from resident {{Kawaiiko}} Nia's conservative one-piece, despite her [[{{Lolicon}} being pre-adolescent and not much of a body to show off]]. Kittan immediately remarks "Maybe less skin is OK as well".
* In ''BusouRenkin'', Papillon's swimwear draws this reaction from bystanders. It's actually more concealing than a normal Speedo, but it's the ''way'' he wears it that makes it provocative.
** Also, the standards of a normal speedo are the ''only'' metric by which it covers a lot. By ''any other measure'', its incredibly brief.
* Kasumi's skimpy bikini in the ''RanmaOneHalf'' BeachEpisode "Battle for Miss Beachside" comes as a big shock to her sister Akane.
* The ''{{Kanokon}}'' BeachEpisode has [[{{Pettanko}} Nozomu]] try to pass off three bandages (two little ones and a big one) as a swimsuit. Oblivious as to why the other girls object to it, she (Or rather Chizuru) is eventually forced to purchase a more normal swimsuit at said beach.
* Although none of the other characters really react, Nanao Ise and Isane Kotetsu comment on the size of their own swimsuits in the beach episode of ''{{Bleach}}''.
* Ruby's swimsuit in ''RosarioToVampire'' Season 2.

[[AC:{{Music}}]]
* The song "Itsy Bitsy Teeny Weeny Yellow Polka-dot Bikini"
* In one of his songs (''Temptation Boogie''), ''Carmen'' has described a bikini that contains "less cotton than a medicine bottle".

[[AC:VideoGames]]

* ''{{Dead Or Alive}} Xtreme'' is especially guilty of this. Some of the bikinis which the girls can wear are so tiny that dental floss would cover more, and considering the girls' [[MostCommonSuperpower builds,]] [[FetishFuel well...]]

[[AC:{{Webcomics}}]]
* In ''MenageA3'', the bikini worn by Didi when the PowerTrio goes for a picnic in the park is so tiny that it causes all onlookers, including pets, to be DistractedByTheSexy.
* Layla, of ''EerieCuties'' uses the [[http://www.eeriecuties.com/d/20100505.html promise of a moonlight date at the beach and a new string bikini]] to get Kade to play "bait" for Nina's EvilTwin. The bikini is both [[http://www.eeriecuties.com/d/20100531.html very tiny, and not particularly secure against waves.]]
* One ''ElGoonishShive'' filler featured an [[http://egscomics.com/sketchbook/?date=2005-12-09 attempt to get Sarah into one]]

[[AC:{{RealLife}}]]

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To qualify, a swimsuit must be described or reacted to in terms of how small it is, or how much it shows. For example, if the text claims it's "two postage stamps and a thick string", or onlookers are shown having their eyes bug out.

* The ''TengenToppaGurrenLagann'' series has an interesting [[InvertedTrope inversion]], when the other cast members note that [[MsFanservice Yoko's]] swimsuit is less revealing than her normal outfit.

* In a BeetleBailey strip, someone asks Killer at the beach why a girlfriend isn't wearing the swimsuit he bought her. Killer answers that her father had standards: a swimsuit must be larger than a postage stamp.

* The {{Kanokon}} BeachEpisode has [[{{Pettanko}} Nozomu]] try to pass off three bandages (two little ones and a big one) as a swimsuit. Oblivious as to why the other girls object to it, she (Or rather Chizuru) is eventually forced to purchase a more normal swimsuit at said beach.

* Ruby's swimsuit in RosarioToVampire Season 2.

* A few easter egg scenes in Lego Star Wars 2 have the "Beach Trooper", a Lego figure wearing a blue thong and a stormtrooper helmet.
* ''{{Dead Or Alive}}'' Xtreme is especially guilty of this. Some of the bikinis which the girls can wear are so tiny that dental floss would cover more, and considering the girls' [[MostCommonSuperpower builds,]] [[FetishFuel well...]]

* Mentioned in the last two scenes of ''[[XWingSeries Wraith Squadron]]'', when the survivors are enjoying themselves at the beach and the uniform for the day is bathing suits that might generously be called minimal. In the last scene, [[ReasonableAuthorityFigure Commander Wedge Antilles]] is asked why he's still fully dressed and working, not out in a scrap like his squadron, and says that he'd [[BiggusDickus make them uncomfortable]].

* ''{{Borat}}'' ends with the excessively hairy male lead in one. {{Squick}}.

** {{Squick}}.

* In SixDaysSevenNights, David Schwimmer's character remarks, "I thought it was an eyepatch!"

* The Brazilian term for "bikini" is the same as the Brazilian term for "dental floss", SoYeah...

* Mentioned in the last two scenes of ''[[XWingSeries Wraith Squadron]]'', when the survivors are enjoying themselves at the beach and the uniform for the day is bathing suits that might generously be called minimal. In the last scene, [[ReasonableAuthorityFigure Commander Wedge Antilles]] is asked why he's still fully dressed and working, not out in a scrap like his squadron, and says that he'd make them uncomfortable.

** It actually covers ''more'' than a normal male swimwear, but it still manages to look perverted as hell.A reporter discovered that wearing it on public beaches can get you charged for breaking public decency laws - despite of technically showing less skin than other men on the beach.

** It actually covers ''more'' than a normal male swimwear, but it still manages to look perverted as hell. This troper once read a lighthearted magazine article where a reporter discovered that wearing it on public beaches can get you charged for breaking public decency laws - despite of technically showing less skin than other men on the beach.

** [[UnfortunateImplications Um, ew?]]
** Well, the average five year old would be smaller than the average fully grown woman. What would be indecent for one would be conservative for the other.