History Main / BarelyThereSwimwear

* In ''Manga/HowHeavyAreTheDumbbellsYouLift'', when competing at the Miss Meat Island competition, Ayaka wears a swimsuit so barely there that they ''blur it out''... and promptly gets disqualified over it.

* Played with in ''Series/{{Supergirl}}; as they are trying to find her costume, Winn makes her an outfit consisting of a pair of boy shorts and a midriff-baring long-sleeve top. Kara tells him, "I am not flying around saving people in this thing. I... I wouldn't even wear this to the beach. Where's my cape?"

* In ''LightNovel/{{Kampfer}}'', Female Natsuru and Akane are forced to wear impossibly skimpy suits in front of an entire classroom.
* The ''LightNovel/{{Kanokon}}'' BeachEpisode has 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.

* For the BeachEpisode of ''Manga/AyakashiTriangle'', [[ShamelessFanserviceGirl Reo]] modifies her teams ninja suits into {{Chainmail Bikini}}s. Her own top shows more than half of her breasts and both of their bottoms are microthongs. Since Reo did the change instantly without explaining in advance, Matsuri and Soga are very surprised.

* In one issue of ''ComicBook/XMen2013'', the students are relaxing at a beach when they come under attack by a [[HumongousMecha Sentinel]]. Hellion just happens to be wearing a ''very'' brief pair of swim trunks at the time, and acknowledges that they're probably too short. ComicBook/{{Jubilee|MarvelComics}} (and frankly the rest of the girls) [[EatingTheEyeCandy begs to differ]].

%% Administrivia/ZeroContextExample * ''Two Halves'' has resident ShrinkingViolet Hinata in one (a tiny two-piece bikini) where she notes she actually has to use chakra to keep it from falling. Naturally she's forced into it by [[CoolBigSis Sora]] who has a rather flexible understanding for the words sensible, modest and clothing.

* In the uncensored version of the [[http://bulbapedia.bulbagarden.net/wiki/ET02 second chapter]] of ''Manga/TheElectricTaleOfPikachu'', Misty is wearing a swimsuit that is basically a few strategically-covering strips of material. Ash ends up [[MaleGaze staring]] [[DistractedByTheSexy so much]] she belts him in the face with a Shellder.

* In ''VisualNovel/HigurashiWhenTheyCry Rei''[='s=] [[BeachEpisode Pool Episode]], Miyo Takano sports an [[https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/vlcsnap-2009-07-20-02h00m13s169.jpg outrageously revealing tiger bikini.]] [[GagBoobs Mion]] wonders why "[[HypocriticalHumor it's not against the law to have boobs that big]]."
* In ''LightNovel/{{Kampfer}}'', Female Natsuru and Akane are forced to wear these in front of an entire classroom.

** Wrestling/{{Jacqueline}} was convinced it was [[GagBoobs impossible for her to lose a bikini to anyone]]. Cue Wrestling/{{Sable}}'s bikini at ''Fully Loaded'' 1998, which was a bikini bottom and hands painted on her breasts.

* ''LightNovel/ACertainMagicalIndex'':

* In ''LightNovel/SoICantPlayH'''s OVA, the school holds a swimsuit contest. Quele tries to coax the shy Mina into participating and makes her try several swimsuits to show her she has nothing to be ashamed of. They are all so skimpy that Mina gets very uncomfortable, and the last one makes her shriek and cover her privates with her hands.

* In the ''Series/MysteryScienceTheater3000'' episode spoofing ''Film/TheHorrorOfPartyBeach'', one host segment has Mike doing a "manly beach dance" in a swimsuit so tiny that Crow and Tom declare that he's actually nude (all the viewer sees is Mike's bare back pointed at the camera). At their suggestion, Mike decides to try the next size up... and walks off holding a Speedo that looks like it was made for a Ken doll.

* In one issue of ''[[ComicBook/AdjectivelessXMen X-Men Vol. 4]]'' during ComicBook/MarvelNow, the students are relaxing at a beach when they come under attack by a [[HumongousMecha Sentinel]]. Hellion just happens to be wearing a ''very'' brief pair of swim trunks at the time, and acknowledges that they're probably too short. ComicBook/{{Jubilee|MarvelComics}} (and frankly the rest of the girls) [[EatingTheEyeCandy begs to differ]].

* In episode 40 of the anime adaptation of ''Manga/BlackClover'' Noelle is purchasing swimsuit. Klaus who entered the store having heard Noelle scream asks what she and Vanessa were doing there. Vanessa states that they were looking for a swimsuit for Noelle lamenting some that she had offered one of her own swimsuits to Noelle. Along with a shot of what it looked like Noelle exclaims that it was just strings.

* In the BeachEpisode of ''Anime/BurstAngel'', all the girls get in swimsuits and [[YakuzaPrincess Sei]] wears the smallest of them all.

* In the ''Literature/{{Discworld}}'', swimwear for women, ''very'' firmly and emphatically, is the OldTimeyBathingSuit. But Assassins' Guild School teacher Miss Alice Band has seen what swimming costumes are like on the Roundworld (Earth), and loves them. However, Discworld standards of public decency mean that even the modest one-piece costume she wants schoolgirls at the Guild School to adopt -- on the grounds of practicality -- is viewed with horror as Barely There Swimwear. Alice, who sees nothing wrong with the [[SchoolSwimsuit mizugi]] as it is known on Earth, is quietly furious about this. [[note]]She rebels, when out in the wilds with a trekking party, by encouraging the girls to go SkinnyDipping when they can; being trainee Assassins, OutdoorBathPeeping is guarded against and painfully discouraged.[[/note]] More in the works of Creator/AAPessimal.

-->'''Bethany''': Are you kidding? That looks like an eyepatch.

-->'''Tom:''' [[AdBumpers We'll be right back, everyone!]]
-->'''Crow:''' [[BrainBleach Part of me will never be back. Part of me is gone forever.]]

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* Common in the ''Sports Illustrated'' swimsuit issue. Eventually they just gave up and started [[http://www.joannegair.com/ painting them on.]]
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--> '''Zach''': ''wearing a "one-sided" Speedo'' I feel more naked than if I were naked.

* One episode of ''WesternAnimation/TheJetsons'' has Jane hold up a skirted backless one piece and complain that it’s been stretched all out of shape, and George comment that it’s practically a tent. The suit is about as long as her hand, and she says that the glamour shop downstairs might have some Saturn bikinis: some rings in just the right places.

** ''VideoGame/DragonQuestIII'' had the original Revealing Swimsuit, which had upgraded versions with better stats added in the remakes. It was the [[TropeCodifier original]] Dangerous Bikini in the DQ series, and even changed the sprites of your female party to have them walking around clad in just the swimsuit.

* For the BeachEpisode of ''Manga/AyakashiTriangle'', [[ShamelessFanserviceGirl Reo]] modifies her teams ninja suits into {{Chainmail Bikini}}s. Her own top shows more than half of her breasts, Matsuri's has AbsoluteCleavage, and both of their bottoms are microthongs. Since Reo did the change instantly without explaining in advance, Matsuri and Soga are very surprised.

-->'''Tom:''' [[Ad Bumpers We'll be right back, everyone!]]

-->'''Crow:''' [[BrainBleach A part of me is gone forever. A part of me is never coming back...]]

* In one issue of ''[[ComicBook/AdjectivelessXMen X-Men Vol. 4]]'' during ComicBook/MarvelNow, the students are relaxing at a beach when they come under attack by a [[HumongousMecha Sentinel]]. Hellion just happens to be wearing a ''very'' brief pair of swim trunks at the time, and acknowledges that they're probably too short. ComicBook/JubileeMarvelComics (and frankly the rest of the girls) [[EatingTheEyeCandy begs to differ]].

* In one issue of the ''ComicBook/AdjectivelessXMen'' during ComicBook/MarvelNow, the students are relaxing at a beach when they come under attack by a [[HumongousMecha Sentinel]]. Hellion just happens to be wearing a ''very'' brief pair of swim trunks at the time, and acknowledges that they're probably too short. ComicBook/JubileeMarvelComics (and frankly the rest of the girls) [[EatingTheEyeCandy begs to differ]].

* The news reporter is wearing just a [[ShamelessFanserviceGirl thong bikini bottom]] in [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rr7EKMMOzhE this segment]] on Haulover nude beach in Florida.

* In the ''Literature/{{Discworld}}'', swimwear for women ,''very'' firmly and emphatically, is the OldTimeyBathingSuit. But Assassins' Guild School teacher Miss Alice Band has seen what swimming costumes are like on the Roundworld (Earth), and loves them. However, Discworld standards of public decency mean that even the modest one-piece costume she wants schoolgirls at the Guild School to adopt -- on the grounds of practicality -- is viewed with horror as Barely There Swimwear. Alice, who sees nothing wrong with the [[SchoolSwimsuit mizugi]] as it is known on Earth, is quietly furious about this. [[note]]She rebels, when out in the wilds with a trekking party, by encouraging the girls to go SkinnyDipping when they can; being trainee Assassins, OutdoorBathPeeping is guarded against and painfully discouraged.[[/note]] More in the works of Creator/AAPessimal.

The swimsuit does not actually need to be worn for this trope -- displaying it to someone who sarcastically quips, "Where's the rest of it" or (if it's a family sitcom) declares "No daughter of mine is wearing that!" qualifies.

* ''Manga/MakenKi'': At the start of chapter 74, Haruko and Ms. Aki find themselves mysteriously transported from the Ooyama's bathhouse, to the surrounding forest, without any clothes. So Aki whips up a pair of [[http://www.mangatown.com/manga/maken_ki/c074/11.html leaf bikinis]] for them to wear. When Haruko notes [[{{Stripperific}} how revealing]] [[http://www.mangatown.com/manga/maken_ki/c074/8.html they are,]] Aki figured she'd say so and shows her the grass skirt she made to go with it.... [[ComicallyMissingThePoint except it was more like a lei.]]

* In ''Manga/BusoRenkin'', [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WE-F_I-ebcg Papillon's swimwear]] is a black mankini a bit sleeker than the famous lime-green one in ''Film/{{Borat}}'' that draws this reaction from bystanders as it is less concealing than the normal Speedo, since it leaves virtually his whole ass hanging out, other than one narrow strip, with no side coverage whatever. In some other non-beach scenes, he wears a particularly skimpy pair of Speedos that usually covers much more.