History Main / CatHolicSchoolgirlsRule

* {{Music/Halsey}}: A downplayed example, more cute than sexy, in her "Colors" video.
* Music/IceCube's "Givin’ Up the Nappy Dugout".

* Lyn-Z Way of Music/MindlessSelfIndulgence often wears a slightly-less {{Stripperiffic}} version of this outfit during live shows.
* Music/AlanisMorissette's "Forgiven".
* "Catholic Schoolgirls Rule" by the Music/RedHotChiliPeppers is the {{Trope Namer|s}}.
* Music/{{Shakira}} and her backup dancers in the video to "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L2xNoJUtEFI Pure Intuition]]".

* Music/FrankZappa's "Catholic Girls".
* Music/{{Queen}} inverted this big time in their "I Want To Break Free" video. We see a nubile schoolgirl from behind only for "her" to turn around and reveal it to be band member John Deacon in drag.

* ''Series/ThunderInParadise'': the character of Alison turns up to the resort wearing a risque schoolgirl outfit (as she IS a schoolgirl) which she then strips off for a dip revealing her pink string micro-bikini.

* Music/Queen, inverted big time in their "I Want To Break Free" video. We see a nubile schoolgirl from behind only for "her" to turn around and reveal it to be band member John Deacon in drag.
* Music/TheDivinyls, lead singer Chrissy Amphlett had a fondness for performing in this outfit.

This trope has an Eastern equivalent in {{Joshikousei}}, a fetishizing of Japanese schoolgirls wearing [[SailorFuku another distinctive uniform.]] This trope's SpearCounterpart is arguably the Mormon Missionary: young men often from sheltered backgrounds living in close quarters with other young men doing God-knows-what behind closed doors (most likely religious study but don't tell that to a fetishist). Though in this case, the outfit itself usually isn't sexualized, but the idea of a repressed young person with simmering sexuality below a prim and proper exterior is all too familiar.

** Although Hogwarts, of the ''Franchise/HarryPotter'' franchise, is obviously not a Catholic school, one memorable ''SNL'' sketch spoofing the Potter series featured guest host Lindsay Lohan as Hermione and played up the uniform fetish aspect, the outfit notably tighter due to her "developing" over the summer holidays.

This trope is slowly becoming [[DiscreditedTrope discredited]], since many real Catholic schools have changed their uniforms to [[BoringButPractical unisex khakis and polo shirts]], especially as more schools realize that what looks pure and innocent on a 9-year-old takes on a different context (whether intentional or not is irrelevant) when worn by a 16-year-old after the "summer growth spurt."

In Britain, where the trope is not associated with Roman Catholicism to the same extent (due to uniforms being much more common in both private and state primary and secondary schools), this look is known as the "[[Film/StTrinians St. Trinian's]] Girl", after a series of BoardingSchool cartoons adapted into movies by that name. The trope is also more broadly regarded as [[{{Squick}} squicky]] in the UK since the style of uniform is more strongly associated with the real children who wear it there. Most schools with this kind of uniform opt for an office-wear dress code rather than actual uniforms for the sixth form (final two years, so 16-18 year old) students, making this style of uniform a more specifically child-like look.

And of course, for some there's good old [[NostalgiaFilter nostalgia]], as plenty of Catholic school alumni can fondly remember their own hormonal teenage years. Alternately, those who actually attended a Catholic school for a decent stretch of time may be much ''less'' prone to this trope: seeing a uniform (especially one involving skirts and dress shirts) on both attractive and unattractive girls, possibly even one's own family members, for years on end can make one lose interest in the uniform rather quickly.

Regardless of the (admittedly [[{{Squick}} squicky]]) reasoning behind it, the trope has led to the fetishization of the standard "schoolgirl uniform", Catholic or otherwise, frequently [[CustomUniformOfSexy modified to Stripperiffic specifications]]. This outfit usually consists of a button-up shirt, sometimes worn with a tie (in more exploitative media, the shirt is worn [[VaporWear without a bra]], and knotted so high up that the girl in question is simultaneously [[BareYourMidriff baring her midriff]] completely and showing off a ''lot'' of [[ImpossiblyLowNeckline cleavage]]); usually a blazer or jacket of some kind, frequently a couple of sizes too small; a short, pleated skirt that may or may not be in some kind of plaid; [[ZettaiRyouiki knee-high socks or stockings]]; and often [[GirlishPigtails pigtails]]. Expect {{panty shot}}s to be a frequent occurrence...unless of course, she's not wearing any. Needless to say, any girl who actually shows up to class like this would be thrown in detention faster than you can say "Jailbait." The uniform will sometimes be depicted as being worn [[SchoolUniformsAreTheNewBlack even outside of school]].

There's also the notion (sometimes TruthInTelevision but usually just wishful thinking, given the fetish-fantasy nature of the trope) that a seemingly chaste schoolgirl may only be going through the ''motions'' of chastity and religiosity for the benefit of parents, teachers, and clergy, similarly to a SeeminglyWholesomeFiftiesGirl, and is just itching for a chance to [[NaughtyByNight reveal her less-than-holy side the moment no one's looking.]] All of that repression leads to a simmering cauldron of [[HormoneAddledTeenager typical teenage hormones]] just looking for a chance to boil over in a plethora of exciting ways in an attempt to rebel.

* ''Film/JennifersBody'': While she isn't actually a Catholic schoolgirl, Jennifer is shown on the poster wearing this kind of outfit, which shows off her [[ShesGotLegs long legs]]. She doesn't wear this in the film however.

* The posters for ''Film/JennifersBody'' featured Creator/MeganFox in a Catholic schoolgirl outfit, although she doesn't wear that costume anywhere in the film.

* ''Series/{{House}}'': In "House's Head," he has a hallucination in a sensory deprivation tank of Cuddy in a [[ZettaiRiyouiki schoolgirl]] [[BareYourMidriff outfit]]. [[YouCanLeaveYourHatOn She isn't in it]] for [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZM_dzGJoGBg long though]].

* In 'The Professionals' episode 'Where the Jungle Ends' Bodie and Doyle pretend to kidnap the villains' adolescent daughter dressed in her schoolgirl uniform in order to provide them with vital information. The girl in question expresses disappointment that they are unwilling to ravish her but Doyle excuses himself as having been "Not feeling well lately".
-->'''Stanley:''' "That's my daughter. She goes to private school and I'm taking the picture down right now."

* The otherwise bewildering and impenetrable video to the Music/BlueOysterCult single "Joan Crawford Has Risen from the Grave", which features a ''lot'' of Catholic Schoolgirls in various stages of demurity, semi-dress, and vampirism, pursued by a seedy pervert with a stunning resemblance to keyboards man Allen Lanier.
** The BOC also use this trope in the album track "Unknown Tongue", in which a devout Catholic Schoolgirl pursues the mysteries of the Stigmata.

* ''Series/8SimpleRules'': Bridget wears a schoolgirl uniform for Halloween and even her grandfather thinks she resembles a stripper.

* ''Series/HowIMetYourMother'': Barney and Lily's stripper daughter wears a variation of this when performing and even when made pregnant by an elderly Barney.

* ''Series/How I Met Your Mother'': Barney and Lily's stripper daughter wears a variation of this when performing and even when made pregnant by an elderly Barney.

* ''How I Met Your Mother'': Barney and Lily's stripper daughter wears a variation of this when performing and even when made pregnant by an elderly Barney.

* ''Magazine/{{Playboy}}'' actually got a [[DudeNotFunny lot of angry mail]] from [[MoralGuardians some people]] for [[http://www.famousfix.com/topic/playboy-magazine-united-states-march-1996/magazines this cover in 1996]] that seemed to show a model (Amara Dunae)in such an outfit. (They later claimed it wasn't a Catholic school uniform or even an imitation of one and had been custom-tailored.)This however did not stop them later putting Playmates Spencer Scott, Laurie Anderson and Breann McGregor in the same outfit and regularly using it for the cover models of their "College Girls" newstand specials.

** Although Hogwarts, of the ''Franchise/HarryPotter'' franchise, is obviously not a Catholic school, one memorable ''SNL'' sketch spoofing the Potter series featured guest host Lindsay Lohan as Hermione and played up the uniform fetish aspect.

* ''Magazine/{{Playboy}}'' actually got a [[DudeNotFunny lot of angry mail]] from [[MoralGuardians some people]] for [[http://www.famousfix.com/topic/playboy-magazine-united-states-march-1996/magazines this cover in 1996]] that seemed to show a model (Amara Dunae)in such an outfit. (They later claimed it wasn't a Catholic school uniform or even an imitation of one and had been custom-tailored.)

* Every female human being under the age of 22 is dressed in a Roman Catholic schoolgirl uniform at the beginning of the video for Music/BritneySpears' "Baby, One More Time...". Not so coincidentally, every female human being of any age had an automatic Halloween costume that year. Thanks, Britney!

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* ''Series/8 Simple Rules'': Bridget wears a schoolgirl uniform for Halloween and even her grandfather thinks she resembles a stripper.

* ''Series/{{8 Simple Rules}}'': Bridget wears a schoolgirl uniform for Halloween and even her grandfather thinks she resembles a stripper.