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* In ''Series/StarTrekTheOriginalSeries'' Captain James Tiberius Kirk of the Starship ''Enterprise'' has his shirt ripped in fights in six episodes ("Where No Man Has Gone Before", "Miri" "Court Martial", "Shore Leave" "Amok Time" and "Gamesters of Triskellon") and ripped outside fights in "The Naked Time" (where [=McCoy]= thinks it's the best way to administer a hypospray) and "Miri" again (where he rips his own sleeves to show he has the disease). The rips in "Court Martial" and "Shore Leave" are ''exactly the same''. This was {{parodied}} in the ''WesternAnimation/{{Futurama}}'' episode, where Shatner simply ''tears his own shirt'' right before a discussion, into the same pattern.

** [[Recap/DoctorWhoS37E3Rosa "Rosa"]]: The Doctor deliberately rips her coat so she can take it to be repaired by the title character, who works as a seamstress at a department store, in order to give Yaz an excuse to hang around with Rosa at the store in case the antagonist, a time traveller trying to MakeWrongWhatOnceWentRight, tries anything there.

* [=GoodTimesWithScar=] had his suit burnt for transition to his inital [=HotGuy=] outfit ([[WalkingShirtlessScene Minus his shirt]]) in the season 9 of ''LetsPlay/HermitcraftServer'' just before he showcases the progress he did for his HQ.

* ''Franchise/StarTrek''
** Captain James Tiberius Kirk of the Starship ''Enterprise'' was infamous for finding a way to get his shirt torn in just about any conflict that he got in to. Justified, [[RealLifeWritesThePlot since the series' budget was startlingly low, Roddenberry cut corners by using the cheapest clothing fabrics he could find. ]] It was {{parodied}} in the ''WesternAnimation/{{Futurama}}'' episode, where Shatner simply ''tears his own shirt'' right before a discussion.
** It was parodied in the actual show. The one episode where Kirk manages to NOT tear his shirt, [[TheMcCoy McCoy]] walks up behind him and rips the sleeve off... to give Kirk a shot, apparently. All the other characters got the injection in their neck, but Kirk can't be forced to end an episode with his shirt intact!

* In ''Literature/{{Twilight}}: Breaking Dawn'', newborn vampire Bella gets mauled by the mountain lion that she's hunting. The mountain lion's claws can't damage her vampire skin, but that fancy dress that Alice put her in doesn't fare so well.

* During the events of ''WesternAnimation/PixarShorts'' "Tokyo Mater", [[WesternAnimation/{{Cars}} Mater]] actually gets parts of his new paint job in Japan gradually peeled off by Kabuto, the short's villain, as their race progresses because of Kabuto's tendency to strip his rivals of their own paint if they lost to him. But at the end of the short, Mater wins the race though with almost all of his paint peeled away, and as a result [[DefeatbyModesty Kabuto ends up losing his own paint job.]]

Can induce YouMustBeCold or DefeatByModesty. See also ActionDressRip, BattleStrip, FinalBattleInducedShirtLoss, and FromDressToDressing. For the non-combat version, see WardrobeMalfunction. A female character who likes KickingAssInAllHerFinery is not immune to this (but it's not common). If a character becomes upset or angry because they loved those clothes, it's also MyFavoriteShirt. See StrippingSnag for cases where the clothing is ripped off accidentally, or GivingThemTheStrip when the character opts to shed a garment to avoid injury or entrapment.

->TheCaptain's [[AnythingThatMoves tastes were simple]], but his methods were complex.\\

** During the Avengers attack on [=OsCorp=], Kara is hit with a unibeam blast from Titanium Man, which burns away the torso of her costume and leaves her as an involuntary case of BareYourMidriff.

* Literature/WearingTheCape: Twice during the events of ''Small Town Heroes,'' Hope "Astra" Corrigan gets into a super battle that shreds her light summer clothing, leaving her in the "indestructible underwear" invented by a colleague. Since the bra and panties cover up about as much as a modest bikini or beach volleyball uniform and have her costume's colors and crest, it's not ''too'' embarrassing when she has to leave the scene in them.

* According to Stuntman and Actor Gui [=DaSilva=]-Greene (who was the stunt double for Black Panther in ''Film/CaptainAmericaCivilWar'' and ''Film/BlackPanther2018'') when appeared on [[WebVideo/CorridorDigital Node]], pants rip and bits of costumes fall off during stunts.

* ''Fanfic/SOEEmeraldFury'': Plenty of examples here. Misato becomes She-Hulk in the wake of the Jet Alone disaster, and if her clothes aren't completely destroyed because of her transformation, they ''will'' be in the subsequent battle. And that's before some of the ''other'' women there get into the act...

* [[Wrestling/HunterJohnston Delirious]]'s first mask was cut by Wrestling/MattSydal, who turned Delirious's own [[WeaponOfChoice wooden stake]] against him. He's also had masks damaged by Wrestling/JimmyJacobs, Hang Men 3 and Wrestling/BryanDanielson. Good thing Wrestling/DaizeeHaze likes sewing.

* This can happen pretty regularly with ComicBook/SheHulk; though it's pretty much guaranteed with her cousin [[ComicBook/TheIncredibleHulk the Hulk]]. Lampshaded in the ''ComicBook/SensationalSheHulk'' where she ends up in a teddy during the fight. When asked afterwards what the hell made the teddy indestructible, she pointed out the "APPROVED BY THE COMICS CODE AUTHORITY" label on them.

Female characters tend to fall victim to this, converting their usual costumes into something more {{Stripperiffic}}. Male action heroes might instead simply lose their shirt altogether for a ShirtlessScene, though lately, the FemaleGaze element has increased. And both men and women can end up getting their clothes shredded [[ShapeshiftingExcludesClothing following a transformation into a larger form]] (usually of the [[BalefulPolymorph unwilling]] kind, as characters who can control their transformations tend to take preemptive steps to avoid clothing issues).

* The early '90s ''WesternAnimation/XMen'' animated series:

* ''WebAnimation/MangaSaprano'': Erika purposefully does this to Kanade's swimsuit by having Karin cut a part of it so she'll end up completely naked upon entering the pool.

* This can happen pretty regularly with ComicBook/SheHulk; though it's pretty much guaranteed with her cousin [[ComicBook/IncredibleHulk the Hulk]]. Lampshaded in the ''ComicBook/SensationalSheHulk'' where she ends up in a teddy during the fight. When asked afterwards what the hell made the teddy indestructible, she pointed out the "APPROVED BY THE COMICS CODE AUTHORITY" label on them.

** Every time Bruce Banner becomes the ComicBook/IncredibleHulk unless he's half-naked to begin with.

* ''Webcomic/{{Noblesse}}:'' Mostly to the men, especially the attractive ones.
* Lampshaded in this ''Webcomic/NowhereUniversity'' [[http://nowhereu.comicgenesis.com/d/20070615.html comic]].

* It's been [[http://www.theduckwebcomics.com/The_KAMics/4784671/ known]] [[http://www.theduckwebcomics.com/The_KAMics/4970393/ to]] [[http://www.theduckwebcomics.com/The_KAMics/5417833/ happen]] in ''Webcomic/TheKamics''.

* ''Webcomic/GrrlPower'': Has happened to both Maxima and Super Hiro on more than one occasion. In one instance, they were both affected by the same blast, leading to some awkwardness as [[https://grrlpowercomic.com/archives/comic/grrl-power-521-to-no-dress/ Hiro tried desperately not to ogle his superior officer]] - Maxima [[https://grrlpowercomic.com/archives/comic/grrl-power-523-field-flirt/ later admits that]] [[EatingTheEyeCandy she did not]]. The fact that Anvil took this as an opportunity to prank them both by giving them a group hug, in such a way they were facing (and touching) each other only made it... more difficult for both of them. It did lead to Maxima admitting that she would be interested if he weren't her subordinate.

* In the reprints of the ''Franchise/DocSavage'' novels in the 1960s, artist James Bama painted Doc with his shirt ripped beyond repair from his continual fights, showing off his rippling muscles. There was even a contest run by the publisher called "Doc Savage Needs a New Shirt!" This is used as a MythologyGag in the [[Film/DocSavageTheManOfBronze 1975 film adaptation]], when Doc gets his shirt torn in a similar fashion during hand-to-hand combat with Captain Seas.

* A [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y3xKbEIn4tY Wilkinson ad]] in the wake of the release of ''Film/AssassinsCreed2016'' has a man and a woman fighting with swords. At one point, the man cuts the woman's top and she ends up with just her bra. The man's shirt has somehow disappeared between the start of the fight and this particular moment meanwhile.