History Main / EggshellClothing

* Togepi from ''{{Pokemon}}''.

Contrast RemovableShell (the shell that's supposed to say on can come off).

* Sheldon of ''USAcres'', which was spoofed in an episode of ''GarfieldAndFriends'', where Sheldon finally hatched, into another shell just like it.

A SubTrope of ArtMajorBiology and ImprovisedClothes.

A SubTrope of ArtMajorBiology and ImprovisedClothes, usually by way of RuleOfFunny or RuleOfCute.

* Initially, the Moon Hamachao from the "Moonfish" sidequest of ''SkiesOfArcadia: Legends'' -- until you feed it enough Moonfish that it grows out of it.

** The first boss in ''SuperMarioGalaxy2''.

* Togepi from ''{{Pokemon}}''. Also Vullaby, a baby vulture that wears half its shell like a diaper.

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* Togepi from {{Pokemon}}.
** Also Vullaby, a baby vulture that wears half its' shell like a diaper.

* The eponymous hero chick of ''{{Calimero}}'' (pictured above) wears his egg shell as a hat. He sometimes takes it off to put it to other uses (like an improvised boat).

** Jr. Troopa from ''PaperMario''.

* The eponymous chick of ''{{Calimero}}'' (pictured above) wears his egg shell as a hat. He sometimes takes it off to put it to other uses (like an improvised boat).

!!Examples:

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[[AC: Film - Animation]]

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* Togepi of ''{{Pokemon}}''. At first glance, Vullaby as well, but it turns out that's not an eggshell... [[spoiler:it's a [[{{Squick}} human skull.]]]]

* Many {{Digimon}}; Digitamamon takes it to the extreme, with a complete eggshell body and cracks for legs and eye slits. (In case you're wondering, Digitamamon has a pocket universe in there.)

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* In ''DextersLaboratory'', Dee Dee mistakes a turtle for one of these, and then a bird that is one of these for a turtle.
* Initially, the Moon Hamachao from the 'Moonfish' sidequest of ''SkiesOfArcadia: Legends'' - until you feed it enough Moonfish that it grows out of it.
* One of the "Buttons and Mindy" sketches from {{Animaniacs}} had a Stone Age Mindy chasing a baby dinosaur where only the legs had hatched out of the egg.
* ''{{Calimero}}'' wears his egg shell as a hat.

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* Togepi of ''{{Pokemon}}''. At first glance, Vullaby as well, but it turns out that's not an eggshell... [[spoiler:it's a [[{{Squick}} human skull.]]

* Togepi of ''{{Pokemon}}''

* Initially, the Moon Hamchao from the 'Moonfish' sidequest of ''SkiesOfArcadia: Legends'' - until you feed it enough Moonfish that it grows out of it.

* The eponymous hero of ''[[{{Ptitle3wtyy8c7}} Ivy the Kiwi?]]''.

* He didn't stay this way of course, but Mumble in HappyFeet cracked through his shell with just his feet, and wandered around in this way until he slipped and the rest of it broke.

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[[caption-width-right:300:Because it's never too early to start a rivalry with TheHero.]]

A SubTrope of ArtMajorBiology, usually by way of RuleOfFunny or RuleOfCute.

A creature only partially hatches from an egg, and walks around with the remaining eggshell on him/her as though it was normal. It could be as little as wearing part of the shell as a hat, or as much as an egg with feet pocking out.

* Sheldon of ''USAcres'', which was spoofed in an episode of ''GarfieldAndFriends'', where Sheldon finally hatched, into another shell just like it.
* Togepi of ''{{Pokemon}}''
* The eponymous hero of ''[[{{Ptitle3wtyy8c7}} Ivy the Kiwi?]]''.

* ''{{Calimero}}'' wears his egg shell as a hat.
* Done in a couple of ''LooneyTunes'' short. In one a turtle egg gets separated and wanders around trying to hatch, and when he does he complains that he's still in a shell. In another it's a duck egg trying to find a place to get warm. The mother duck finds it and saves it from being boiled; as she picks him out of the pot, the duckling hatches and shouts "Aw, ma! Just when I was getting warm!" and jumps back in.
* In ''ThePenguinsOfMadagascar'' episode "Paternal Egg-stinct", the duck egg the penguins are taking care of sprouts legs and wanders around the zoo.
* In ''DextersLaboratory'', Dee Dee mistakes a turtle for one of these, and then a bird that is one of these for a turtle.

* A character in the (pretty dark) comic book series ''Gaspard de la nuit'' is an unhatched egg save two duck-like legs sticking out from holes in the bottom. The character at one point explains that it hasn't fully hatched because it is afraid of the world outside.
* Jr. Troopa from ''PaperMario''.