History Main / FrenchMaidOutfit

* The b-plot of ''Series/{{CSINY}}'''s episode, "Murder Sings the Blues" involved the murder of a guy who required his live-in housekeepers to dress this way...and to have blonde hair and blue eyes. A blue contact lens found at the scene turns out to be a RedHerring.

* ''Website/GaiaOnline'' has a "Meido" set, consisting of headbands, two types of aprons, and poofy dresses, in several colours. The possibilities are endless. Interestingly, there's also an older set of "Maid" items, which are a bit more FrenchMaid-style.

* ''Webcomic/NaruHinaChronicles Mini-sodes'': When Hinata asks Sakura and Ino some advice on how make Naruto tell her that he loves her, Sakura suggests [[ThroughHisStomach to make some instant ramen for him]]. However, much to Sakura's annoyance, Ino suggests to Hinata to wear a sexy maid outfit and to act the part right while serving the ramen to Naruto.

The French Maid Outfit is a form of {{fetish}}, a type of {{Fanservice}} or both, made ([[JustForPun or perhaps maid]]?) to call to mind the FrenchMaid character type (or, if in Japanese media such as {{Anime}} and {{Manga}}, the {{Meido}} character type). They are a favorite Halloween costume and often appear in sexual roleplaying. High-heeled shoes or boots and [[StockingFiller fishnet or black, back-seamed stockings]] are standard parts of this outfit, which may sometimes include [[HighClassGloves fancy leather or lace gloves]] as well. As the page image shows, the dress always has a short skirt to show off the wearer's legs.

* Worn [[ItMakesJustAsMuchSenseInContext mostly inexplicably]] by ComicBook/{{Deadpool}} in issue 20 of Way's run. He was on an assassin's hitlist at the time, [[CloudCuckoolander so maybe he thought he needed a disguise?]]
* The Goddamned Maidman of ''ComicBook/{{Empowered}}'' is a subversion, being essentially Batman if Bats dressed as a French maid instead of a bat.
* There is a picture by J. Scott Campbell featuring Caitlin Fairchild of ''ComicBook/{{Gen 13}}'' in a French maid uniform, feather duster and all.
* ''Franchise/SpiderMan'':

** Mentioned as a gag during the ''Sins Remembered'' arc. Peter's looking for the kids from ''Sins Past'' in France. His thought process is basically, "This table is spotless" → "I've got to get one of those French maids...or maybe just [[ComicBook/MaryJaneWatson Mary Jane]] in a French maid outfit. Why is that outfit so popular with guys? Must be the feather duster."
* According to at least one [[UsefulNotes/TheSilverAgeOfComicBooks Silver Age]] ''ComicBook/{{Superman}}'' story, the Daily Planet requires its top female reporters to dress like this and act as waitresses at staff parties.
* In an old ''ComicBook/XMen'' comic, Hellfire Club waitresses wore French Maid outfits.

* Haruhi makes Mukuru wear this outfit a couple times in Anime/TheMelancholyOfHaruhiSuzumiya

* Lynette the shopkeeper in ''[[VideoGame/SoulSeries Soulcalibur III'' dresses in the classic maid outfit; since she also represents the "Tambourine" fighting style, this makes her a FightingClown among the cast.