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* The snappy maroon Starfleet uniforms from ''Film/StarTrekIITheWrathOfKhan'' immediately superseded the powder-blue pajama-like uniforms of ''Film/StarTrekTheMotionPicture'', becoming the enduring uniform design for all iterations of ''Star Trek'' set in the post-TOS, pre-TNG era.

** After how the main cast hated [[SpaceClothes the Starfleet uniforms]] from ''Film/StarTrekTheMotionPicture'', ''Film/StarTrekIITheWrathOfKhan'' introduced a new, more militaristic-looking uniform with red jackets and [[ColourCodedForYourConvenience different-colored turtlenecks indicating officers' divisions]], which would stay in use through the rest of the TOS movie era, and ''Series/StarTrekTheNextGeneration'' would show that these uniforms were still in use in some form up until around 2350, almost 10 years before the beginning of TNG and around 70 years after the events of ''Star Trek II'' (Picard is seen wearing it as an ensign in 2327 in "Tapestry", and "Cause And Effect" established that these uniforms were introduced as early as 2278, 7 years before ''Star Trek II'').

** ''StarTrekFirstContact'' introduced a new Starfleet uniform which were a PaletteSwap of the uniforms seen on ''Series/StarTrekDeepSpaceNine'' and ''Series/StarTrekVoyager''. The cast of [=DS9=] would adopt these uniforms soon afterwards and ''Voyager'' episodes featuring Earth had these uniforms show up there, too.

** Padmé Amidala's most iconic outfit (not counting the red gown she wore as Queen of Naboo) would be the white outfit she wore during the Battle of Geonosis in ''Film/AttackOfTheClones'', especially after the [[ClothingDamage top is torn]] by the Nexu's claws, [[BareYourMidriff revealing her midriff]].

* ''Franchise/FridayThe13th'': While Jason is the TropeCodifier for HockeyMaskAndChainsaw, he didn't even have his hockey mask until the [[Film/FridayThe13thPartIII third film]], where he takes the mask after killing Shelly, and it has been a mainstay ever since. In his first appearance, he wore a potato sack over his face instead. Additionally, [[MacheteMayhem the machete]] didn't become Jason's weapon of choice until about the sixth film, as he used a variety of weapons (axes, knives, picks, spear guns, and anything else that could be turned into an ImprovisedWeapon) more frequently prior to that film.

** Luke Skywalker dons a black outfit (complete with black boots) in ''Film/ReturnOfTheJedi'' after completing his Jedi training. That outfit has been featured in numerous installments (comics, video games and whatnot) of both [[Franchise/StarWarsLegends the old canon]] and the current [[Franchise/StarWarsExpandedUniverse Expanded Universe]] (post-''Return of the Jedi'' in both cases). It's also featured during [[spoiler:Luke's appearance at the end of Season 2 of ''Series/TheMandalorian'']].

** The first outfit worn by Goku was a blue gi with a belt tied into a bow. It had a transitional singlet version when Goku trains with Roshi, but once Goku received his iconic red/orange Turtle School gi he wears it for the remainder of the series[[note]]This is only in the anime, which derives his starting colours from the first title pages. Creator/AkiraToriyama never settled on a proper colour for a good while, and the red comes from how it looks in the limited ink chapters. The anime splits the difference and used the existing story to narratively justify the switch[[/note]]. Even his weighted clothes with the blue shirt and boots don't even appear until the 23rd Tenkaichi Budokai, which was about four years into the manga's run, and the anime didn't switch from red-and-black to orange-and-blue until the Z rebranding.

* ''Franchise/FridayThe13th'': While Jason is the TropeCodifier for HockeyMaskAndChainsaw, he didn't even have his hockey mask until the [[Film/FridayThe13thPartIII third film]], where he takes the mask after killing Shelly and it has been a mainstay ever since. In his first appearance, he wore a potato sack over his face instead. Additionally, [[MacheteMayhem the machete]] didn't become Jason's weapon of choice until about the sixth film, as he used a variety of weapons (axes, knives, picks, spear guns, and anything else that could be turned into an ImprovisedWeapon) more frequently prior to that film.

** Luke Skywalker dons a black outfit (complete with black boots) in ''Film/ReturnOfTheJedi'' after completing his Jedi training. That outfit has been featured in numerous installments (comics, video games and whatnot) of both [[Franchise/StarWarsLegends the old canon]] and the current [[Franchise/StarWarsExpandedUniverse Expanded Universe]] (post-''Return of the Jedi'' in both cases). It's also featured with [[spoiler:Luke's appearance at the end of Season 2 of ''Series/TheMandalorian'']].

* ''Franchise/{{Metroid}}'': Samus Aran's Varia Suit was redesigned in ''VideoGame/MetroidIIReturnOfSamus'' with an orange color scheme and massive ShouldersOfDoom [[SerendipityWritesThePlot so it would still be distinguishable from the Power Suit without color]]. It has since become the most iconic and recognizable design for Samus, far eclipsing the standard Power Suit (and flat-shouldered pink Varia Suit) from the original ''VideoGame/Metroid1''. It also eclipses the late-game Gravity Suit (purple), and thus Samus is often seen in her Varia suit at the start of games before BagOfSpilling applies.

* ''Film/TheTerminator'' steals a street punk's clothes shortly after he arrives in the past to terminate Sarah Connor, an outfit consisting of a grey jacket, black cargo pants and boots. When a more benevolent T-101 arrives in ''Film/Terminator2JudgmentDay'', he obtains the biker leathers that are more associated with the character.

* ''Franchise/FridayThe13th'': While Jason is the TropeCodifier for HockeyMaskAndChainsaw, he didn't even have his hockey mask until the [[Film/FridayThe13thPartIII third film]], where he takes the mask after killing Shelly and it has been a mainstay ever since. In his first appearance, he wore a potato sack over his face instead. Additionally, [[MacheteMayhem the machete]] didn't become Jason's WeaponOfChoice until about the sixth film, as he used a variety of weapons (axes, knives, picks, spear guns, and anything else that could be turned into an ImprovisedWeapon) more frequently prior to that film.

* ''Franchise/RatchetAndClank'': Technically Ratchet has had three of these, but seeing as they're all variants of the same general outfit most refer to them collectively as a singular outfit -- Initially, Ratchet was given a new starting look in almost every game between [[VideoGame/RatchetAndClank2002 the first game]] and ''[[VideoGame/RatchetAndClankFutureACrackInTime A Crack in Time]]''. However the look of his that truly stuck was the Pilot Suit he sported in 2007's ''[[VideoGame/RatchetAndClankFutureToolsOfDestruction Tools of Destruction]]'' where it initially consisted of a brown shirt, green pants, green accents, and brown boots. Insomniac cemented the outfit as his default attire in ''[[VideoGame/RatchetAndClankAll4One All 4 One]]'' (where it was given a slight redesign and was colored almost entirely orange with blue highlights to fit with the game's ColorCodedMultiplayer), and then the look of the suit still used to this day debuted in ''[[VideoGame/RatchetAndClankFullFrontalAssault Full Frontal Assault]]'' (where it was given a more vibrant orange shirt and blue pants while keeping the blue highlights).

* ''Franchise/RatchetAndClank'': Technically Ratchet has had three of these, but seeing as they're all variants of the same general outfit most refer to them collectively as a singular outfit -- Initially, Ratchet was given a new starting look in almost every game between [[VideoGame/RatchetAndClank2002 the first game]] and ''[[VideoGame/RatchetAndClankFutureACrackInTime A Crack in Time]]''. However the look of his that truly stuck was the "[[FanNickname Pilot Suit]]" he sported in 2007's ''[[VideoGame/RatchetAndClankFutureToolsOfDestruction Tools of Destruction]]'' where it initially consisted of a brown shirt, green pants, green accents, and brown boots. Insomniac cemented the outfit as his default attire in ''[[VideoGame/RatchetAndClankAll4One All 4 One]]'' (where it was given a slight redesign and was colored almost entirely orange with blue highlights to fit with the game's ColorCodedMultiplayer), and then the look of the suit still used to this day debuted in ''[[VideoGame/RatchetAndClankFullFrontalAssault Full Frontal Assault]]'' (where it was given a more vibrant orange shirt and blue pants while keeping the blue highlights).

* ''Franchise/RatchetAndClank'': Ratchet has gotten a new starting outfit in every single UsefulNotes/PlayStation2 entry. Then 2007's ''VideoGame/RatchetAndClankFutureToolsOfDestruction'' introduced the "[[FanNickname Pilot Suit]]", with a brown top, green pants and brown boots. Starting with ''[[VideoGame/RatchetAndClankAll4One All 4 One]]''[[note]]Which also mainly used a fully orange version to aid the game's ColorCodedMultiplayer[[/note]], the shirt was changed to a vibrant orange and the green pants were more of a blue tone. While there have been refinements over the years (like a collar on the shirt), this design has been used in every Ratchet media since ''VideoGame/RatchetAndClank2016''.

** Padmé Amidala's most iconic outfit (not counting the red gown she wore as Queen of Naboo) would be the white outfit she wore during the Battle of Geonosis in ''Film/AttackOfTheClones'', especially after the top is torn by the Nexu's claws, revealing her bare midriff.

* ''.Franchise/SpiderMan'':

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** When he made his debut in ''VideoGame/MortalKombat2'', Jax had a very standard look, with white-and-red pants and boots. His return in ''VideoGame/MortalKombat3'' debuted his [[ArtificIalLimbs metal arms]], which became the trademark of the character.
** When ''VideoGame/MortalKombatI'' first came out, Liu Kang was something of a Creator/BruceLee Expy, with his black, baggy pants. Then come ''VideoGame/MortalKombat2'', where Kang started wearing red and black kung-fu pants, slippers, a red bandana and spike gauntlets, a look that still defines him to this day.

* Franchise/DCExtendedUniverse:[[InvokedTrope Invoked]] with Aquaman. In [[Film/JusticeLeague2017 both]] [[Film/ZackSnydersJusticeLeague versions]] of ''Justice League'', Aquaman wears a suit of somewhat-generic, dull green armor with bronze accents and wields a black quindent. A major plot point in ''Film/{{Aquaman|2018}}'' (his second film appearance) is Arthur earning his classic golden/green royal Atlantean outfit that's closer to his orange/green suit from the comics as well as his golden trident.

* Franchise/SpiderMan

** In ''Anime/PokemonTheSeriesXY'', Serena started off her journey looking similar to her game counterpart's default design, namely having long hair and muted colored clothings. But halfway into the series, she cut her hair short and completely overhauled her outfit, going for a more vivid red and pink outfit with [[ShipTease a blue ribbon she got from Ash]]. This second design is more well-known than her first design, to the point that a shorthand way to distinguish anime Serena from game Serena in fanarts is this second outfit. Even when she gets a third outfit in ''Anime/PokemonJourneysTheSeries'', her hair still remains short, making it her permanent iconic look of the anime.

* ''Anime/PokemonTheSeries'': While what outfit fans associate Ash and Brock with tends to vary on when each person began watching that’s not the case for Gary. In spite of being DemotedToExtra after Johto more people are likely to associate Gary with the Black Jacket from Gen III onwards than the Purple shirt he wore in the original series.

* ''Anime/PokemonTheSeries'': While what outfit fans associate Ash and Brock with tends to vary on when each person began watching that’s not the case for Gary. In spite of being DemotedtoExtra after Johto more people are likely to associate Gary with the Black Jacket from Gen III onwards than the Purple shirt he wore in the original series.

** Cammy debuted in ''[[UpdatedRerelease Super]] VideoGame/StreetFighterII: The New Challengers'' with her iconic green LeotardOfPower and red beret. In the prequel ''VideoGame/StreetFighterAlpha 3'', she is still brainwashed by Shadaloo and instead wore a blue-colored leotard with a side cap. Since Capcom would later reuse the ''Alpha'' assets in other series, such as the ''VideoGame/CapcomVs'' games, that outfit also became an iconic part of her design and usually appears at least as an alternative in other games.

* ''Franchise/{{Metroid}}'': Samus Aran's Varia Suit was redesigned in ''VideoGame/MetroidIIReturnOfSamus'' with an orange color scheme and massive ShouldersOfDoom [[SerendipityWritesThePlot so it would still be distinguishable from the Power Suit without color]]. It has since become the most iconic and recognizable design for Samus, far eclipsing the standard Power Suit (and flat-shouldered pink Varia Suit) from the original ''VideoGame/Metroid1''.

* ''Anime/DragonBallZ'':
** The first outfit worn by Goku during the first saga was a blue gi which is quickly forgotten about after his Oozaru/Great Ape transformation and he proceeds to wear his iconic orange gi for the remainder of the series. Even his weighted clothes with the blue shirt and boots don't even appear until the 23rd Tenkaichi Budokai arc, which was about four years into the manga's run.
** These days, Vegeta is recognized for his simplistic Bulma-designed Saiyan armor that consists of the the blue bodysuit with a single torso piece that was introduced in the Android arc. This attire is more iconic than his original outfit with the red scouter, pointed shoulder pads, and padding around the waist.

** Luke Skywalker dons a black outfit (complete with black boots) in ''Film/ReturnOfTheJedi'' after completing his Jedi training. That outfit has been featured in numerous installments (comics, video games and whatnot) of both [[Franchise/StarWarsLegends the old canon]] and the current [[Franchise/StarWarsExpandedUniverse Expanded Universe]] (post-''Return of the Jedi'' in both cases). It's also featured with [[spoiler:Luke's appearance at the end of Season 2 of ''Series/TheMandalorian''.]]

* In ''Franchise/MassEffect'', most of the squadmates from ''VideoGame/MassEffect1'' didn't get their iconic outfits until the second or third games.
** In the first game, Shepard's [=N7=] armor was just a standard suit of Onyx armor with a stripe on one arm and the [=N7=] logo on the chest when worn by Shepard. The second game turned it into a truly unique armor set that became synonymous with the character.
** The blue and white armor Kaidan wears in the third game is far more recognized than the generic Onyx armor he wore in the first two games.
** Tali's environmental suit was redesigned in the second game to be more symmetrical, with a more purple tint and replacing the veil with a hood.
** Liara's white and grey combat suit introduced in ''[[DownloadableContent Lair of the Shadow Broker]]'' completely eclipsed her generic scientist outfit.

* ''Franchise/RatchetAndClank'': Ratchet has gotten a new starting outfit in nearly every single release, but since ''VideoGame/RatchetAndClankFutureToolsOfDestruction'', he's been most commonly seen donning a variation of the "Pilot Suit", where he sports a brown top, blue pants[[note]] Except in ''[[VideoGame/RatchetAndClankAll4One All 4 One]]'', where the top and pants were orange to aid the game's ColorCodedMultiplayer[[/note]], boots, and a belt housing his Nav Unit.

* ''Film/TheTerminator'' steals a street punk's clothes shortly after he arrives in the past to terminate Sarah Connor, an outfit consisting of a grey jacket, black cargo pants and boots. When a more benevolent T-101 arrives in ''Film/Terminator2'', he obtains the biker leathers that are more associated with the character.
* Played with by Megatron in the ''[[Film/TransformersFilmSeries Transformers]]'' [[Film/TransformersFilmSeries Film Series]], in that it's his actual ''body'' rather than an outfit. Megatron has a new alternate mode in each film he appears in: in ''Film/{{Transformers}}'', he transforms into a [[CoolPlane Cybertronian jet]] with massive cannons on either side of the nose cone; a [[TankGoodness winged tank]] in the [[Film/TransformersRevengeOfTheFallen second movie]]; a beat up tanker truck in the [[Film/TransformersDarkOfTheMoon third]]; and [[CallBack a more traditional yet still alien jet]] in the [[Film/TransformersTheLastKnight fifth]]. Hasbro itself seems to enjoy using the tank-based body design from ''Revenge of the Fallen'', while fans have latched onto his design in ''The Last Knight'' for its more humanoid appearance, [[Franchise/TransformersGeneration1 G1-aesthetics]], and general badassery (being voiced by original Megs actor Creator/FrankWelker instead of Creator/HugoWeaving certainly helps).