History Main / LatexSpaceSuit

* ''Literature/MindstarRising'': The protagonist is measured by laser for a custom-fitted spacesuit, and is relieved in the final novel (set over a decade later) to find that a less form-fitting outfit is now used, given that he no longer has his HeroicBuild.

* In the first novel of Creator/PeterFHamilton's ''Greg Mandel Trilogy'', the protagonist is measured by laser for a custom-fitted spacesuit, and is relieved in the final novel (set over a decade later) to find that a less form-fitting outfit is now used, given that he no longer has his HeroicBuild.

-->-- '''Homer Simpson''', ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons'', "[[Recap/TheSimpsonsS16E1TreehouseOfHorrorXV Treehouse of Horror XV: In the Belly of the Boss]]"

* ''Anime/RocketGirls'', which is hard sci-fi, features skintight spacesuits that are one of the technical advances developed by the Solomon Space Agency as part of its attempt to realize economical manned spaceflight, since such suits weigh much less than traditional spacesuits, and offer greater mobility. That being said, the show also plays the trope for laughs (several characters seem to find the suits rather scandalous) and fanservice too. One of the reporters present at a press conference sees it and asks, rather nervously, "Is it legal to show this?" Both novels lampshade this a couple of times by having characters mention that the spacesuits look "just like the ones in anime".

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Because existing spacesuit designs have so many drawbacks, and are so expensive (each custom-fitted suit costs over a ''million dollars'' and can only be constructed by subsidised industries), there are a number of (similarly subsidised) research projects trying to make skin-tight spacesuits TruthInTelevision. The proponents of the [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mechanical_counterpressure_suit mechanical counterpressure (MCP) suit]] ''claim'' that they could be built by wet-suit manufacturers at a cost of only a few hundred dollars. They also suggest that these flexible skintight suits would permit the occupant to regulate body temperature simply by sweating, and that while they might not be terribly protective, armor is less of an issue when it doesn't have to be pressurized -- {{Bullet Proof Vest}}s can be worn over the suits.[[note]]That does introduce a new problem, namely that anything worn over the suit will make it harder to find and patch any leaks. On the other hand, a small leak in such a suit will generally cause a frostbitten hickey, rather than rapid death.[[/note]] So far, however, practical spacesuits based on MCP suit technology have yet to be tested in space,[[note]]although the original Space Activity Suit was successfully tested in a vacuum chamber,[[/note]] so currently they remain VaporWear-- [[{{Pun}} erm, sorry]], {{Vaporware}}.

* ''Anime/SpaceBattleshipYamato'' from 1972 is one of the earliest appearances in anime of this trope. Nurse Yuki Mori, the only recurring female character, provides continuous FanService and is very fetching indeed in a yellow space suit that leaves [[{{Stripperiffic}} so little to the imagination]] that it's hard to imagine it providing any protection against a stiff breeze, much less the vacuum of space.
* ''Anime/SpaceBattleshipYamato2199'': 40 years later, Yuki returns to the remake with her uniform unaltered and more girls dressed in a similar manner.
* ''Anime/ScienceNinjaTeamGatchaman'': Together with ''Anime/MazingerZ'', this is one of the earliest anime examples (both shows are from 1972). The tight, differently-colored skinsuits of the Gatchaman FiveManBand are very iconic. G-3's minidress in the original three series is an aversion and contrast to the guys' skin-tight suits, following different fanservicey tropes instead.
* The ''Mazinger'' saga provides plenty examples:
** ''Anime/MazingerZ'': Unsurprisingly, one of the earliest examples (but not the first one, for once). Kouji began to wear a Latex Space Suit in the third episode, and Sayaka always wore one while piloting [[FemBot Aphrodite A]]. Sayaka's was one-piece and tighter than Kouji's though. JustifiedTrope <=> UnbuiltTrope: Kouji did not wear one in the first chapters, and often he got badly hurt, bruised or wounded. So a skinsuit was made for him in order to protect his body.
** ''Anime/GreatMazinger'': Tetsuya and Jun (again, the female character's suit was tighter)
** ''Anime/UFORoboGrendizer'': Duke, Kouji, Hikaru and Maria. Duke's suit was a completely literal example, since he wore it to travel across space in his spaceship/HumongousMecha.
* ''Manga/GetterRobo'': Ryoma, Hayato and Michiru wore one. Musashi and Benkei's uniforms were subversions. It was reinforced in later manga seasons: if a pilot does not wear a protective uniform, his or her body can get seriously harmed due to the enormous strain the body suffers.
* ''Anime/HeroicAge'' seems to use this as the standard women's military uniform. Men get slightly looser, more comfortable outfits.
* ''Anime/KotetsuJeeg'': Miwa always wore a tight Latex Space Suit when she piloted her support unit. However Hiroshi never wore a suit, since he transformed into the HumongousMecha.

* ''Anime/RobotRomanceTrilogy'':
** ''Anime/CombattlerV'': Hyoma and his FiveManBand wore ColourCodedForYourConvenience space suits.

%%* ''Anime/Daitarn3'': Banjo Haran when he was not wearing a Film/JamesBond style suit.
* ''Franchise/{{Gundam}}'': ALL Gundam series. However, [[Anime/MobileSuitGundam Amuro]], [[Anime/MobileSuitZetaGundam Kamille]], and [[Anime/MobileSuitGundamZZ Judau]]'s suits were less ornate and more practical than the ones SuperRobotGenre pilots wore, and female suits were not tightier and sexier than the male ones. Also notable that while form-fitting and notably lighter (for mobility) than the "Normal Suits" worn by ship crews, Pilot Suits in the Universal Century timeline are still clearly padded and made of multiple layers, and they also double as atmospheric flight suits, which is why they're usually worn on Earth as well as in space. This tends to apply for other series as well, with pilot suits more closely resembling advanced flight suits rather than being skin-tight. [[Anime/MobileFighterGGundam Domon's]] suit however IS skin tight and practically painted on, though his is a [[MotionCaptureMecha motion control suit]] and not meant for extravehicular use in space.
* ''Anime/HeavyMetalLGaim'': The pilots carried them during interplanetary travel and space battles.
* ''Anime/GoLion'' (or ''Anime/{{Voltron}}''): Akira and his FiveManBand. Its reboot, ''WesternAnimation/VoltronLegendaryDefender'', tweaks the suits to have detachable chest-plates [[spoiler:so that Pidge's surprise GenderFlip isn't immediately given away upon suit-up]].
* ''Anime/GunBuster'': Noriko and her friends' costumes are specifically designed for space combat.
* ''Anime/PanzerWorldGalient'': [[AMechByAnyOtherName Panzer]] pilots wore tight suits as well as body armor pieces.
* ''Anime/NeonGenesisEvangelion'' has the sexy pilot suits variant. It is notably subverted in the episode "Magmadiver", where Asuka has to wear a special plugsuit that swells like a balloon. Lampshaded, too, as she complains about how unsexy it is.
** Played with a bit early in the series, when, in an emergency, Shinji has to wear the female variant of the suit (Asuka's spare suit, to be precise). While male variants are also more or less skin-tight, the female version is tighter in the crotch and has vague sculpted breast elements and a curvier hip/waist ratio.
** ''Anime/RebuildOfEvangelion'' has Asuka donning a special plugsuit that has a [[{{Stripperific}} translucent torso]]. She finds it a bit much.
* The anime ''Anime/StellviaOfTheUniverse'' outfits the cadets at the Space Academy with tight-fitting flightsuits. Two of the protagonists (one male, one female) are notably shy about the cut of their uniforms; they come down to the flight deck with [[ModestyTowel towels]] wrapped around them.
* ''Manga/BirdyTheMighty'': Birdy's suit in ''Decode'' is skintight and has many transparent panels that reveal her skin. It's revealed to be standard issue among the SpacePolice, with officers of every species and gender donning the {{Stripperiffic}} suit.
* ''Anime/RocketGirls'', which is a hard sci-fi, features skintight spacesuits that are one of the technical advances developed by the Solomon Space Agency as part of its attempt to realize economical manned spaceflight, since such suits weigh much less then traditional spacesuits, and offer greater mobility. That being said, the show also plays the trope for laughs (several characters seem to find the suits rather scandalous) and fanservice too. One of the reporters present at a press conference sees it and asks, rather nervously, "Is it legal to show this?" Both novels lampshade this a couple of times by having characters mention that the spacesuits look "just like the ones in anime".
* ''Anime/MartianSuccessorNadesico'' had these in spades. On pilots, on cosplayers, on [[BreadEggsBreadedEggs cosplaying pilots...]]
* ''Literature/InfiniteStratos'': The so-called PoweredArmor of the series is better described as this trope plus some machinery covering the lower half of limbs and maybe some more machinery floating around them unattached to the suit. The {{handwave}} is they have DeflectorShields protecting them, all powered by cold fusion. It takes place in 2016...yeah.
* ''Anime/CowboyBebop'': Both bulky "traditional" spacesuits and skin-tight suits are seen. For example, in the episode "[[Recap/CowboyBebopSession14BohemianRhapsody Bohemian Rhapsody]]", Spike and Faye wear skin-tight suits with relatively large helmets to enter the drifter-colony.
* ''Anime/SkyGirls''. It really doesn't help that four of the pilots are under the age of 18.
* ''Anime/MagicalGirlLyricalNanohaStrikers'': This was the uniform of most of the [[QuirkyMinibossSquad Numbers Cyborgs]], with the exception being [[MissionControl Uno]]. Otto had a coat and baggy pants over hers, making a lot of people [[ViewerGenderConfusion mistake her for a male]].
* ''Anime/{{Macross}}'':
** In ''Anime/MacrossFrontier'', the SMS pilots wear form-fitting suits that are little more than longjohns with bulky shoulderpads, and a helmet. Although these are designed to interface with the exoskeleton control units in the cockpit,[[note]]The ejection seat and controls turn into a PoweredArmor exoskeleton when the pilot ejects, though the ''passenger'' doesn't get this[[/note]] it's extremely jarring when they're forced to eject and float around in space during a nuclear exchange.
** The series as a whole shows an evolution of spacesuits towards this if we're looking at in-universe chronology: ''Anime/MacrossZero'' (2008) -- normal modern piloting g-suits. ''Anime/SuperDimensionFortressMacross'' (2009) -- not exactly bulky, but still somewhat baggy suits. ''Anime/MacrossPlus'' (2040) -- leaner and slimmer version of the previous version. ''Anime/{{Macross 7}}'' (2045) -- essentially the same as in ''Plus''. ''Frontier'' (2059) and ''Anime/MacrossDelta'' (2067) -- glorified bodygloves. They are quite consistent there.
* ''Anime/CodeGeass'':
** Suzaku's battle suit when piloting the Lancelot is a male example. The Black Knights' ace pilots end up receiving similar suits, whose creator insists they improve survival rates; in the second season, the Knights of the Round all wear designs similar to Suzaku's except personalized, making this trope apply to both men and women.
** Whenever one of the Black Knights eject from their Knightmares, their "flight suits" can be seen inflating around their torso like a wearable airbag. Therefore they do improve survival rates, while also providing [[{{Stripperiffic}} Fanservice]] in their normal skin-tight mode.
*** Unless, of course, you happen to be [[FanDisservice a certain member of the]] [[http://img707.imageshack.us/img707/9571/soscaredhegrewtits.jpg Four Holy Swords.]]
%% * This is the default outfit of MM in ''Manga/KemekoDeluxe''.
* In ''Anime/TheGirlWhoLeaptThroughSpace'', not only are the spacesuits skintight, they are also ''mostly transparent''.
** Justified, as none of the main characters are entirely human, can take a lot more punishment than a mere lack of pressure, and some don't really need to breathe anyway. If you're a QT-X, clothing is merely a fashion statement.
** Also, technology has advanced far enough that such outfits are viable protection against vacuum.
* [[ParentService Misha/Mika]] and [[TheScrappy Kicker]] both wear these in ''[[Anime/TransformersArmada Transformers: Energon]]''. Misha's helmet even has a massive gap in the back to let her hair fall through.
* ''Anime/Stratos4''. One of the pilot teams is the main four characters, who are all 16-year-old girls. Oh, and the commander also gets to fly some missions too.
** The guys (Sora and Tsubasa) get to wear these too. Possibly parodied once when they pretend to be the girls, complete with fake breast lumps.
* The Guild in ''Anime/LastExile'' is quite fond of this; examples are most apparent on [[DefectorFromDecadence Dio]] and [[BattleButler Luciola]].
** The ''Silvana'' Vanship squadron pilots also wear skin-tight bodysuits that leave ''extremely little'', if anything, to the imagination. Range Murata [[AuthorAppeal likes his derriere-hugging overalls]].
* ''Manga/{{Trigun}}'' sees your form-fitting suits and adds strange tube-like constructions that look like ventilation systems.
* Skintight suits are the standard uniform of choice for the girls in ''Manga/ChargerGirl'' Well, half of the standard uniform. The other half is a stylized OfficeLady outfit.
* Both [[BigBad Chao]] and Chachamaru (despite Chacha being a {{robot|girl}}) from ''Manga/NegimaMagisterNegiMagi'' have a version of these.
* Ryoko from ''Anime/TenchiMuyo'' has one. [[BatmanCanBreatheInSpace Helps that she can survive in a vaccum regardless.]]
* ''Manga/DearS'', [[FanService naturally]] has them.
* Meia from ''Anime/{{Vandread}}'' has this as her main outfit. Justified since it's more of a flightsuit and not something she's expected to go into hard vacuum in. In the first episode, Dita wears a bulky suit for hazardous environments.
* Not space suits, but ''Manga/{{Chirality}}'' has the main cast wearing form-fitting suits.
** Both men and women; though the mens' aren't ''completely'' skintight, they are more so than most examples of the trope.
* ''Anime/BubblegumCrisis'' has the pilot suit variant and even shows that the Knight Sabers are [[FanService completely nude underneath]] with Priss briefly seen topless while putting hers on. [[AllThereInTheManual According to the RPG sourcebook based on the franchise]], the reason for this is that the pilot suits are control interfaces for their [[PoweredArmor hardsuits]], with many electrodes embedded in pilot suit's material that take constant readings of the electrical impulses in the pilot's muscles, so the hardsuit can respond smoothly to the pilot's natural motions. Underwear beneath the pilot suit would interfere with the electrodes' readings and make the suit harder to control.
%%* A fair number of these appear in ''Literature/BodaciousSpacePirates''.
* The B5 crew of ''Manga/AstraLostInSpace'' all come packed with one, whether they're actually in space or as hazard suits in potentially dangerous environments. Boy and girl alike wear these form fitting space suits, but they're not all the way conforming, leaving things like [[spoiler:the intersex Luca's breasts]] somewhat ambiguous.
** When they rescue a woman who had been stuck in cryostasis for a decade, she's surprised by the sleekness of their suits compared to her older, bulkier model.
* ''Manga/MyHeroAcademia'': while Uraraka was going for a space theme when designing her costume, she didn't know that the company would design the suit as form-fitting unless otherwise stated. The result is a form-fitting suit with an astronaut-like helmet.
* Flight suits in ''Anime/DarlingInTheFranxx'' are literally painted on by machine once the mechanical parts are applied. While they do have some life-preservation features, they're not meant for extra-vehicular activity and instead enable the {{Synchronization}} necessary to pilot a FRANXX.

* ''ComicBook/{{Valerian}}''. The skintight suits can be worn almost everywhere including outer space and Scottish pubs. Nobody pays any attention. Though Laureline will switch, often "on screen", to freshly shopped local garb, and will manage this even in the middle of a desert on a forsaken war-torn planet, while Valerian like as not will stick with his suit.
* ''ComicBook/LegionOfSuperHeroes'': The series takes things a step further with the transuit, a skin-tight and completely transparent environment suit which enables characters to breathe in a vacuum or otherwise hostile environment without being perceptible as anything more than a white armband (despite being full-body and skin-tight, the transuits do not so much as flatten down the characters' hair). Unlike most Latex Space Suits, the transuit's skin-tightness is ''not'' a means of providing fanservice, since it is transparent and worn over normal clothing... but since most Legionnaires both male and female wear skin-tight superhero jumpsuits anyhow, it all comes out the same.
* ''ComicBook/SupermanSupergirlMaelstrom'': During their camping trip in another planet, ComicBook/{{Superman}} and ComicBook/{{Supergirl}} wear skintight, light-blue space suits with their crest emblazoned on the frontside.
* From ''ComicBook/TheAuthority'', The Engineer's skintight [[{{Nanomachines}} nanosuit]], which doesn't look like clothes so much as making her look like a naked silver [[RidiculouslyHumanRobots fembot]] (semi-[[JustifiedTrope justified]] due to her being a closet exhibitionist) can double (triple?) as body armor and a spacesuit in a pinch.
* In ''ComicBook/{{Empowered}}'', [[spoiler:Mind***]] wears one when she isn't in a hard vacuum. [[spoiler:However she's forced to go out in space wearing her Latex Space Suit since the D10 was badly damaged and didn't have time to put the heavy suit on.]]
%% ** Emp's tattered bikini's worth of supersuit also qualifies.

* ''ComicBook/AvengersAcademy'': Hazmat wears a skin-tight environmental suit to protect everyone else from her toxicity.
* ''Franchise/MarvelUniverse'': Kree and Skrull uniforms are skintight. The Kree uniform is white, with a secondary color and a planet icon on the chest indicating rank (e.g. green and a single-ringed planet for [[ComicBook/{{Captain Marvel|MarvelComics}} captain]]). Skrull uniforms are purple and black with a zigzag-edged collar piece. Shi'ar outfits are [[DependingOnTheArtist a little more varied,]] but they're still usually skin-tight -- especially the Shi'ar uniforms that take their cue from ''Franchise/StarTrek''! Actually, ''most'' Marvel aliens wear skin-tight outfits, except for the more old-school ones like Fin Fang Foom who just wear [[MonsterModesty Space Boxer Shorts]].
* ''ComicBook/FantasticFour'': Their suits are totally sealed and made of nearly indestructible [[AppliedPhlebotinum Unstable Molecules]]. All they need are helmets and pressurization packs.
* ''ComicBook/AllNewWolverine'' #5 features a FantasticVoyagePlot, in which Wolverine and ComicBook/TheWasp must enter the blood of one of Laura's clones, to destroy nanomachines that are slowly killing her. Laura's suit, a variation on the Comicbook/AntMan suit, is supposed to both protect her from the environment ''and'' make it possible for her to shrink down in the first place. It's also skin-tight with the classic bubble helmet. Ditto for Jan's, which is basically her regular (also skin-tight) costume. Somehow, the fact Laura using her claws causes tears in the gloves and boots does nothing to compromise the suit...

* The use of these in the pilots' plugsuits is extensively lampshaded on in ''Evangelion'' fanworks.

** ''Fanfic/AdviceAndTrust'': Shinji and Asuka got quite sick of them when [[spoiler:they were detained]] since they spent two whole days wearing their liquid-drenched, sweaty plugsuits. When [[spoiler:Gendo fired them]], he sent them off without even giving them time to change clothes, and they spent the whole way back to Misato's apartment wondering what to do with the suits they were not supposed to bring out of the base or where to store them.

** In ''Fanfic/GoingAnotherWay'', the pilots frequently note the fact that the plugsuits are rather revealing and wonder who would put that onto a teenager (Ritsuko). Shinji is embarrassed at first, Toji is not too happy either and Hikari even forces the R&D department to make alterations so it's less revealing. It's telling that even Yui -- years earlier -- felt almost naked in a prototype. Asuka later refuses to do a test with a suit that is almost transparent.

** In ''Fanfic/ThousandShinji'', Shinji finds the plugsuits embarrassing and cumbersome.
** Subverted in ''Fanfic/ChildrenOfAnElderGod'', where they look nice and are actually comfortable.
--->The plugsuit wasn't bad. It looked fairly snazzy and it was remarkably comfortable for something so form-fitting.

** In ''Fanfic/NeonGenesisEvangelionGenocide'', Asuka once considered her suit a symbol of her special status, but now she regards it as a bitter reminder of her failure.
--->Asuka, clad in her form-fitting plugsuit, sighed heavily and stepped onto the deck.\\
The garment had once been as much a symbol of her status as the neural connectors in her hair, and she had loved the way the flimsy red material wrapped tightly around her slim body and enhanced her young, supple curves—she had once even gone as far as padding the hard cups over her modest breasts to make herself appear more voluptuous.\\
It was like wearing a second skin, and for some reason it always felt warm and smelled like the inside of her Eva, and when she wore it there was no ignoring her presence.\\
But now, as she walked towards the slick, armored shape of Unit-02, she felt naked. She stood out as the girl who failed miserably, and she had never felt such disgust at being the center of attention.
** ''Fanfic/LastChildOfKrypton'': Aside from their regular suits, there's a special partial new model, prepared for when a pilot has a limb bandaged or in a cast. It has to be cinched into place manually. Rei wears it in the first chapter.
*** After [[spoiler:finding out she was an Amazon]], Asuka modifies her plug-suit so that it resembles [[spoiler:Franchise/WonderWoman's]] outfit.
** ''Fanfic/OnceMoreWithFeeling'': In a scene, Shinji comments that they keep his body perfectly dry, but he always gets his face and hair filthy since his plugsuit lacks a helmet.
--->At last able to get up and out as the plug split open, Shinji gratefully accepted a thick towel from an orange suited technician waiting on the catwalk, vigorously working to clean his hair of the coppery tasting amber fluid. The skin and airtight plug suit kept most of his body perfectly dry while piloting Eva, but he always had to work to get the last little trace of the LCL out of his face and hair every time he left the unit, accepting it but not liking the necessity of ‘breathing’ it in.
** ''Fanfic/StrategicCyborgEvangelion'': Despite taking place in an AU where the Evas are treated more like {{Real Robot}}s, the fact that plugsuit designs remain unchanged is not lost on Asuka.

* The ''[[VideoGame/KerbalSpaceProgram Kerbals]]'' have these in ''Fanfic/TheNextFrontier'', complete with skintight hoods that can be pulled up in less than ten seconds. They're normally worn as duty uniforms, similar to[[note]]and [[WordOfGod directly inspired by]][[/note]] skinsuits from the ''Literature/HonorHarrington'' series, and like that series they're designed as emergency protective gear in the event of pressure loss. Planned [=EVAs=] are normally carried out with bulkier suits with a greater internal air supply and proper radiation shielding.
* ''Fanfic/RocketshipVoyager''. Tech Lieutenant Annika Hansen wears one as a MythologyGag on Seven of Nine's famous SensualSpandex.

* The cryosuits in ''Film/LostInSpace'' are like this, which is to be expected, given its source material's costume choices. Here they are less thin latex and more moulded, tight plastic. Not much emphasis is placed on them and they only worn during the first act. After that the crew wears more normal clothing. This might be due to how inevitably revealing they were on the three female characters.
* In the exploitation film ''Film/NudeOnTheMoon'' (1961) the spacesuits of the Moon women are made of a skintight fabric that's so thin you'd swear they don't exist. Not that the astronauts are any better, with noticeable gaps around their gloves and space helmets that should cause instant ExplosiveDecompression.

* The spacesuits in ''Film/SilentRunning'' are like this. Well, the one that is seen, at any rate.
* Downplayed in ''Film/TwoThousandOneASpaceOdyssey'', where spacesuits resemble quilted snowsuits, but are still much more form-fitting and flexible than any so far deployed in real life. Justified as people are working on similar outfits today. Ironically downplayed even further in the sequel ''Film/TwoThousandTenTheYearWeMakeContact'', where the spacesuits used are much bulkier and the fitted suits of ''2001'' are seen as outdated. The ''2010'' suits are still not quite as bulky as the real thing, but they no longer qualify for this trope by any stretch either.

* In L. Neil Smith's novel ''The Venus Belt'', the protagonist describes in some detail a skin-tight Smartsuit which is capable of furnishing not only life support in various types of hostile environments, but also limited medical treatment for the wearer. The suit also functions as a powerful wearable computer, with the circuitry, displays, and controls integrated into the fabric of the suit. In the novel, the suit is, as a matter of tradition, included in the price of a space-liner ticket to Ceres. The character notes that a properly fitted Smartsuit leaves the wearer feeling "completely naked...a testament to the makers' art." Most spacefarers live in their Smartsuits for indefinite periods, as the suit can handle waste management and hygiene for the wearer.
* In Creator/IvanYefremov's ''Hour of the Bull'', Earth astronauts use skin-tight spacesuits, which however feature a panty-shaped "waste destructor" (basically, a diaper with unlimited capacity), which allows wearing those suits for weeks.
* Sergei Pavlov's ''Moon Rainbow'' series feature in later installments the "spacesuit" that is literally ''secreted'' from the body, turning the wearer into a ChromeChampion. It's actually a layer of a symbiotic living {{nanomachines}} that could be [[PsychicPowers psychically]] controlled by their host.
* Creator/PeterFHamilton
** In the first novel of the Greg Mandel trilogy, the protagonist is measured by laser for a custom-fitted spacesuit, and is relieved in the final novel (set over a decade later) to find that a less form-fitting outfit is now used, given that he no longer has his HeroicBuild.
** ''Literature/TheNightsDawnTrilogy'' includes space-suits that are made of programmable silicon or somesuch -- they're packaged as a black blob until activated, at which point they spread over the body of the user, tightly enough to avoid decompression in hard vacuum.
* Creator/LarryNiven:
** In Creator/LarryNiven's ''Literature/KnownSpace'' stories, the state of the art is "skinsuits" similar to the real-life SAS described above. The suits must be specially constructed to fit each individual, and are usually painted with distinctive personal designs. Anyone wearing a bulky and generic "bubble suit" marks himself as a newbie (or an Earthling) and is not to be trusted on his own in vacuum.
** ''Literature/TheMoteInGodsEye'' by Creator/LarryNiven and Jerry Pournelle. Lady Sandra Bright "Sally" Fowler is specifically noted to be wearing a suit like this during her zero gravity training.
* In Creator/KimStanleyRobinson's ''Literature/RedMarsTrilogy'', the early colonists of Mars use "mesh" suits; this has the advantage of being very lightweight and flexible, but unfortunately does nothing to protect its user from the extreme cold. Thus the colonists often have to wear mundane cold-weather clothing ''over their pressure suits''. They also must wear helmets with an independent air supply.
* In Creator/DanSimmons' ''Literature/{{Illium}}''/''Olympos'' books, the Old-style humans use Thermskins to protect them from all manner of hostile environments, space, extreme cold, low oxygen environments, underwater, etc. It's explained that the thermskins are a single molecule thin paint-like substance which is only functional if in direct contact with the skin. This creates a justified extreme of this trope, as all anatomical details are perfectly visible.
* Jason Stoddard's short story "Winning Mars" lampshades the fetishistic overtones of this trope. TV executives involved with a reality-TV mission to Mars fund the creation of practical Space Activity Suits, referred to as "squeezesuits", for openly FanService-based reasons.

* One bit of pre-melding plague tech in Creator/AlastairReynolds' ''Literature/RevelationSpace'' universe is a membrane of nanomachines stretched over a hole in a spacecraft's hull. Replacing both airlock and spacesuit, all you have to do is pass through the membrane and it wraps you in a spacesuit, and removes it on your way back in.
* Mesh spacesuits are used by the specialist SAS team in ''Literature/TheAtrocityArchive'' by Creator/CharlesStross. The point is made that the suit compresses you by its own elasticity, which generally ensures that any gas in your body outside of your lungs is [[{{Gasshole}} squeezed out of the nearest orifice]]. When they see the SAS team that crosses over into AnotherDimension wearing these, the protagonist realises they've made such journeys before.
* In Robert Heinlein's ''Literature/HaveSpacesuitWillTravel'' human spacesuits are typically bulky and high maintenance. However, it is revealed that aliens have developed sufficient technology that what amounts to a latex spacesuit is possible. When the lead character sees a young girl wearing one, he is understandably surprised it actually functions better than his own.
* Creator/JohnVarley's stories take this to its (il)logical conclusion, admittedly with form-fitting force fields rather than physical spacesuits. Worn over the nude body, the force fields will protect their wearers from virtually any hostile environment, are one molecule thick, and perfectly reflective, making their wearers look like chrome robots or animated statues. (Oh, and when they come into contact the fields will merge, allowing their wearers to have sex in them.)
* In Creator/JohnRingo's ''[[Literature/CouncilWars East of the Sun, and West of the Moon]]'', these suits are {{justified|Trope}} as being necessary for proper heat exchange, not to mention the importance of leaving no space for trapped air to inflate the suit in the low atmospheric pressures of space, rendering the suit too stiff to move. In this case, the suits are so skin tight that the wearers have to prepare themselves with a depilatory cream to remove ''all'' of the hair from their bodies, with the suits being made with molds made of the wearers' bodies.
* The ''[[Literature/HonorHarrington Honorverse]]'' has "Skinsuits", which are lightweight, reasonably comfortable for extended wear and don't restrict movement. It does take a bit of time [[note]]or putting up with nontrivial pain[[/note]] to put one on, though...they come with catheters.
** However, the skinsuits are drawn in the canonical books on Manticoran and Havenite uniforms as little more than tailored coveralls; this is explained as providing space for suit components such as waste storage.

* In ''[[Literature/{{Jumper}} Exo]]'', before she can teleport into orbit, Cent needs a space suit - preferably one that doesn't cost millions of dollars. She finds Cory Matoska, who's working on one of these but is having trouble finding a way to get a sealed skintight suit onto a human body. As she can teleport ''into'' the suit, that's not a problem, but they still have to do a significant amount of testing. In the end, the space suit proves to be just the underlayer, with a fishbowl helmet, a visor, and some industrial coveralls sourced elsewhere to complete the outfit.

* ''Series/LostInSpace,'' especially Marta Kristen as Judy Robinson.
* ''Franchise/PowerRangers'' and ''Franchise/SuperSentai'' has this by default, inevitably. This makes any gender changes for the American show weird at best, especially in the first few seasons where [[ShesAManInJapan Yellow was male in Sentai, but female in Power Rangers]].
* ''[[Series/KamenRiderFourze Kamen Rider Fourze]]'''s suit evokes this look. Not only that, but it was originally developed with the purpose of allowing prolonged survival in space, in order to [[FirstContact reach the Presenters]]. Averted with everyone else's normal space suits, having the bulky real-life look. And then there's the Kamen Rider Nadeshiko costume...
* In Season 3 of ''{{Series/Farscape}}'', the crew replace their original, bulky, unflattering space suits with form fitting space suits with TronLines.

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* ''{{Magazine/Analog}}'': The [[Recap/Analog1939 October 1939 issue]] has a Literature/{{Lensman}} wearing a silver suit tight enough to show off their muscles, with knee-high boots. Despite being tight around most of the body, the thighs are loose like a pair of jockey pants.

* In ''Anime/CardfightVanguard'' (both the card game and its corresponding anime), this is present among the humanoid members -- especially the female members -- of the Link Joker clan. Examples: [[http://vignette1.wikia.nocookie.net/cardfight/images/b/be/TD11-015EN.jpg/revision/latest?cb=20140203130525]], [[http://vignette1.wikia.nocookie.net/cardfight/images/4/4d/BT15-077EN-C.png/revision/latest?cb=20140919001609]], [[http://vignette3.wikia.nocookie.net/cardfight/images/7/7e/G-TD05-018EN.png/revision/latest?cb=20150610102412]], [[http://vignette2.wikia.nocookie.net/cardfight/images/2/2b/TD17-017EN.png/revision/latest?cb=20141116164301]].
* In the ''Chi-Chian'' rpg which expands on the comic by Music/{{Voltaire}}, the Oxygen Girls are part business necessity and part corporate [=PR=]. In super-polluted New York, Oxygen Girls are attractive young women who fly around in a transparent Environmental Suit with a jetpack and carrying an oxygen supply. The girls take the supply and hook it into a corporation skyscraper's ventilation system to pump fresh oxygen into the building. A costly service reserved for wealthy companies, the poor masses don't benefit from this but they do love the idea of a "beautiful girl flying around pumping fresh oxygen to breathe".
* Nearly all space suits in ''TabletopGame/RocketAge'' are sleek and form fitting, even coming with a fishbowl helmet. The only exceptions are the hard hat suits used by asteroid belt miners.

** [[UsefulNotes/{{Romani}} Quar]][[SpaceJews ians]] live nearly their entire lives inside latex space suits because of their [[BizarreAlienBiology atypical immune systems]] had atrophied due to the extended period aboard sterile environment spaceships due to their [[AIIsACrapshoot exile]]. Interestingly, they play this trope straight:

** The ballistic properties of space suits in ''Mass Effect'' are down-played due to relativistic speeds of projectiles. Since personal scale mass effect fields are used to slow/stop projectiles, the light armor suits they wear can focus more on environmental protection rather than being combat capable.

* Ken Marinaris in ''VideoGame/ZoneOfTheEnders: the 2nd Runner'' wears this.
* All the playable characters in ''VideoGame/AirRivals'', [[http://ace.subagames.com/knowledge1.aspx as seen here.]] The FanService isn't very surprising, considering that this is an MMORPG after all.

* One of Ulala's many costumes in ''VideoGame/SpaceChannel5'' is her bright orange latex space suit, complete with bubble helmet, flared pants, and platforms.
* Both leads in ''VideoGame/TheDeadlyTowerOfMonsters'' wear latex spacesuits, but also wear spherical transparent bubble helmets.
* In ''VideoGame/SpaceStation13'' the basic space suit looks like this (or a traditional space suit; it's hard to tell with the game's stylized visuals) and offers very little protection. Some departments are provided with [[PoweredArmor hardsuits]], which are bulkier and give protection against physical trauma, burns, biohazards, and radiation. Neither of them will provide any life support functions without helmets; in previous versions, they also required an oxygen mask ''underneath'' the helmet to operate.
* ''Franchise/RatchetAndClank'': Ratchet usually wears some variation of a skintight suit. Only addition required to venture out into vacuum of space is a breathing mask.
* ''VideoGame/CreatureShock'' have your CaptainSpaceDefenderOfEarth hero wearing one when exploring alien worlds on foot.
* ''VideoGame/DestroyAllHumans 2'': since the final location is [[spoiler:on the moon]], [[MsFanservice Natalya]] naturally sports one.
* ''VideoGame/InfiniteSpace'', being a large sci-fi game with well over 100 characters to meet, has these in spades.
* In ''[[VideoGame/BattleZone1998 Battlezone II: Combat Commander]]'', ISDF troops wear form-fitting grey EVA suits. However, the addition of a backpack (either a JumpJetPack or explosive pack) and an armored chestplate prevents them from looking too silly for combat armor. In the original game, [[UsefulNotes/TheSpaceRace set 40 years prior]], both the American and Soviet pilots wear heavy, bulky and baggy spacesuits.
* ''VideoGame/StarcraftII'': While the Terran Medic wears appropriately bulky Power Armor, the female Ghosts (Kerrigan and Nova) wear space {{SpyCatsuit}}s that might as well be painted on in the official art. The Banshee pilot also wears a very flattering outfit, but it's a flight suit inside an enclosed cockpit rather than made for surviving vacuum.

* ''Franchise/MuvLuv'': The pilot suits worn by TSF pilot cadets are skintight and seemingly designed to show off the body, including some parts that are basically NudeColoredClothes. The first time the main group dresses in them, they are all horribly embarrassed by it. In ''Alternative'', it is explained that the design is intentional: the cadets' suits in particular are designed that way deliberately in order to remove the pilot's sense of modesty and shame, since out in the field co-ed units are the norm and men and women are expected to share sleeping space and showers. The suits issued to actual commissioned pilots are still skintight, but somewhat more modestly colored and not quite so fanservicey.

* Technically, the outfit Layla dons in ''Webcomic/FarOutThere'' is a "Containment Suit" and not intended for use in outer space... [[http://faroutthere.smackjeeves.com/comics/1716817/page-530-quick-change/ but come on, we all know what this is]].
* Shield’s [[http://unitmcomics.thecomicseries.com/comics/43 catsuit]] in ''Webcomic/UnitM'' leaves very little to the imagination.

* ''Webcomic/LastRes0rt'' has suits that are (relatively weak) PoweredArmor uniforms, providing equal opportunity {{Fanservice}} for all.

* ''Webcomic/SchlockMercenary'' has the original uniforms worn by Tagon's Toughs and others, which is also low-profile PoweredArmor. General Karl Tagon during [[http://www.schlockmercenary.com/2008-10-01 the call to his son]] implies these "carbonan crotch-huggers" were made after the standard issue uniform in human armed forces... and [[{{deconstruction}} explains why]] this "armored underwear" is used ''there''. ''Franchise/StarTrek'' fans will of course have already noted the [[ShoutOut startling similarity to the Next Gen. uniforms]].
* Worn (by men) in ''Webcomic/{{Starfighter}}''. Unsurprising, what with it being a {{yaoi}} comic.
* [[FemmeFatale Selenis Zea]] from ''Webcomic/SupermassiveBlackHoleAStar'' wore tight fitting space suit, which also [[VaporWear show full features of her naked body]].
* Earth space program in ''Webcomic/{{Marooned}}'' issues them. The protagonists have no other clothes.
* ''Webcomic/GrrlPower'' shows not only the genetically-altered human female captain, but the [[https://grrlpowercomic.com/archives/3070 male crew]] of a spaceship, wearing these -- with essentially nothing left to the imagination. The captain's suit is hard light, with forcefields, environment controls, and a teleporter to summon whatever gear she might need, from smacking muggers to dealing with an invasion by evil aliens.
* Uruyoms in ''Webcomic/ElGoonishShive'' have limited shapeshifting abilities, and as a result invented specialized protective suits designed to provide a skintight fit to any imaginable body type or shape.

* ''Once Upon a Time... Life''. Technically these are not space suits but look close enough.
** ''Once Upon a Time... Space'', from the same creators, uses the same design as space suits complete with fishbowl helmets.
* The quote at the top is from [[Recap/TheSimpsonsS16E1TreehouseOfHorrorXV an episode]] of ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons'' parodying ''Fantastic Voyage'': Homer, Bart and Lisa wear relatively normal red jumpsuits with helmets, whereas Marge wears a legless, chest-baring red jumpsuit... with a helmet.
-->'''Marge:''' White blood cells are eating my suit, but I have to admit they know where to stop.

* Deliberately used by the makers of the ''WesternAnimation/BuzzLightyearOfStarCommand'' cartoon, especially with the token [[TheSquadette Squadette]], whose space suit is much more form-fitting than the others. Her long hair is kept under a hood similar to Buzz's own.
* Many gems in ''WesternAnimation/StevenUniverse'' wear FutureSpandex that can be considered spacesuits -- they don't need helmets (or even [[SleevesAreForWimps sleeves]]) because [[TheNeedless gems don't need to breathe]]. Pearl also switches to a bodysuit to go into space in [[Recap/StevenUniverseS1E28SpaceRace "Space Race"]] (and to pilot a robot in [[Recap/StevenUniverseS2E23BackToTheBarn "Back to the Barn"]]), presumably so the skirt on her usual outfit wouldn't get in the way.
* When the team heads into space in Season 4 of ''WesternAnimation/TeenageMutantNinjaTurtles2012'', April's space-suit looks similar to her [[WesternAnimation/TeenageMutantNinjaTurtles1987 '87 incarnation's]] yellow jumpsuit. It immediately garners the attention of her potential love interests Donatello and Casey.

* [=SpaceX=]'s new "Starman" spacesuits, are much sleeker than previous generations of spacesuits. While they're not exactly skin tight, they're sleek and stylish enough (they were designed with input from Hollywood designer Jose Fernandez) to qualify.

* The ''Franchise/{{Gundam}}'' franchise uses both the skintight version and the bulkier version. [[HumongousMecha Mobile Suit]] pilots wear form-fitting flight suits which don't interfere with their movements but aren't meant to go out in space except in an emergency; regular space suits are worn by civilians and battleship crew. A few characters like [[Anime/MobileSuitGundam Char Aznable]] and [[Anime/MobileSuitZetaGundam Haman]] [[Anime/MobileSuitGundamZZ Karn]] eschew any kind of suit entirely as a matter of preference, though in Char's case it actually became a plot point.[[note]]The first time he takes Lalah Sune's advice and actually wears a flight suit is the time that doing without would have killed him. He wears pilot suits from then on in ''[[Anime/MobileSuitZetaGundam Zeta Gundam]]'' and ''[[Anime/MobileSuitGundamCharsCounterattack Char's Counterattack]]''.[[/note]] Not to mention, a few pilots actually do wear the standard space suit while piloting, including [[Anime/MobileSuitGundamZZ Judau Ashta]] and [[Anime/MobileSuitGundamWing Heero Yuy]] (though Heero does get a pilot suit in the final arc of his show.
* ''Literature/CrestOfTheStars'' and its sequels have both the skin-tight version (worn by pilots), and the bulky version (used by mechanics, workers and damage control crews).
** Abh's (that is, officers') uniforms double as enviro-suits in emergency only and aren't designed to function like that for extended periods of time, as in battle they sit on the bridge that is the most protected area of the ship. Rates, who work in more dangerous parts more often, routinely wear full-on spacesuits; so the brass simply don't bother with making their uniforms space-proof.
* While the AS pilot suits in ''Literature/FullMetalPanic'' are about as close to skintight as one can get while remaining functional, it's justified due to a) arm slaves are used on the ground, not in space, b) arm slave cockpits are ''tiny'', as in smaller than a mini cooper tiny, so you wouldn't want the pilots wearing something that could catch on anything, especially if you have to bail out in an emergency and c) the suits are designed to protect the pilot from being buffeted around from any hits the arm slave may receive; unfortunately they are far from bullet proof [[spoiler:as Sousuke discovers in the novels.]]
* The Knight Sabers in ''Anime/BubblegumCrisis'' wear skintight suits under their [[PoweredArmor Hard Suits]]. According so [[AllThereInTheManual supplemental materials]], these skintight suits are control interfaces which sense electrical impulses along the muscles just under the skin, which is why it has to be skin tight,[[note]]and why underwear can't be worn underneath it,[[/note]] and it transmits that via contact points to the motive systems in the hardsuit. This allows it, with some practice, to move as though it's an extension of the wearer's body. However, it is not intended for use in space.
* ''Manga/SgtFrog'': Several times, played up for fanservice with the girls.
* ''Anime/FafnerInTheAzureDeadAggressor''. For one there is no actual space travel involved. Two, the suits that the pilots wear -- called synergetic suits -- ''are'' skin tight but serve to lessem the pain that linking with Fafner entails. This wouldn't work with a bulkier design considering how Fafner works. They also leave the parts of the body where the Fafner connects exposed, which makes them rather skimpy (but ''not'' gender specific). Kazuki has no time to put on a suit upon piloting the first time and the pain he undergoes is substantial. Another twist is that, though revealing, the suits themselves look like stretched out skin and are thus not exactly flattering. They get a coolness upgrade for the movie and ''Exodus'' but, once again, not gender specific. On the other hand, the suits that Mizoguchi and Maya wear as regular fighter pilots are much bulkier.

* ''ComicBook/TopTen'': Girl One appears to be wearing a color-changing version of this, but it's later revealed [[AuthorAppeal that really is her skin, and she's]] been [[spoiler:bio-engineered]] with an uncontrollable nudity compulsion by the [[spoiler:fanboys that created her.]]

* The characters in the film ''Film/{{Sunshine}}'' wear suits that are not only large and bulky (at one stage a character falls over and is unable to raise himself to his feet again), but are also gold (to reflect the sun's rays) and have helmets that use a small slit for an eye-hole (explained as protecting the users' eyes from sunlight, but reputedly was requested by the director to increase the feeling of claustrophobia in the suits).
* The suits that later will become the uniform of the ''Film/FantasticFour2005'' in the film adaptation of the comic, subverted as they are not space suits as shown by Ben, who used a normal space suit when recovering the samples.

* ''Film/DestinationMoon''. The 'Michelin Man' look is a [[TechnologyMarchesOn carry-over from the long obsolete 1943 Goodrich pressure suit]]. The producers wanted to have a pneumatic suit that would both look realistic and cool the actors, but the wire work needed for the low gravity scenes made that impossible. To HandWave the issue in scenes where the actors change into the suits, this was justified by making it a two-piece version like a car tire -- the outside padding takes the wear and tear, while the pressure suit is inside.

** Used and improved upon by the Empire; in fact, this is one of the few situations where a TIE pilot is actually better off than a Rebel. TIE fighters are not pressurized space ships, so TIE pilots have a full helmet and all of their life support is built into their suit instead of the ship. Assuming the TIE pilot actually survives the loss of his ship, he can continue to survive much longer.
** In the ''Literature/XWingSeries'', the rebel pilots complain about having to change into sleek dress uniforms for a formal occasion, since they like the extra pockets in their flightsuits, as well as the baggier clothing -- as fighter pilots, they can be a bit sensitive about the weight gain that can result from spending hours sitting in a cockpit.
*** The above stated survival time for a Rebel pilot can change depending on the species of the pilot. That a Gamorrean can last quite a bit longer due to his extra fat is a plot point.
* In ''Literature/HonorHarrington'', modern spacesuits (called "skinsuits") are form-fitting and rely on the body's own temperature regulation system, but older, less advanced spacefaring societies (like Grayson, pre-Alliance) still have conventional "bulky" spacesuits akin to those of the real world. Such suits are also available as emergency gear aboard some ships, as the skinsuits require specific fitting to accommodate individual users, so that the suit can keep the user's insides inside.
** Skinsuits are also somewhat armored, but their main goal is emergency protection in case of a hull depressurization, which happens quite often. {{Space Marine}}s, when not wearing PoweredArmor, use a somewhat heavier armored version that even includes muscle fibers and is proof at least against small arms fire. Engineering personnel, on the other hand, often prefer bulkier suits, just short of a demilitarized PoweredArmor, for increased mechanical protection.
** For more hostile situations, the skinsuits can be augmented with additional body armor, most commonly a hardened "clamshell" armor which is essentally a military sci-fi version of a [[BulletproofVest ballistic vest.]] It's no substitute for PoweredArmor, but far more survivable than the skinsuit alone.

* The space suits used ''Series/{{Firefly}}'' are relatively realistic for the tech level of the show. Their design apparently references the suits in the original [[UsedFuture space-is-dirty]] movie, ''Alien''. The suit worn by the bounty hunter Jubal Early in "[[Recap/FireflyE14ObjectsInSpace Objects in Space]]" looks like it's skin-tight leather, which is somewhat justified in that Early practically lives in his, so a more streamlined suit would be a must. He also presumably has more money than the crew, meaning he can buy nicer suits with newer tech.
* In ''Series/StarTrekVoyager'', ''actual spacesuits'' are as bulky as today ones, as seen in "[[Recap/StarTrekVoyagerS4E3DayOfHonor Day of Honor]]". Sometimes they veer somewhat close to the Latex end of things except in the helmet area (pics: [[http://memory-alpha.org/wiki/File:TorresParisInSpace.jpg from]] ''Voyager'' and [[http://memory-alpha.org/wiki/File:Hawk_Picard_and_Worf_in_space.jpg from]] ''[[Film/StarTrekFirstContact First Contact]]'').

* Early episodes of ''Series/{{Andromeda}}'' ''tried'' to keep to vaguely realistic and gender-equal female Commonwealth uniforms. It didn't last.
* ''Series/DefyingGravity'' has Space Activity Suit-like EV suits. The suits for on-planet use are still the traditional bulky kind, however.
* The Franchise/StargateVerse averts this. On the handful of occasions that anyone ventures into space on ''Series/StargateSG1'' or ''Series/StargateAtlantis'', they wear bulky NASA-style suits. ''Series/StargateUniverse'' used Ancient space suits, but those are only slightly less bulky.
* ''Series/ForAllMankind'': In the season 2 finale "The Grey", Gordo and Tracy Stevens need to go out onto the lunar surface to repair Jamestown's reactor coolant system but don't have access to their normal space suits, so they improvise some out of duct tape and gas masks that hold tight to their bodies. Without oxygen or actual radiation protection, it keeps their bodies together just long enough (about one minute) to do the necessary repairs.

* ''Franchise/{{Metroid}}'': Samus has the Zero Suit, a form-fitting blue body suit, but it isn't a spacesuit. The Zero Suit is implied to be an interface that allows her to summon her [[PoweredArmor Power Suit]] (which she DOES use in space). Ever since it was introduced in ''VideoGame/MetroidZeroMission'', Samus has appeared wearing the Zero Suit when unable to use her normal armor or doesn't believe it necessary. The Galactic Federation troopers use something similar with their space suits/armor, although Samus' is obviously one-of-a-kind, with ''VideoGame/MetroidDread'' showing that she's made use of it since childhood.
* ''VideoGame/SuperRobotWarsOriginalGeneration: Divine Wars'' has surprisingly realistic pilot and space suits -- while Personal Trooper pilots wear fairly thin ones that might match the trope, they're not made for space combat and do not have great speeds. However, Armored Module pilots wear a very bulky combination of a g-suit and a space suit as they are main for high-speed assaults and space and air combat. Fighter pilots wear a modified g-suit that's a combination of both. The Playstation 2 remake of the Original Generation game series reuses the pilot suits portrayed in Divine Wars, mainly because few were even seen in the first two Original Generation games (not to mention the Super Robot Wars series in general).
** There are a number of exceptions to that realism, the most shamelessly egregious of which being Aya's pilot suit, which has a large CleavageWindow that would completely nullify any utility it might have as space suit.
* In ''Star Wars: VideoGame/KnightsOfTheOldRepublic'' and [[VideoGame/KnightsOfTheOldRepublicIITheSithLords its sequel]], space/environmental suits are worn on several occasions. Despite the games being set a long, long time ago in a galaxy far, far away and being rife with other space tropes, the suits look very much like current-day space suits. Actually, they look [[SchizoTech even clunkier]] than current-day space suits, which is interesting for a world of unending AppliedPhlebotinum.
** That's because it's a [[ColourCodedForYourConvenience space recolor of the yellow underwater suit.]] The latter is used several hundred meters underwater, hence the bulkiness.

* The Terran Medic from ''VideoGame/StarCraftI: Brood War'' wears a spacesuit that's apparently more armored than the ones given to ''Marines''. [[ShootTheMedicFirst Given the tactical considerations]], this makes some sense...
* Isaac Clarke's [[http://deadspace.wikia.com/wiki/Rig R.I.G]] from ''Franchise/DeadSpace'' is bulky and creepy-looking. The military version has a skull-like face.
** ''VideoGame/DeadSpace2'' take this further with the [[http://deadspace.wikia.com/wiki/Vintage_RIG Vintage RIG]], which shows that all the other [=RIGs=] are far more streamlined than their predecessors.
** However, both examples are meant for dangerous situations; it's bulky because it needs to protect the wearer from more than just horrible space death.

* The original ''VideoGame/XCOMUFODefense'' gave recruits basic flight suits, until you researched better armor. "Personal Armor" wasn't quite skin-tight, what with all the shoulderplates made of alien alloy, but came close. Powered Armor and Flying Armor were, well, PoweredArmor. And somehow all of them (including the flight suits!) were completely safe for use [[BatmanCanBreatheInSpace on Mars]].
* ''VideoGame/MoonChronicles'' averts this, since all the humans wear spacesuits that are more or less the same as a modern day spacesuit.
* ''VideoGame/Fallout3''': The player can find a spacesuit in the Mothership Zeta add-on as a plot-critical item. It's not quite a Latex Space Suit, but it's less clunky than modern suits and can be worn in combat without penalty.
* For the most part, ''VideoGame/FrontMission'' lacks latex space suits: most pilots either wear fatigues, or flightsuits similar to those worn by helicopter crews. Exceptions are the Durandal team (''VideoGame/FrontMission4'') and the protagonists from ''Front Mission Evolved'', though these suits, while form-fitting, are still thickish, resembling racing coveralls.

* The cadets in ''Dead End Aegis'' quickly notice that the space suit they received are fairly thin and form fitting though when worn are fairly baggy making them feel very cheap. Minori also notices that they seem to lack almost all of the most basic survival features one would expect out of a space suit. Things such as circulatory systems and waste disposal are all absent, even a basic radio is missing. They provide oxygen and protection from the vacuum of space and that's it. This is of course cause they are completely expendable and most who launch for their first sortie will not return alive.

* ''WebAnimation/RedVsBlue'' not only has somewhat bulky armor on its characters, but makes use of it, with a number of occasions of gender confusion. While not exactly form-fitting, the armor is, well, armor, PowerArmor in fact, and is designed to be shot at. ''Red Vs Blue'' is {{Machinima}}, meaning the series was made using assets from video games, in this case, the ''Franchise/{{Halo}}'' franchise, from which the creators took all their animation, therefore they had no choice in the matter, so it is kind of an EnforcedTrope.

* In ''Webcomic/{{Freefall}}'', Florence [[http://freefall.purrsia.com/ff1000/fv00986.htm lampshades]] this when she wears a suit that's bulky and doesn't even have separated legs. The [[http://freefall.purrsia.com/ff1000/fv00973.htm body stocking]] she wears underneath is pretty close though.

* ''VideoGame/Fallout3'''s Chinese Stealth Armor: [[http://images.wikia.com/fallout/images/6/6f/Crimson_Dragoon.png black latex, red faceplate.]] No comment. Also ''not a space suit'' -- it's an InvisibilityCloak made for commandos that offers some protection from small arms fire.
** An actual spacesuit is used in the Mothership Zeta add-on as a plot-critical item. It's not quite a Latex Space Suit, but it's less clunky than modern suits and can be worn in combat without penalty.

* ''WebAnimation/RedVsBlue'' not only has somewhat bulky armor on its characters, but makes use of it, with a number of occasions of gender confusion. While not exactly form-fitting, the armor is, well armor, PowerArmor in fact, and is designed to be shot at. ''Red Vs Blue'' is {{Machinima}}, meaning the series was made using assets from video games, in this case, the ''Franchise/{{Halo}}'' franchise, from which the creators took all their animation, therefore they had no choice in the matter, so it is kind of an EnforcedTrope.

* ''WebAnimation/RedVsBlue'' not only has bulky, generic armor on its characters, but makes use of it, with a number of occasions of gender confusion. However, the makers were using the game series ''Franchise/{{Halo}}'' for all their animation and therefore had no choice in the matter, so it is kind of an EnforcedTrope.

* ''Franchise/{{Gundam}}'': ALL Gundam series. However, [[Anime/MobileSuitGundam Amuro]], [[Anime/MobileSuitZetaGundam Kamille]], and [[Anime/MobileSuitGundamZZ Judau]]'s suits were less ornate and more practical than the ones SuperRobotGenre pilots wore, and female suits were not tightier and sexier than the male ones. Also notable that while form-fitting and notably lighter (for mobility) than the "Normal Suits" worn by ship crews, Pilot Suits in the Universal Century timeline are still clearly padded and made of multiple layers, and they also double as atmospheric flight suits, which is why they're usually worn on Earth as well as in space. This tends to apply for other series as well, with pilot suits more closely resembling advanced flight suits rather than being skin-tight.[[Anime/MobileFighterGGundam Domon's]] suit however IS skin tight and practically painted on, though his is a [[MotionCaptureMecha motion control suit]] and not meant for extravehicular use in space.

** Ellie in ''2'' plays this trope straight, for the ten seconds or so she's in a spacesuit. Presumably it's a "civilian", non-ruggedized suit, and thus slimmer[[note]]It doesn't even have an internal air supply like Isaac's suits.[[/note]]. There's about a fraction of a second that could be considered "fanservice". If you really stretch the definition. And you're actively looking for it, because it's not the focus of the scene.

* ''WebAnimation/RedVsBlue'' not only has bulky, generic armor on its characters, but makes use of it, with a number of occasions of gender confusion. However, the makers were using the game ''Halo'' for all their animation and therefore had no choice in the matter, so it is kind of an EnforcedTrope.