History Main / LatexSpaceSuit

* Isaac Clarke's [[http://deadspace.wikia.com/wiki/Rig R.I.G]] from ''VideoGame/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.

-->-- '''Homer Simpson''', ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons'', "Treehouse Of Horror XV", "In The Belly Of The Boss"

* ''Anime/BirdyTheMightyDecode'': Birdy's suit is skintight and has many transparent panels that reveal her skin. It's revealed to be standard issue among the Space Police, with officers of every species and gender donning the {{Stripperiffic}} suit.

* The quote at the top is from 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.

* The space suits used on ''Series/{{Firefly}}'' were 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 ''Objects in Space'' looked like it was skin-tight leather.
** Somewhat justified in that Jubal 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 "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 First Contact]]).
* The remake of ''Series/{{Battlestar Galactica|2003}}'' features male and female military personnel wearing realistic-looking uniforms, that seem well suited for whatever the characters are doing. And men and women wear identical uniforms too.
** Although it is worth noting that the flight suits that they wear are supposed to double as spacesuits but wouldn't actually work as such (or if they did they would balloon too much for the wearer to move).

** The original had an episode where female shuttle pilots were being trained to fly the Viper fighters, and they tossed in a scene showing the [[FanService skin tight "space suit"]] that the fighter pilots were supposedly all wearing under their cloth uniforms. Of course we were never shown any of the male pilots wearing them.

* [[Franchise/{{Metroid}} Samus]] has the Zero Suit, a form-fitting blue body suit, but it isn't a space suit. The Zero Suit is implied to be an interface that allows her to summon her [[PowerArmor 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.

* The Terran Medic from ''VideoGame/StarCraft: 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...

* The web series ''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.

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* ''[[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.

-->-- '''Homer Simpson''', ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons''

* The anime ''Anime/{{Planetes}}'' consciously makes its space suits as realistic as possible, even down to the adult diapers. Except that InSpaceEveryoneCanSeeYourFace, at least when the opaque visor (which incorporates a computer-generated display) is opened.

* ''{{Magazine/Analog}}'': The [[Recap/Analog1939 October 1939 issue]] has a [[Literature/GrayLensman Lensmen]] 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.

* * ''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.

-->...like other [[SpacePeople Spaceborn]] she disdained the clumsy space armor used by most astronauts, wearing only an elastic silver bodysuit that covered her curvaceous figure like a second skin. The chestplate that put pressure on her lungs so she could draw breath in a vacuum only enhanced her bust]], and when wearing a [[FishbowlHelmet bubble helmet]] and oxygen tanks she might at first glance be mistaken for the cover girl fantasy of a science-fiction magazine of the pre-Space era.

-->...like other [[SpacePeople Spaceborn]] she disdained the clumsy space armor used by most astronauts, wearing only an elastic silver bodysuit that covered her curvaceous figure like a second skin. The chestplate that put pressure on her lungs so she could draw breath in a vacuum only enhanced her bust]], and when wearing a [[FishbowlHelmet bubble helmet and oxygen tanks she might at first glance be mistaken for the cover girl fantasy of a science-fiction magazine of the pre-Space era.

* ''LightNovel/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" space-suits and skin-tight suits are seen. For example, in the episode ''Bohemian Rhapsody'', Spike and Faye wear skin-tight suits, with relatively large helmets, to enter the drifter-colony.

%%* A fair number of these appear in ''LightNovel/BodaciousSpacePirates''.

* ''LightNovel/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).

* While the AS pilot suits in ''Lightnovel/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.]]

** 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. Ellie in ''2'' plays this trope straight.

-->...like other [[SpacePeople Spaceborn]] she disdained the clumsy space armor used by most astronauts, wearing only an elastic silver bodysuit that covered her curvaceous figure like a second skin. The chestplate that put pressure on her lungs so she could draw breath in a vacuum [[BuxomIsBetter only enhanced her bust]], and when wearing a [[FishbowlHelmet bubble helmet]] and oxygen tanks she might at first glance be mistaken for the cover girl fantasy of a science-fiction magazine of the pre-Space era.

* 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 [[LatexSpaceSuit 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".

* * ''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 for at most one minute to do the necessary repairs.

** In the chapter "Repeat" of ''Fanfic/TheSecondTry'', Shinji and Asuka wear their plugsuits for first time in years. Asuka noted that she used to wear her skintight pilot suit with pride, but it feels like a prison now.

-->''His good mood lasted about ten minutes. "Is it absolutely necessary to pilot an Evangelion wearing skin-tight neoprene?" Shinji grumbled. He'd always hated plugsuits, but then he'd always hated damn near everything about this job so he'd never bothered to make an issue of it. But now he knew what was coming, he really thought he ought to take a stand.\\

-->The plugsuit wasn't bad. It looked fairly snazzy and it was remarkably comfortable for something so form-fitting.

-->It was even worse than when she had first put her old school uniform on again. This pressurized red outfit that tightly encased her skin; she used to wear it proudly as a symbol of her rank and status as pilot, but now it just reminded her of a life she had been glad to have left behind when she had finally been able to. When she had pushed the button that caused the suit to contract around her until there was no interfering air between her body and the conductive material, she had almost felt imprisoned by it.

-->Asuka, clad in her form-fitting plugsuit, sighed heavily and stepped onto the deck.\\

-->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.

-->Who in the world came up with the design, she seriously had a second thought about not asking from Yui. Having to wear a specialized suit for handling military hardware has been a reality for air force pilots for nearly a century now, she was aware. But these things, ''skintight and thin as a swimsuit'' without even covering the head? Literally the only reason she could see for it was keeping out the LCL so that she could move around and operate the entry plug controls unencumbered, as opposed to having her clothes pull against every move as if she was trying to swim in street clothes –- or even worse, having to pilot in one of those old, goofy diving suits, except with the LCL being inside rather than outside, weighing her down non-stop.\\

* The web series ''Machinima/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.

* ''VideoGame/MetalGearSolid2'' has the Skull Suit. Despite the fact that it feels like you're wearing nothing at all, and the fact that Raiden [[HelmetsAreHardlyHeroic only wears the helmet for five minutes of dialogue]] at the beginning of the game, it manages to enhance his muscles, provide a small amount of environmental protection and applies varying levels of pressure to internal organs in order to increase combat efficiency. According to Vamp, whose bullet-dodging is based on his trained senses allowing him to predict when people are going to shoot before they do it, the suit's pressure muddles the visual signal he gets, making his fight with Raiden potentially 'interesting'.

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

* In the exploitation film ''Film/NudeOneTheMoon'' (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.

* ''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. [[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.

* ''[[ComicBook/{{X 23}} All-New Wolverine #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...

* ''Webcomic/GrrlPower'' shows not only the female captain, but the [[https://grrlpowercomic.com/archives/3070 male crew]] of a spaceship, wearing these -- with essentially nothing left to the imagination. Justified because the captain is a succubus and engages in ...shenanigans with her crew.
** Actually, she isn't a succubus. She's a genetically engineered human with photosynthesis (hence the blue skin) and other enhancements. She's friends with Dabbler, who ''is'' a succubus.

* ''Webcomic/SchlockMercenary'' has the 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]].

* [[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.

* Often shown on sci-fi PulpMagazine covers for [[{{fanservice}} obvious reasons]], usually in conjunction with a FishbowlHelmet.