History Main / Loincloth

* ''Manga/LuckyStar'': Konata compares the experience of eating beachhouse food to running around the beach in a loincloth. (This itself is a reference to ''Anime/MisterAjikko''.)

* In ''Webcomic/GirlsInSpace'', the girls are marooned on Prehistoric Earth and [[http://www.girlsinspace.co.uk/comic/hell-creek-page-19/ wear Loincloths]] as part of their Cavegirl costumes.

Quite often overlaps with a ({{Walking|ShirtlessScene}}) ShirtlessScene. Sometimes the wearer DoesNotLikeShoes. Also can be worn by women, either with or without a matching bikini top.

* Lumbee Warrior wears a loin cloth over his [[Main/UnderwearOfPower tights]].[[/folder]]

* ''Manga/WildRock'' is set in OneMillionBC and has all the men running around in loincloths and little more.

* B'wana Beast in DC somewhat subverts this: he wears a loincloth over a pair of animal skin shorts. He may be the only example of a hero wearing their UnderwearOfPower on the outside . . . of their UnderwearOfPower. His succesor, Freedom Beast, tried to live down the more ridiculous aspects of his predecessor, including this one.

* Guin of ''LightNovel/GuinSaga'' is only wearing this when he first appears, though he wears armor when he has the chance.

* Franchise/{{Tarzan}} is usually seen this way in film adaptations. In the second Tarzan film of the Creator/JohnnyWeissmuller series, ''Film/TarzanAndHisMate'', Jane (Maureen O'Sullivan) also wears a loin cloth around her nether regions. This proved too naughty when UsefulNotes/TheHaysCode crackdown came in 1934, so later Tarzan films had O'Sullivan wearing a one-piece.

* The Na'vi in ''Film/{{Avatar}}'' all wear loincloths.

* Surprisingly, in the 1982 film ''Film/{{Conan the Barbarian|1982}}'' the hero only wears a loincloth in a few scenes. However, in the sequel ''Film/ConanTheDestroyer'' he wears a loincloth for the entire film.

* Jack from ''Film/{{Legend 1985}}'' -- he starts the movie as a solitary woods-dweller wearing little but a loin cloth. After he becomes officially TheChosenOne, however, he gets a sword, shield, and suit of armor... which covers his chest and arms, but does nothing to obscure his loinclothed lower body. It's a wonder [[BigBad Darkness]] never [[WhyDontYaJustShootHim just aimed]] [[GroinAttack a little bit lower...]]
* In ''Film/LianeJungleGoddess'', Liane forgoes the usual FurBikini of the JunglePrincess, and instead just wears a loin cloth and [[DiamondsInTheBuff necklaces]].
* Gollum wears only a small loincloth to preserve his modesty in ''Film/TheLordOfTheRings''-trilogy.
* The human males typically wear loincloths in the ''Franchise/PlanetOfTheApes'' movies.
* In ''Film/ReturnOfTheJedi'', the famous or (infamous) Princess Leia Slave Girl costume basically has this, just with longer bits of cloth on the front and back. Most cosplayers will use a flesh (or near-flesh) tone undergarment, but the original can be seen [[https://vignette.wikia.nocookie.net/starwars/images/0/0a/LMB.png/revision/latest?cb=20161003050632 here]], clearly with nothing on the hips.
* In ''Film/ShandraTheJungleGirl'', Cord sees in himself living in the jungle wearing only a loin cloth in one of the visions Shandra shares with him. At the end of the movie, [[spoiler:he joins Shandra in the jungle, and is clad only in a loin cloth]].
* ''Film/{{Spartacus}}''. In the opening fight that triggers the revolt, the upper-class Roman women for whom the spectacle has been put on order that both gladiators fight in loin cloths.

* Kim Wu from ''VideoGame/KillerInstinct'' during ''KI2'' wears a qipao-like outfit with a bottom half that's a loin cloth which easily shows her underwear. She wears a more modest outfit in her reboot appearance (where she wears an outfit similar in style but she has shorts on).

* Kim Wu from ''VideoGame/KillerInstinct'' during ''KI2'' wears a qipao-like outfit with a bottom half that's a loin cloth which easily shows her [[PantyShot underwear]]. She wears a more modest outfit in her reboot appearance (where she wears an outfit similar in style but she has shorts on).

* It should be noted that loincloth is not a pair of flaps connected by a string, as sometimes presented in illustrations, but a single piece of cloth or leather wrapped between legs and tied on the waist, leaving two flaps hanging.

* In ''Franchise/{{Star Wars|Legends}}: [[Literature/XWingSeries The Krytos Trap]]'', ProudWarriorRace Twi'leks are said to wear an outfit that consists of a loincloth, wrapped leggings to the knee, FingerlessGloves, and a decorative/functional bandoleer, all under a cloak. Wedge Antilles, visiting to try and coax them into selling the New Republic some medicine, puts on a modified version that includes an emerald green loincloth over his trousers. He wants his garb to signal that he's a warrior and not a merchant, but he's also not a Proud Warrior Race Twi'lek.

* For their first appearance in ''Webcomic/TheKAMics'' [[http://www.theduckwebcomics.com/The_KAMics/5042203/ Sven & Oli wore them.]]

* The barbarian Warrior in ''Pinball/DungeonsAndDragons'' enters the dragon's lair with nothing but a loincloth and a shield.

* ''WesternAnimation/{{Fangbone}}'' wears one, befitting of his barbarian origins.

* ''Series/TheFeatheredSerpent'', a British young adult show from the 1970s set in [[{{Mayincatec}} Aztec Mexico]], sometimes has fit young men just wearing loincloths. The handsome Prince Heumac has a couple of loincloth scenes. In one of them he's [[HoYay accompanied by his servant Tozo]] (who's more conservatively dressed), while in the other he's [[FoeYay engaged in ritual combat]] with another guy in a loincloth.

* In ''WesternAnimation/{{Gargoyles}}'', all the main male gargoyles have this except for [[TheMentor Hudson]]. Females vary between the bikini version ([[BigBad Demona]]) or something that looks more like a dress ([[AffirmativeActionGirl Angela]]).
* Wild Smurf in ''WesternAnimation/TheSmurfs''. In the comic books, Wild only wore leaves until Tailor made him a loincloth.
* In ''WesternAnimation/StevenUniverse'', [[PeopleZoo the Zoomans]], both male and female, wear white loincloths along with blue vests and earrings.
** Steven also had to wear one, and later admits that he hates them.
* ''WesternAnimation/GravityFalls'': In the episode "Dipper vs. Manliness", Dipper starts wearing a loincloth after joining the manotaurs. He switches back to his regular outfit at the end of the episode.

* Most of the ogres from ''Manga/{{Shutendoji}}'', including the main character after taping into his ogre heritage (although it happens actually after some well placed ClothingDamage).

* Ka-Zar in the Marvel Universe.

* ''Film/{{Spartacus}}''. In the opening fight that triggers the revolt, the upper-class Roman women for whom the spectacle has been put on order that both gladiators fight in loin cloths.
* Jack from ''Film/{{Legend 1985}}'' -- he starts the movie as a solitary woods-dweller wearing little but a loin cloth. After he becomes officially TheChosenOne, however, he gets a sword, shield, and suit of armor... which covers his chest and arms, but does nothing to obscure his loinclothed lower body. It's a wonder [[BigBad Darkness]] never [[WhyDontYaJustShootHim just aimed]] [[GroinAttack a little bit lower...]]

* Surprisingly, in the 1982 film ''Film/{{Conan the Barbarian|1982}}'' the hero only wears a loincloth in a few scenes. However, in the sequel ''Film/ConanTheDestroyer'' he wears a loincloth for the entire film.
* ''Film/TheBeastmaster'': Dar's standard dress.

* Gollum wears only a small loincloth to preserve his modesty in ''Film/TheLordOfTheRings''-trilogy.
* Franchise/{{Tarzan}} is usually seen this way in film adaptations. In the second Tarzan film of the Creator/JohnnyWeissmuller series, ''Film/TarzanAndHisMate'', Jane (Maureen O'Sullivan) also wears a loin cloth around her nether regions. This proved too naughty when UsefulNotes/TheHaysCode crackdown came in 1934, so later Tarzan films had O'Sullivan wearing a one-piece.

* In ''Film/ReturnOfTheJedi'', the famous or (infamous) Princess Leia Slave Girl costume basically has this, just with longer bits of cloth on the front and back. Most cosplayers will use a flesh (or near-flesh) tone undergarment, but the original can be seen [[https://vignette.wikia.nocookie.net/starwars/images/0/0a/LMB.png/revision/latest?cb=20161003050632 here]], clearly with nothing on the hips.

* In ''Literature/ManyWaters'', many of the characters only wear a loincloth, as it is set in Old Testament times. Lampshaded, as the modern characters blush when seeing Yalith in only a loincloth, with her breasts exposed.

* Literature/{{Tarzan}} is often depicted this way, but just as often his hides make a wraparound outfit.
* Parodied in ''Don't Go Near the Water'' by William Brinkley. Creator/EdgarRiceBurroughs is coming for a visit, so the Navy brass suggest he do a PR tour to a nearby island, but the natives wear ordinary clothes and refuse to dress in loincloths for the occasion. A sergeant who speaks the language is able to persuade them to play along (if the Navy provide the loincloths) but the film is never used anyway, which is just as well as the natives can be heard complaining about the fit of the loincloths around their nether regions.

* In M. R. Harrington's ''The Indians of New Jersey: Dickon Among the Lenapes'', all the men wear one. At one point, the villain, Toad Face, tries to force the hero, In the Forest, to wear a woman's skirt instead. It does not end well.
* This is probably what Grignr of ''Literature/TheEyeOfArgon'' was ''supposed'' to be wearing, but the word that actually ended up being used was "[[{{Malaproper}} g-string]]". How it had folds is anyone's guess. (A loincloth can have a wider waistband and even pockets.)
* ''Literature/TheBelgariad'': Garion is forced to wear a skimpy loincloth during his brief GoGoEnslavement in Nyissa's DecadentCourt, thanks in no small part to Queen Salmissra's chemically induced ExtremeLibido. He's rescued before things can get further out of hand.

* The most common costume in ''Series/SpartacusBloodAndSand''. At least when they're not wrestling naked.
* ''Series/TheFeatheredSerpent'', a British young adult show from the 1970s set in [[{{Mayincatec}} Aztec Mexico]], sometimes has fit young men just wearing loincloths. The handsome Prince Heumac has a couple of loincloth scenes. In one of them he's [[HoYay accompanied by his servant Tozo]] (who's more conservatively dressed), while in the other he's [[FoeYay engaged in ritual combat]] with another guy in a loincloth.
* Star of the ''Series/{{Beastmaster}}'' television series Daniel Goddard often complained about the coverage afforded by his loincloth, advocating for it to be ''shorter''.

* Music/TedNugent wore one as part of his "wild man" persona.

* The protagonist in ''Pinball/{{Gorgar}}'' has one.
* The barbarian Warrior in ''Pinball/DungeonsAndDragons'' enters the dragon's lair with nothing but a loincloth and a shield.

* Kim Wu from {{Killer Instinct}} during ''KI2'' wears a qipao-like outfit with a bottom half that's a loin cloth which easily shows her [[PantyShot underwear]]. She wears a more modest outfit in her reboot appearance (where she wears an outfit similar in style but she has shorts on).
* Maeda Toshiie from ''VideoGame/SengokuBasara'' wears nothing but a loincloth and a few belts.
* Rock, a berserker from ''VideoGame/SoulCalibur'' wears this as part of his default outfit.

* Alan (The Brave One) from ''VideoGame/MagicSwordHeroicFantasy'' wears one and little else, being a BarbarianHero.
* Goro and Kintaro in ''Franchise/MortalKombat'' both have briefs, with a flap in front added in later games to show off the [[NoFlowInCGI cloth physics]].

* Both Rau and Tati wear these in ''VideoGame/RiseOfTheKasai''.

* In ''VideoGame/DarkSouls'', the player wears this under all their armor. Subverted in ''VideoGame/DarkSouls3,'' however, where the player character wears knee-length underwear when not equipping ''any'' armour or clothes, and thus ends up wearing ''fewer'' clothes when ''actually'' putting on a loincloth.
* ''VideoGame/DiabloIII'': Among the [[PlayerCharacter PC]] classes, the WitchDoctor's attire generally includes a loincloth, and the [[BarbarianHero Barbarian]]'s starting outfit is little else. Many {{NPC}}s wear loincloths as well (especially the demons).
* Krystal in ''VideoGame/StarFoxAdventures'' wears a [[WalkingSwimsuitScene loincloth and bikini top]], in contrast to her [[SensualSpandex catsuit]] in the later games. It happens to be the [[GoingCommando "flap over the crotch and rear"]] [[https://i.imgur.com//OffoMLh.jpg variant]].
* ''VideoGame/ConkersBadFurDay'' has Buga the Knut, a caveman whose loincloth has problems staying up.

* The Nameless One and Trias wear this in ''Videogame/PlanescapeTorment''
* Leo of ''VideoGame/RedEarth'' wears a loincloth, boots, and [[WalkingShirtlessScene nothing else]].
* ''VideoGame/SoulCalibur'': Seung-Mina wore one as part of her default costume in the first three games in the series. She finally averts the trope in ''SC IV'', in favor of more conservative attire.
* ''VideoGame/WorldOfWarcraft'' has several Cloth and Leather legs armors that are simply speedo-style loincloths on both males and females. Unfortunately, Mail and Plate don't have such options for males (females get ChainmailBikini versions of several of them), though Mail does have some short-shorts for the guys.

* In ''Webcomic/TheOrderOfTheStick'', loincloths are standard-issue for gladiator convincts in the [[TheEmpire Empire of Blood]] -- even for LizardFolk, although they [[http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0738.html don't need them]].

* Gorgado in ''Webcomic/{{Fite}}'' wears one. Guz also wears one under his armor, and spends a while in nothing but it after he loses said armor.
* In one arc of ''Webcomic/SchlockMercenary'' some of the Toughs ended up stranded in the middle of the wilderness of a remote planet naked, one of the first things they did after landing was skin a dead animal to make buttflaps.
* In ''Webcomic/GirlsInSpace'', the girls are marooned on Prehistoric Earth and [[http://www.girlsinspace.co.uk/comic/hell-creek-page-19/ wear Loincloths]] as part of their Cavegirl costumes.

* In ''Webcomic/ElGoonishShive'', Ellen [[http://www.egscomics.com/comic/2003-06-22 considers renting]] a jungle movie rated R for language, violence, and frequent and gratuitous loincloth removal.

* ''Webcomic/SlightlyDamned'': Abyset the water demon [[http://www.sdamned.com/comic/672 wears one]].

* ''WesternAnimation/GaltarAndTheGoldenLance'', Galtar wears furry briefs, despite wearing golden armor above the waist.
* ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons'': Mr. Burns and his Grizzly Bear Underwear.
* ''WesternAnimation/MikeLuAndOg'': Og