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* Invoked in [[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/8774682/1/Avengers-of-the-Ring Avengers of the Ring]], an {{Film/Avengers}}/Film/TheLordOfTheRings crossover. During the Fellowship's meeting with Galadriel, [[ComicBook/IncredibleHulk Bruce]] receives a magical braise (a pair of silk boxer shorts) from her that works exactly as this trope suggests.

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See also MySuitIsAlsoSuper -- for a transformation-powered hero, a popular kind of super-suit is one that can transform with them.

* MagicPants/AnimatedFilms
* MagicPants/LiveActionFilms

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* Invoked in [[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/8774682/1/Avengers-of-the-Ring Avengers of the Ring]], an {{Film/Avengers}}/Film/TheLordOfTheRings crossover. During the Fellowship's meeting with Galadriel, [[Main/TheIncredibleHulk Bruce]] receives a magical braise (a pair of silk boxer shorts) from her that works exactly as this trope suggests.

* ''Webcomic/AxisPowersHetalia'' fanfic ''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/11989539/1/Hakkōna Hakkōna]]'': [[spoiler:When Kiku turns into human or nekomataneko form, he always has clothes on. This could be due to him literally ''creating'' the clothes, but still.]]

To be fair, it's not like having a character suddenly conjuring up several hundred pounds of mass out of thin air is made any ''more'' unbelievable by his clothes being exempt.

* Invoked in [[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/8774682/1/Avengers-of-the-Ring Avengers of the Ring]], an {{Film/Avengers}}/Film/LordOfTheRings crossover. During the Fellowship's meeting with Galadriel, [[Main/TheIncredibleHulk Bruce]] receives a magical braise (a pair of silk boxer shorts) from her that works exactly as this trope suggests.

* ''Fanfic/PlasmasFolly'': According to {{Word of God}}, the hybrids are clothed when they turn back to normal because the challenge of them finding new clothing would deviate from the plot. This is [[LampshadeHanging lampshaded]] on several occasions.

* Averted in ''Plan 7 of 9 from Outer Space''. MadScientist Dr Zarkendorf tries to turn himself into an thirty-foot hulk with serious anger management issues, but his CrazyPrepared enemy has arranged for his underwear to be made of unbreakable non-stretch fabric, causing Zarkendorf to [[GroinAttack pass out from the pain]].

* Deliciously averted in ''FanFic/PrettyCurePerfumePreppy'' [[spoiler:whenever [[PollyWantsAMicrophone Pittan]] [[HumanityEnsues turns human]]]].

-->-- '''The Narrator''', ''ArakawaUnderTheBridge''

->''"Thankfully, his clothes also grew just enough not to bother the censors."''\\
-- '''The Narrator''', ''ArakawaUnderTheBridge''
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* MagicPants/Advertising

* MagicPants/{{Live-Action Films}}

* MagicPants/{{Live-Action TV}}

Also note that Magic Pants are only for characters who seem to remain clothed even when it's [[MagicAIsMagicA inconsistent]] with what gives them their powers. Magical characters (who presumably can conjure up a fresh set), characters with super speed ({{Superman}}, the {{Flash}}) who have the demonstrated ability to get dressed faster than the human eye can see, or heroes whose clothing is what [[ClothesMakeTheSuperman makes them super]] in the first place would actually be [[AvertedTrope aversions]] of this trope.

* Averted in one case for {{DC Nation}}. Fauna's clothing doesn't "keep up" when she shapeshifts. This led to her fighting off a zombie horde and only realizing AFTER she had come out of her HulkingOut that she was wearing nothing at all. The only saving graces to the situation were that [[NewAgeRetroHippie she grew up on a hippie commune]] and that Hades had forced the Titans to compete in the nude, [[http://community.livejournal.com/jla_watchtower/424328.html?thread=8651912#t8651912 so she was in good company]]. She later designed (and sewed) her costume to accommodate her shapeshifting.

Heroes who can change their size or shape generally don't have to worry about [[ClothingDamage ruining their clothes]] in [[TransformationSequence the process]]. They must have MagicPants.

Simply put, MagicPants are the "civilian" clothing the characters wear as they go about their daily business. They may lose them during the TransformationSequence, but once the dirty work is done, they'll appear back in them often right where they were standing. This can even happen if the transformations are shown to explicitly ''destroy'' the clothing.

Also note that MagicPants are only for characters who seem to remain clothed even when it's [[MagicAIsMagicA inconsistent]] with what gives them their powers. Magical characters (who presumably can conjure up a fresh set), characters with super speed ({{Superman}}, the {{Flash}}) who have the demonstrated ability to get dressed faster than the human eye can see, or heroes whose clothing is what [[ClothesMakeTheSuperman makes them super]] in the first place would actually be [[AvertedTrope aversions]] of this trope.

Compare: ImpossiblyCoolClothes, MagicSkirt.

Compare: ImpossiblyCoolClothes, MySuitIsAlsoSuper, MagicSkirt.

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[[caption-width-right:273:Shirt? Tatters. Shoes? Shreds.\\

Note that in many cases, even if the rest of the clothing is destroyed. the hero's pants will survive. You can thank the MoralGuardians for that. This is also conceptually related to OutOfClothesExperience: Your clothes technically aren't a part of "you", so in spirit-space you're naked. MonsterModesty (a monster walks around almost naked for little reason) is often used in conjunction with this trope.

Simply put, MagicPants are the "civilian" clothing the characters wear as they go about their daily business. They may lose them during the TransformationSequence, but once the dirty work is done, they'll appear back in them often right where they were standing. This can even happen if the transformations are shown to explicitly ''destroy'' the clothing, and in some cases, the rest of the clothing is destroyed but the pants mysteriously survive.

This doesn't apply to magical characters (who presumably can conjure up a fresh set), nor to characters with super speed ({{Superman}}, the {{Flash}}) who have the demonstrated ability to get dressed faster than the human eye can see; nor to heroes whose clothing is what [[ClothesMakeTheSuperman makes them super]] in the first place. No, those would actually be [[AvertedTrope aversions]] of this trope. This is for characters who seem to remain clothed even when it's [[MagicAIsMagicA inconsistent]] with what gives them their powers.

Compare to ImpossiblyCoolClothes and MySuitIsAlsoSuper. Not to be confused with TrouserSpace and definitely not to be confused with RightThroughHisPants. Related to MagicSkirt. This is also conceptually related to OutOfClothesExperience: Your clothes technically aren't a part of "you", so in spirit-space you're naked. MonsterModesty (a monster walks around almost naked for little reason) is often used in conjunction with this trope.