History Main / ModestyBedSheet

* ''LightNovel/ICouldntBecomeAHeroSoIReluctantlyDecidedToGetAJob'': In episode 7 Raul wakes up to find Fino [[SleepsInTheNude sleeping naked]] right [[BedmateReveal next to him]]. Startled, he jumps out of the bed which causes the sheet that was covering her to fall down to her waist, although her breasts are still covered by a [[SceneryCensor strategically placed foreground object]].

* ''Series/InterviewWithTheVampire2022'': A naked Antoinette hastily covers herself with the bedsheets when Louis bursts inside her bedroom when she's in bed with Lestat.

* ''Series/TenThingsIHateAboutYou'': Kat and Patric are under one in the season finale after they have TheirFirstTime together. Which is lucky for them, since Kat's OverprotectiveDad Walter [[InterruptedIntimacy barges in on them]].

* ''[[LightNovel/GoldenTime Golden Time ~Vivid Memories~]]'': One of the final CG images has Kouko in a Modesty Bedsheet after having slept with Banri.

*** In "[[Recap/BuffyTheVampireSlayerS3E13TheZeppo The Zeppo]]", Faith [[InterplayOfSexAndViolence gets aroused after the adrenaline rush a fight]], and pounces on Xander for some GladToBeAliveSex, [[TheirFirstTime taking his virginity]] with the promise to "[[SexGoddess Steer [him] around the curves]]". Cue [[IdealizedSex romantic music as they start to making love]], with Faith on top of Xander but with a bedsheet over both so the scene wouldn't be explicit. Cut to a post-coital scene of them snuggling under the bedsheets in a seemingly romantic moment... then a [[MusicalisInterruptus the music abruptly stops]] and we SmashCut to Faith [[NotStayingForBreakfast booting Xander out the door]] with the bedsheet still wrapped around her, while he's already fully clothed, but ''very'' confused.

** ''Series/StarTrekTheNextGeneration'': "[[Recap/StarTrekTheNextGenerationS6E14Tapestry Tapestry]]", Picard, while reliving his youth, [[spoiler:has sex with his BestFriend]]. The next morning, Picard rolls over in bed to see Q laying next to him, on top of the covers. Startled, Picard pulls the sheet up (for some reason, over his chest) while talking to Q, until he realizes exactly what he has done, and relaxes his hand a little.

* ''Literature/MemorySorrowAndThorn'': Near the end of "To Green Angel Tower", when Miriamele and Simon ''[[TheyDo finally]]'' have sex, and [[spoiler:Josua]] [[InterruptedIntimacy barges in and wakes them up in the middle of the night]], Miriamele keeps the bedsheet pulled up to her neck so she can hug him without compromising her modesty. Simon is left rather exposed by this, though.

A character who is nude in bed uses the bedsheet to cover their private parts. They may be in the morning after a night of passion, or have been [[UndressingTheUnconscious undressed and left resting in bed]] or even simply be [[SleepsInTheNude sleeping in the buff]]. The nude character might get out of bed and drag along the sheet pulled from the bed to avoid exposing nudity to a sexual partner (or even an empty room) and, coincidentally, to the viewer. They may even wrap the sheet in such a way as to make a [[ImprovisedClothes makeshift dress]] instead of putting on some clothes or a robe. A character that has found themselves without clothes for any reason may also make use of (or be given) some kind of bedsheet, blanket, or cloth for them to cover themselves with.

Another frequent variation is during sex scenes when a sheet is used to strategically cover the couple's nudity or any explicit sexual act [[CoitusEnsues while they're making love]]. In post-sex scenes, couples will often have the bedsheet draped over their bodies with the sheet usually falling low to the man's waist (exposing his [[ShirtlessScene bare chest]]) but having the woman's bust [[NippleAndDimed covered up]]. Apparently, L-shaped blankets, also known as the ''His 'n' Hers Bedsheet'', are a fad in Fictionland. There's also a unisex bed sheet that also falls to the woman's waist that can: have her laying on her stomach so as to only expose her ToplessnessFromTheBack, her laying on her back or stomach during a sex scene, exposing her {{Sideboob}}, or simply leaving her breasts uncovered. However, unisex bedsheets were fashionable in Fictionland throughout TheSeventies and early [[TheEighties Eighties]]. Even media that freely show topless nudity will frequently have sex scenes that feature sheets tightly wrapped around the waists of the two actors simulating coitus.

* ''Literature/SoICantPlayH'': In episode 7, two of Lisara's maids (Hild and Ulus) try to [[IntimateHealing heal Ryosuke by having sex with him]]. Hild straddles him and the glow beneath the covers only allows you to see her SexySilhouette on top of him, along with [[CoitusEnsues the accompanying hip motion.]]

** ''VideoGame/FateGrandOrder'': The anime opening of ''Cosmos in the Lostbelt'' shows Mash Kyrielight [[SleepsInTheNude sleeping naked in her bed]] with a bedsheet preserving her modesty. Ironically she doesn't purposely keep the bedsheet covering herself with her hands when she sits, but the sheet is unintentionally brought up as an effect of her [[GagBoobs breasts being large enough that the blanket gets caught on them]] as she rises, without her having to even do anything to keep it there.

* ''Film/TheStudentNurses'': Phred is shown [[ReadyForLovemaking naked in bed]] in three [[InterruptedIntimacy sex]] [[SexyDiscretionShot scenes]].

* ''LightNovel/GoblinSlayer'': After suffering gruesome injuries that left Goblin Slayer [[AlmostDeadGuy at death's door]], he was healed with Resurrection, a miracle that [[IntimateHealing requires the target to sleep naked in the same bed with a Maiden]] and the bedsheets keep him, the Priestess, and the Sword Maiden covered during the ritual.

* ''LightNovel/ModernMagicMadeSimple'': Episode 9 begins showing Yumiko SleepsInTheNude in her bed covered by a white bedsheet. When she gets out of bed she twirls with extreme speed to wrap the sheet around her, right before the viewer expects [[{{Fanservice}} to see more]].

* ''LightNovel/NoGameNoLife'': {{Princess|Classic}} Stephanie ends up [[RichesToRags losing all her clothes]] in a HumiliatingWager against Chlammy and her version of a BankruptcyBarrel is wrapping herself in a bedsheet and she shows up onto Sora and Shiro's lodging wearing only that. She makes a [[ImprovisedClothes makeshift dress]] out of it and is [[ReluctantFanserviceGirl forced to wear it]] until Sora wins back her clothes.

* ''LightNovel/Overlord2012'':

* ''LightNovel/{{Shimoneta}}'': Ayame [[ExploitedTrope exploits this]], using a bedsheet as part of her 'Blue Snow' [[SecretIdentity cover identity]], in which, she runs around naked in public, because she knows the Morals Decency Squad [[LoopholeAbuse can't touch her, without risk of exposing her body]] which allows her to run right by them without fear of being caught. The sheet she wears is fashioned into a cloak with two buttons near 'the collar', to keep it in place ([[http://danbooru.donmai.us/posts/2109273 SFW link]]).
* ''LightNovel/SkyWizardsAcademy'':

* ''LightNovel/SoICantPlayH'': In episode 7, two of Lisara's maids (Hild and Ulus) try to [[IntimateHealing heal Ryosuke by having sex with him]]. Hild straddles him and the glow beneath the covers only allows you to see her SexySilhouette on top of him, along with [[CoitusEnsues the accompanying hip motion.]]
* ''LightNovel/SwordArtOnline'':

* ''LightNovel/WorldBreakAriaOfCurseForAHolySwordsman'': In Episode 2, Shizuno SleepsInTheNude with a bedsheet barely covering her when Satsuki calls her in the morning.

* ''Series/TheUmbrellaAcademy'':

* ''Series/TheWalkingDead'': At the end of "[[Recap/TheWalkingDeadS03E03WalkWithMe Walk With Me]]", The Governor sits in his apartment and sips brandy while Rowan sleeps face down in his bed, with only a bedsheet up to her waist preserving her modesty.

* ''Series/TheWheelOfTime'': After she's had sex with Rand offscreen, Egwene is shown sitting with a blanket around her.

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** In yet another case of this trope defeating its own purpose on this show, Schmidt wraps a small sheet around himself and comes into the kitchen to complain to the others about how he'd been unsuccessful in "[[ADateWithRosiePalms getting something going with myself]]." With his bedroom door open.

->''"Sexy women would 'happen' to be topless in the 1970s movies for no better reason than that everyone agreed, including themselves, that their breasts were a genuine pleasure to regard -- the most beautiful naturally occurring shapes in nature, I believe. Now we see breasts only in serious films, for expressing reasons. There's been such a comeback for the strategically positioned bed sheet, you'd think we were back in the 1950s."''

* ''Anime/FullmetalAlchemist'': {{Subverted|Trope}}, Hawkeye is under a sheet in bed making strangely sexual giggling noises but it turns out she's getting her feet licked by her dog Black Hayate and is alone and fully dressed.

-->'''Frederick Gray:''' My God, what's Bond doing?\\

** ''Film/ForYourEyesOnly'': FilleFatale Bibi attempts to seduce Bond by getting into his bed and in a ModestyTowel and then taking off the towel while she's under the covers. Bond turns her down, asks her to PleasePutSomeClothesOn and offers to buy her an ice cream cone.
** ''Film/{{Octopussy}}'': Maga and Bond are both under the sheets in bed after sleeping together, with both having the sheet up to their chest. At one point Bond lowers her sheet to he can look at her "Octopussy" tattoo.

*** In the opening, Sanchez finds his girlfriend Lupe [[BedroomAdulteryScene in bed with another man]], both under the bedsheets. The man is revealed to be [[RightThroughHisPants wearing briefs]] when Sanchez's men drag him off to be killed, but Lupe is clearly nude under hers, which she holds to her chest as she sits up in bed before he makes her lie in her stomach so he can [[ATasteOfTheLash whip her as punishment for her infidelity]].
*** Later, Lupe SleepsInTheNude under the sheets while on the ''Wavekrest'' when Bond sneaks into her room and forces her to cover for him (at knifepoint) which she does while holding the bedsheet to her chest, showing her ToplessnessFromTheBack as well as the scars she received from Sanchez's whipping. She slips on a robe to cover up after answering the door.

* ''Music/FaithHill'''s "Breathe" music video features her singing while sensually writhing in bed covered only by a silk bedsheet.

* The ''Music/MariahCarey'' music video for "My All" as her clutching a sheet to her chest.

* ''Music/YoshikiHayashi'' uses a bedsheet to cover himself in "Nude".

* ''Series/InterviewWithTheVampire2022'': Antoinette hastily covers herself with the bedsheets when Louis bursts inside her bedroom when she's with Lestat in bed.

* All versions of ''Anime/BubblegumCrisis'' show Sylia Stingray SleepsInTheNude but covered with a modesty sheet. The original version is more blatant showing [[ShesGotLegs her bare legs]] and shoulders despite the bedsheet, whereas the remake only opts for ShouldersUpNudity.

*** In "[[Recap/BuffyTheVampireSlayerS4E18WhereTheWildThingsAre Where the Wild Things Are]]", Buffy and Riley [[AliensMadeThemDoIt are influenced by ghosts into staying in bed having sex for most of the episode]]. Most of the action is hidden due to both being under the bedsheets, although the sheet is low on Riley's waist to [[ShirtlessScene show off his abs]] while high on Buffy's legs to [[ShesGotLegs expose her legs]].

** Wash and Zoe also use one when they're in bed together (during "[[Recap/FireflyE04Shindig Shindig]]" and "[[Recap/FireflyE14ObjectsInSpace Objects in Space]]") -- in "[[Recap/FireflyE04Shindig Shindig]]" the sheet just ''happens'' to be laying over Zoe's body in such a way that it covers anything potentially inappropriate but leaves the [[ShesGotLegs length of her legs exposed]].

** In "Long Live the King", King Orestes and princess Niobe have an L-shaped bedsheet covering them after they sleep together, with one of her bare legs peeking out seemingly just to [[ShesGotLegs show them off]]. The sheets do come in handy when guards [[InterruptedIntimacy break into the room]] to arrest Orestes.

** The "[[Recap/RevolutionS1E17TheLongestDay The Longest Day]]", shows Nora and Miles in bed under a sheet in the morning after they slept together in the last episode. Notably, the sheet is ''very'' low on [[ShesGotLegs her legs]] and the scene starts with [[MaleGaze giving them a panning shot as it travels up her body]]. Miles simply has his up to his waist and the camera doesn't linger on him.

** "Rescue Me" opens with Elena and Damon under the sheets after a case of SexWithTheEx. The sheets are positioned in such a way as to expose Damon's [[ShirtlessScene bare chest]] as well as Elena's [[ShesGotLegs legs]].

* ''ComicBook/CatwomanWhenInRome'': [[ComicBook/{{Catwoman}} Selina]] SleepsInTheNude in a hotel, with a bedsheet just barely covering her waist, but since she sleeps on her stomach she's only showing [[ToplessnessFromTheBack her bare back]] and some {{Sideboob}}. When the Blonde comes into her room, she [[FullFrontalAssault attacks him]] on [[WakeUpFighting instinct]] with the flying sheet still managing to provide her SceneryCensor during the struggle. She picks it back up once she realizes he's not there to harm her. Soon after, [[ComicBook/TheRiddler Eddie]] comes running into the room because the hotel is catching fire and they're all [[HighDiveEscape forced to jump out of her window into the pool bellow]], with Selina still clutching to the sheet. It [[WardrobeMalfunction comes off her during the jump]], leaving her [[NakedPeopleTrappedOutside stuck naked and furious on the hotel pool]] that's filling with curious guests. She promises pain to her nearby male companions if they peek and orders them to get her a ModestyTowel so she can leave.

* ''ComicBook/CatwomanWhenInRome'': [[ComicBook/{{Catwoman}} Selina]] SleepsInTheNude in a hotel, with only a bedsheet just barely covering her waist, but since she sleeps on her stomach she's only showing [[ToplessnessFromTheBack her bare back]] and some {{Sideboob}}. When the Blonde comes into her room, she [[FullFrontalAssault attack hims]] on [[WakeUpFighting instinct]] with the flying sheet still managing to provide her SceneryCensor during the struggle and she picks it back up once she realizes he's to there to harm her. Soon after [[ComicBook/TheRiddler Eddie]] comes running into the room because the hotel is catching fire and they're all [[HighDiveEscape forced to jump out of her window into the pool bellow]], with Selina still clutching to the sheet. It [[WardrobeMalfunction comes off her during the jump]], leaving her [[NakedPeopleTrappedOutside stuck naked and furious on the hotel pool]] that's filling with curious guests. She promises pain to her nearby male companions if they peek and orders them to get her a ModestyTowel so she can leave.