History Main / NationalGeographicNudity

* In ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaOcarinaOfTime'', the Zoras (including Princess Ruto) are completely naked, although the King wears some regal garments. The Zoras in ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaTwilightPrincess'' are similar in this regard, although their overall design is different (and far more human-like) compared to the Zoras in the UsefulNotes/Nintendo64 games. This is averted for Princess Ruto in the 3DS re-release of ''Ocarina of Time'', where Ruto was redesigned to have strategically-placed "fins" on her chest. Along with the other fins that she always had, this gave her the appearance of wearing a dress, in a way similar to Queen Rutela of ''Twilight Princess''. This same design is used for Ruto in the spin-off game, ''VideoGame/HyruleWarriors''. ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaBreathOfTheWild'' has more female Zoras than other games, but they ditch the chest fins; some of the race wear garments, but those barely cover much and don't bother with where they would anatomically have private areas.

* Parodied in ''ComicStrip/CalvinAndHobbes'': in one strip, Hobbes (a [[TalkingAnimal talking tiger]]) claims that he only reads ''National Geographic'' for the hot ''tigress'' babes.
* Lampshaded to Hell and back by ''Magazine/NationalGeographic'' themselves in their centennial anniversary issue. They printed a multipage essay and many cartoons in a special section discussing the trope. They ranged from one of 1980s anti-porn crusader Edwin Meese threatening to send a SWAT team to retrieve back issues from a suburban family, to the woman of a remote tribe hurriedly discarding their Western clothing and makeup for their own traditional garb on seeing a NatGeo team driving towards the village with a photography crew.

* Although a fictional setting, applies to ''Film/{{Avatar}},'' where the Na'vi only wear a loincloth most of the time. Although some strategically placed necklaces/scabbards often hide the females' breasts, there are several scenes where they are clearly displayed.

%%* ''Como Era Gostoso o Meu Francês,'' or ''How Tasty Was My Little Frenchman''

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* Averted in ''Farewell to the King'' (1989). Although it was filmed on location using Borneo tribesmen, the women wore tops because the producers didn't want their movie to be BestKnownForTheFanservice.

* ''Legong: Dance of the Virgins'' (1935) had an all-Balinese cast going about daily activities. Many of the women were topless. This was a "goona goona" film, half-documentary, half-drama, one of many made in that period. [[note]]The ''[[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Legong legong]]'', a sacred classical dance, really is performed only by girls who have not reached puberty.[[/note]]

Needless to say, this is TruthInTelevision for many cultures, with norms about nudity varying wildly across the world and throughout human history. It can also have somewhat UnfortunateImplications because it turns people, especially women, who are just living their daily lives into someone else's sexual fantasy. During the European Slave Trade, African women were stereotypes as being extremely lustful because the Europeans mistook their relative nudity as sexual, and that concept has in some cases sadly lasted into the present.

Needless to say, this is TruthInTelevision for many cultures, with norms about nudity varying wildly across the world and throughout human history.

So here's this highly acclaimed motion picture about a pre-industrial tribe and its customs. Perhaps the film details this tribe's interactions with white folks, or takes place entirely before they arrive. It just so happens that in the culture displayed, the women wear very little clothing or walk around topless.

* The French animated movies ''WesternAnimation/KirikouAndTheSorceress'', ''Kirikou and the Wild Beasts'' and ''Kirikou and the Men and Women''. The African women are all topless, and the children, boys and girls, are fully nude, including the eponymous hero. Award-winning children's movies in Europe; can't be shown in the States without an R rating.

* Lampshaded to Hell and back by ''National Geographic'' themselves in their centennial anniversary. They printed a multipage essay and many cartoons in a special section discussing the trope. They ranged from one of 1980s anti-porn crusader Edwin Meese threatening to send a SWAT team to retrieve back issues from a suburban family, to the woman of a remote tribe hurriedly discarding their Western clothing and makeup for their own traditional garb on seeing a NatGeo team driving towards the village with a photography crew.

* {{Lampshade|Hanging}}d, along with a hearty helping of DeliberateValuesDissonance, in a humorous postcard from the 1950s showing, first, a white couple in the Victorian era (a suit and hat for the man and a hoop-skirted dress for the woman) staring disapprovingly at a Native American couple wearing nothing but loincloths. ''Then'' it shows, a century later, [[StereotypeFlip the natives in all-covering Victorian garb, and now they're the ones staring disapprovingly at the great-grandchildren of the white Victorian couple]], who are parading around in swimsuits that bare their arms, [[ShowSomeLeg legs]], and [[BareYourMidriff midriffs]].