History Main / NudityEqualsHonesty

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%%* Invoked and subverted in episode 42 of ''Yattodetaman'' (a ''Anime/TimeBokan'' series) where Mirenjo, the villainess leader, strip herself to [[HumongousMecha heroes]] [[ArtificialIntelligence mecha]] for prove her "new" honesty. But is just the usual act.

* In ''Anime/KillLaKill'', [[LaResistance Nudist Beach]] wears just enough in the way of belts and pouches to cover the necessary parts, to avoid wearing clothes containing life fibers.

* In classical art, it was common to represent the AnthropomorphicPersonification of truth as a naked woman, along with some other attributes (like a hand mirror). Notably seen with ''[[https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:La_Vérité,_par_Jules_Joseph_Lefebvre.jpg La Vérité]]'' by Jules Joseph Lefebvre, or the lost painting [[https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/La_Vérité_(Henner) La Vérité]] by Jean-Jacques Henner. In other works, such as [[https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Lucien_Pallez_-_La_Vérité_(plaster).png this statue by Lucien Pallez]] and [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Truth_Coming_Out_of_Her_Well#/media/File:Jean_L%C3%A9on_Gerome_1896_La_V%C3%A9rit%C3%A9_sortant_du_puits.JPG this painting by Jean-Léon Gérôme]], Truth is depicted standing beside (or climbing out of) a well. This illustrates an ancient proverb, "Truth is found at the bottom of a well."

* In ''Literature/TheSecretLifeOfBees'', when Lily and Rosaleen have an argument one night while on the run, the former feels guilty about it and looks for the latter the next morning to apologize. She finds her in the pond, completely naked. Lily decides to apologize after stripping off herself and both are nude.

* One of the many excuses used to strip slave girls naked in the Literature/{{Gor}} novels. There's an occasional narrative explanation to the effect that nudity both makes it more difficult for a slave to conceal physical objects and also makes it more difficult for a slave to lie. In a variant, it's also frequently pointed out that slave girls are customarily sold naked in order to enforce the honesty of the ''dealer''.

* In ''Literature/TheWheelOfTime'', the all-female Aes Sedai perform some meetings topless to ensure no men are present. It's noted in-universe that this is toned down from full nudity in the past.

* ''Literature/WolvesOfTheCalla''. According to legend, Lady Oriza invited notorious outlaw Gray Dick to a banquet with them both naked to show they're not carrying concealed weapons. Gray Dick agrees as Oriza is quite a beauty, only to be introduced to the use of a dinner plate as DeadlyDisc.
* ''Literature/ColdDays'': Dresden [[InvokedTrope invokes]] this to convince [[spoiler: Fix, the Summer Knight]], gesturing at his own nudity and sarcastically claiming that clearly he's a mastermind in control of the situation.

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* ''Series/JaneTheVirgin'': Petra Andel invokes this when trying to convince a former lover([[LoveDodecahedron who she cheated on and dumped for her now-ex-husband who impregnated the title character]]).
-->'''Lachlan:''' Why should I trust you?
-->'''Petra:''' [[TheVamp Because I'm naked.]]

* In ''VideoGame/{{Deponia}}'', the Organon officers looking for another character unexpectedly barge into a house while Toni is taking a shower. They open the door and ask her if she's hiding something. Whilst still [[CensorSuds in the shower]], she replies she really has nothing to hide.

* [[SubvertedTrope Subverted]] in this ''Franchise/TouhouProject'' [[https://twitter.com/Futa313255/status/642002196406538240 fan comic]] (potentially NotSafeForWork due to ToplessnessFromTheBack) parodies the Stage 4 BossBattle of ''Legacy of Lunatic Kingdom''. The boss, Sagume, wants to enlist PlayerCharacter Reimu's help, but due to [[CosmicPlaything the nature of Sagume's powers]], does not want to ask her directly. So she [[FlungClothing flings off her clothes]] as a show of good faith/SelfFanservice. But while she intends it as a show of good faith, all she gets from Reimu is [[PleasePutSomeClothesOn a flustered look]] and a [[CranialEruption lump on her head]] for her trouble.

* Creator/GerardButler's character in ''Film/LawAbidingCitizen'', to make his surrender to the SWAT team coming his way convincing, takes off all his clothing to emphasize that he'd be heading into their prison without a single outside item. [[spoiler:This was of course another of his ways of [[FailureGambit proving what kinds of death and destruction he's capable of]] [[MightAsWellNotBeInPrisonAtAll from behind bars]].]]

* In [[Creator/JackieChan Jackie Chan's]] film ''Film/TheProtector'' the women working in a drug lab have to work naked to be sure they don't steal any of the product.
* The BigBad of ''Film/TheFaculty'' delivers their MotiveRant at the end while completely naked, as transforming into their [[CombatTentacles true alien form]] and back destroyed their clothes in the process.

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* ''WesternAnimation/MyYearOfDicks'': Sam chooses to take his clothes off before telling his best friend Pamela that the boys she's been chasing (they're both teenagers) aren't good enough for her.
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-->--'''Kiyotaka Ishimaru''', ''VisualNovel/DanganronpaTriggerHappyHavoc''

->''"When the body is naked, so is the soul! Get ti strippin' down!"''

* ''VisualNovel/DanganronpaTriggerHappyHavoc'': At the beginning of the second chapter, the player can find Owada in the newly-opened bathhouse looking for the missing Togami, where it's revealed that Owada believes in ''hadaka no tsukiai'', and suggests he and [[TheHero Naegi]] test out the bath later with that as the reason. Also, a [[RelationShipValues Free-Time Event]] with Ishimaru reveals he subscribes to the same thinking, innocuously suggesting he and Naegi bare themselves to each other to in order to deepen their bond as fellow students. Both cases only serve to embarrass Naegi considerably. Notably, Owada and Ishimaru would eventually form an OddFriendship after an endurance contest in the sauna.

* ''Art/TheFallenAngel'': Creator/{{Cabanel}} {{inverted}} this trope with his depiction of the newly-expulsed {{Satan}}. Lucifer is tensely lying naked in the foreground, while the loyal-to-God angels appear fully robed in the background. Here, nudity equals shameful behavior -- in this case, rejecting and questioning the Christian God.

* Very common in depictions of the SecondComing of Christ and the corresponding Final Judgment, to show that no one will have anything to hide before UsefulNotes/{{Jesus}}.

* Invoked in one episode of ''Anime/DigimonAdventure02 where Deputymon strips off articles of his clothing to show the Digidestined that he's not wearing a Dark Ring and isn't a servant of the Digimon Emperor. Unfortunately, he gets carried away and takes off ''all'' his clothes. Upon realizing his mistake, he quickly puts his things back.