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Compare InformedEquipment, as well as CostumesChangeYourSize. A default ability of the AdaptiveArmor.

** Rings and amulets can be worn not just by humanoids, but by jellies, snakes, and intelligent clouds of vapor. It's mainly a balance mechanic, [[MySuitIsAlsoSuper the ring changes with you]] to prevent easily getting rid of cursed jewelry by shapeshifting into a form that can't wear it.

* In ''NetHack'':

* This has been cited as a justification for the fact that you can only wear one ring on each hand in roguelikes: rings come in only one size, so they just barely fit onto a orc's pinky, and are dangerously loose on a hobbit's thumb. All this goes out the window to a certain extent in ''{{Nethack}}'', since rings and amulets (but not body armor) can be worn not just by humanoids, but by jellies, snakes, and intelligent clouds of vapor.
** The ability to wear rings as a fingerless creature is limited to rings that were on your finger before you changed shape and is there to avoid making it too easy to get rid of cursed rings. If you turn into a fingerless creature, you can't put on new rings and the old ones that were there before you changed shape are stuck and won't come off. In effect, they [[MySuitIsAlsoSuper change with you]].
*** The real reason, of course, probably stems from the D&D tradition of only allowing players to wear two magical rings at once, citing interference between their enchantments.
* ''{{Nethack}}'' armor, on the other hand, can be too small (when you're polymorphed into a creature too large to wear it), or the wrong shape, but never too large. Any creature that's vaguely human-shaped and no larger than human-size can wear any armor: gnomes can wear plate mail (though it may burden them because it's uncomfortably heavy)

* In all the MarioAndLuigi series, the items you buy will always fit both Mario and Luigi, despite their size and body structure differences. Averted in Partners in Time and Bowser's Inside Story, where the baby bros and Bowser have different types of clothing.

*** This is actually unrealistic; with adjustable straps it's possible to make a plate armour that will a fairly wide variety of people, as long as they aren't very far off from the average size in height or weight. It won't fit as perfectly as armour made by your measures, but grand majority of the Medieval soldiers and knights had no trouble using such equipment.

* Averted slightly in ''VideoGame/GrandTheftAuto: [[VideoGame/GrandTheftAutoViceCity Vice City]]''. In order to do some insanity, Tommy and his sidekick Lance ambush two cops in a garage. They tie them up and steal their uniforms. Tommy declares that his are 'a bit tight in the crotch'. Lance then claims the same. Oh, Lance.

* Partially averted by ''{{Runescape}}'': Early on in the game's history, a blacksmith NPC existed solely to convert men's armor to women's armor and vice versa. This was eventually done away with in a major game upgrade, and the blacksmith's shop was replaced with a burnt, abandoned shell. However, both plate legs and plate skirts exist as armor pieces and unwearable armors from other races, such as goblins, exist.

* Pointed out in the ''Series/MysteryScienceTheater3000'' version of ''SpaceMutiny''. Hero David Ryder beats up an Enforcer, strips him naked and takes his uniform. As Tom Servo says, "So, he fits into a uniform that was really restrictive on a tiny guy."

* Played straight for the first six party members in ''VideoGame/XenobladeChronicles'', who can all wear the same armor, even the diminutive TeamPet Riki. It also inexplicably takes on a different appearance for each wearer.

* Averted and lampshaded in [[http://www.awkwardzombie.com/comic1-102907.php this]] ''AwkwardZombie'' comic.

* In ''VideoGame/DragonAgeOrigins'', any suit of armor will fit anyone, be they a stocky dwarf, a slender elven girl, or a towering human male.

* In the ''{{Disgaea}}'' series, the only equipment restriction is that monsters have to wield monster weapons, and humanoids have to stick to the six other weapon types. Otherwise, ''any'' unit can wear any piece of armor (Even the dresses and bikinis) or weapon regardless of gender or species, and can even wear three pieces of the same armor type, like three pairs of shoes, or three pairs of glasses. The weapons used by humanoids are the only visible piece of equipment.

* Averted in ''SecretOfMana'', where the female character can wear certain items of clothing not available to the male characters; in ''Seiken Densetsu 3'', each character is required to buy a unique set of armor (and weapons).

* [[FanFic/MassFoundations Redemption in the Stars]] has a minor aversion: a UniversalTranslator designed for a [[ExtraEyes batarian]] doesn't fit in ears of human [[VideoGame/FalloutNewVegas Courier]] Ethan Sunderland, forcing him to purchase one from a human-run shop.

Compare InformedEquipment. A default ability of the AdaptiveArmor.

In many video games, clothing and armor can be worn by anyone, regardless of its source or the wearer's size or gender. These are usually AcceptableBreaksFromReality, as it's a pain to have exclusive sets of equipment for each character, but sometimes it just gets ridiculous.

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** Some clothes have different appearances depending on the wearer's gender. If your character is male and you remove "pre-war casual wear" from the inventory of a woman wearing a dress, when you put it on yourself it will be pants and a shirt.

* In ''VideoGame/TheWorldEndsWithYou'', clothing plays a major part in the gameplay. As long as you have a high enough Bravery level, any character can wear any outfit. This includes the guys wearing gothic lolita dresses. However, they're InvisibleToNormals, and [[InformedEquipment you don't actually see the outfits]].

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* What about 5'8", 145 lbs Tim Drake wearing a [[{{Batman}} Batsuit]] fitted for the 6'2", 210 lbs Bruce Wayne in ''Battle for the Cowl''?

* Averted in ''MassEffect''. All species use different types of armour, save for the asari, who are close enough to human (female) shape that they can wear human armour without hitch. On the other hand, all species use same type of weapons, even though it's a bit hard to see how the massive krogan even fit their fingers on human-sized triggers.

* It's a little better in ''VideoGame/{{Fallout 3}}''; however, you can blast your enemies ''limbs and head off'' and still take the armor, which magically becomes whole again. Vault-issued sewing kit, perhaps?
** Some clothes even had different appearances depending on the wearer's gender. If your character is male, you can kill a woman in a dress, take the "pre-war casual wear" and put it on as pants and a shirt. And vice versa.