History Main / PaintedOnPants

* The page image is AmyAdams as AmeliaEarhart in ''Film/NightAtTheMuseum: Battle of the Smithsonian''. (Adams on donning the pants: "Hey, I ''do'' have an ass!" Heterosexual men and lesbians everywhere: "Hell to the yes.")

* ''Anime/NeonGenesisEvangelion'' justifies this by having the costumes start out loose and baggy, but conform to the body with a vacuum-seal.

* Marvel is all over this; Basically, any Marvel superheroine who isn't wearing a full bodysuit has this, and every other female character after that.
** Nearly every [[Comicbook/{{X-Men}} X-Woman]] has had an outfit like this at one time or another. Storm has this when she's [[LeotardOfPower not using her other outfit]], several characters have this as their main outfits, such as Jubilee, Emma Frost, and Marrow.

** Used quite obviously in ''{{X-Men Legends}}'', where every single female character wears something like this or tight jeans which have the same effect.
* WonderWoman's sidekick, WonderGirl, traditionally wears these.
* [[{{Spider-Man}} Mary Jane Watson]] generally wears these, especially nowadays.

''Unless'' they're spandex, the "fight in" thing doesn't really work. Seriously. Female characters with nice legs and buttocks almost always feature a {{fanservice}}-heavy [[SheFu fighting style]] with [[KickChick lots of high kicks]]. Ask your local tae kwon-do coach to teach you some high kicks. Now put on some skin-tight leather or denim pants. Now do your high kicks. See the problem? That problem arises only if we're assuming our super woman hasn't broken an ankle running about in [[CombatStilettos stiletto heels]] or thrown herself to the ground from her own [[JigglePhysics jiggle momentum]], of course.

These are gold mines for having [[{{Fanservice}} fanservice]] without looking too blatant and seeming hip at the same time: they're tight and shiny, which means that they show off every curve and contour of the wearer's body, and, in games, allow for [[{{Gainaxing}} heavy]] JigglePhysics. Extra points if the wearer is wearing a top out of the same material, covering all the fanservice bases.

* The page image is AmyAdams as AmeliaEarhart in ''Film/NightAtTheMuseum 2: Battle of the Smithsonian''. (Adams on donning the pants: "Hey, I ''do'' have an ass!" Men everywhere: "Hell to the yes.")

* ''{{BuffyTheVampireSlayer}}'' gives us Faith, a sexy [[DarkActionGirl badgirl]] who definitely enjoyed flaunting her assets with her signature skintight leather pants. Buffy also got in on the action occasionally with ultra-snug leather pants of her own, though hers tended to be either red or ''[[GirlyBruiser pink]]''.

* ''{{Disgaea 3}}'': Clothes are decorations.

* ''VelvetAssassin: A few missions in Violet abandons her bomber jacket and jeans in favor of something a bit more... flattering to her figure, but still tasteful and functional. The tight leather pants seem like they were molded into the perfect shape of her butt.

* ActionGirl Selene, from the ''[[Film/Underworld]]'' series, wears skintight black latex pants as part of her everyday combat gear. Inevitably placed front and center in the trailer.

* ''[[BuffyTheVampireSlayer]]'' gives us Faith, a sexy [[DarkActionGirl badgirl]] who definitely enjoyed flaunting her assets with her signature skintight leather pants. Buffy got in on the action occasionally with leather pants of her own, though hers tended to be either red or ''[[GirlyBruiser pink]]''.

* ''Film/TheAvengers''. Cobie Smulders. Funny how we got [[MaleGaze all those shots of them walking away after orders...]]

* Eric Estrada of ''Series/{{CHIPs}}'' admitted the costumers sewed in extra zippers on his pants at strategic places.

* Music/ArethaFranklin. From the song ''Pink Cadillac'':

* ''NeonGenesisEvangelion'' justifies this by having the costumes start out loose and baggy, but conform to the body with a vacuum-seal.

* Peter Vincent, David Tennant's character in the ''FrightNight'' remake, wears nearly painted-on leather pants. They become the source of a [[Squick Squick-inducing]] CrowningMomentOfFunny in the HilariousOuttakes.

* ''FinalFantasyXI'' uses this for some equipment, notably Elvaan starter gear, both male and female.

* ''NausicaaOfTheValleyOfTheWind'' has the titular princess in form fitting white leggings whoever as Miyazaki is a feminist they aren't really played for fanservice. However the film did once have a reputation for having viewers think that Nausicaa was flying around pantsless and underwear free due to old VHS fansubs where the footage had degraded so much through multiple copying that they looked more skintoned in colour.

* Old Snake from ''MetalGearSolid 4'', Justified, as loose clothing would hamper his sneaking ability, and it's a muscle suit about an inch thick, to make up for his old age.