History Main / PaintedOnPants

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 made out of the same material, covering all the fanservice bases.

* In ''Manga/MahouSenseiNegima'', [[RobotGirl Chachamaru]] occasionally wears stuff like this. Not to mention that she has thigh high stockings literally built into her synthetic skin.

* ''Anime/TheLegendofThunder'' the ''Pokemon'' sub-mini series took the Tomboy Kris and [[GirlinessUpgrade girled her up]] quite a bit and changed her name to Marina. As she served as the series's eye candy in a kid's show her shorts don't hug her Johto butt but [[https://i.imgur.com/84QPaXK.png do outline]] what one can expect to see under her shorts quite accurately.

* ActionGirl Selene, from the ''{{Film/Underworld}}'' series, wears skintight black latex pants as part of her everyday combat gear. A closeup showing this was inevitably placed front and center in the trailer.

* In ''{{Webcomic/Terinu}}'' this is SpacePirate Mavra Chan's default wear.

** An urban legend tells of how a vain person sat in a hot tub with jeans on in order to shrink them into skintight-ness, unfortunately, the jeans shrank so much that it ended up killing the person from loss of circulation. The {{Series/Mythbusters}} [[JustForFun/TropesExaminedByTheMythBusters once tested this]] and busted it when even after hours of sitting in cold water Grant's circulation was not seriously affected.

* ''VideoGame/MortalKombat'' Sonya Blade alternated between this and less tight pants, though she stopped wearing these in the later games.

->''She danced by me in painted-on jeans''

** The ''Franchise/SuperSmashBros'' avert this in their own way. All of them wear tights/pantyhose depending on the version under their dresses that are about as tight as ''BOTW'' Zelda's pants. But their rear ends are so small and hips so narrow that there isn't much to 'ride up' so said clothing doesn't take any shape because of their inadequate anatomy.

** Being newer on the franchise Juri decided she needed a change going into ''V'' and it was quite a benefit to her
[[https://i.imgur.com/D6WBWy8.png Korean butt.]]

* ''Anime/TheLegendofThunder'' the ''Pokemon'' sub-mini series took the Tomboy Kris and [[GirlinessUpgrade girled her up]] quite a bit. As she served as the series's eye candy in a kid's show her shorts don't hug her Johto butt but [[https://i.imgur.com/84QPaXK.png do outline]] what one can expect to see under her shorts quite accurately.

** While historically safe from this Ibuki gained a sporty outfit with shorts that allow her to show the [[https://i.imgur.com/bCb7lNj.png results of years super jumping and working out]]

* ''Franchise/StreetFigher'' Quite a bit

* In an attempt to appear younger, Dick Solomon of ''3rd Rock from the Sun'' dyed his hair, and bought a new pair of pants. A very tight, and very squeaky pair of pants.

* In ''ComicBook/{{Barracuda}}'', the Governor wears black leather pants that cling to her extremely legs and ass like a second skin. It's a miracle that she can move at all.

* ''Film/BirdsOfPrey2020'': Dinah wears some seriously tight trousers, especially visible when she comes to Harley's rescue outside the club. Huntress even [[LampshadeHanging hangs a lightshade on them]] by complimenting her on her ability to perform high kicks while wearing them.

* In ''Film/{{Barracuda}}'', the Governor wears black leather pants that cling to her extremely legs and ass like a second skin. It's a miracle that she can move at all.

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* Poor ''Comicbook/{{Empowered}}'''s super suit is canonically thinner than a soap bubble and so revealing it took her six months to work up enough nerve to wear it in public.

* Several Bronze Age Comicbook/{{Supergirl}}'s costumes included form-fitting blue pants.
* Comicbook/{{Storm}} wore skin-tight black pants during her "punk" phase back in TheEighties.

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* ''Series/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]]''.

* ''Series/{{Friends}}''

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* ''VideoGame/{{Overwatch}}'': Tracer, as part of her "topshot pilot" aesthetic. She even has a taunt pose that is identical to a historical air force fanservice poster where she shows off her, ahem, assets rather prominently.

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--> '''Elaine:''' They're painted on!

* ''Series/{{Friends}}'' gave us Joey's carpentry jeans.
--> '''Chandler:''' My lord, those are snug!
** There's also the [[HellbentForLeather black leather]] pants Ross buys himself as part of a NewYearsResolution. Chandler, whose resolution was to not make fun of his friends anymore, desperately wants to make fun of how tight they are and tries to prompt the others to mock them for him.

** In "Him", Buffy makes snide comments about a girl doing a MatingDance in a really tight shirt and jeans, [[SheIsAllGrownUp only to realise it's her little sister, Dawn]].

* Eddie Murphy used to wear clothes like this in [[WhatDoYouMeanItsNotForKids his stand-ups]] in TheEighties. To paraphrase Scrubs: "No wonder he called it [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eddie_Murphy_Raw 'Raw']]".

* "Sandy II" in ''Film/{{Grease}}''. Olivia Newton-John had to have the pants sewn around her legs and the zipper actually broke.
* Peter Vincent, Creator/DavidTennant's character in ''Film/FrightNight2011'', wears nearly painted-on leather pants. They become the source of a [[{{Squick}} Squick-inducing]] funny moments in the HilariousOuttakes.

* Jenny, the Doctor's daughter in the new ''Series/DoctorWho''.

* ''The Alchemist'' by Ken Goddard. A female undercover cop finds herself SayingTooMuch when describing her supposed criminal partners (also cops) and mentions the [[EatingTheEyeCandy very tight jeans]] he likes to wear. Fortunately the cop concerned is not [[SpiesInAVan listening to the bug]] at the time. His partner who is on surveillance just bursts out laughing and says he better wear "those tight-ass jeans of yours" when going to meet the crooks.

* Prequel, a semi comment-driven strip has this [[up to eleven]] when the main character, Katia, for lack of clothing, uses permanent paint to paint on a bikini and panties. A hundred strips later, the paint has not disappeared a bit.