History Main / PaintedOnPants

* ''VeideoGame/FireEmblemThreeHouses'': [[LadyOfWar Ingrid]] wears tightly fitted riding breeches with thigh-high boots in her default [[FragileSpeedster Falcon Knight]] outfit, in a break from the traditional MinidressOfPower (leggings optional) look of the Pegasus knights of the series.

* In ''VideoGame/SoulCalibur III'' and ''IV'', given the setting, no character wears this except, arguably, Xiangua, but in the character creator (where they have everything from eighties clothes to ''skintight chainmail'') you can set female characters to wear these. In Soul Calibur 4, with its constant ClothingDamage, it usually comes down to either these or underwear/bikinis.
** Taki's ''entire outfit'' seems painted on. She's basically modelled as though she were naked but coloured red (blue in III).
* ''Franchise/MortalKombat'' Sonya Blade alternated between this and less tight pants, although she stopped wearing these in the later games.
** Sonya's daughter, Cassie Cage, follows in her mother's footsteps with her Endurance costume in ''MKX'' and Klassic costume in ''11''. In ''11'', her pants are so tight on her that she has very noticeable visible pantylines.
* ''VideoGame/CityOfHeroes'', saying as how it's of the superhero genre, has a multitude of shiny tight pants options, from spandex to leather to metal.
** ''VideoGame/ChampionsOnline'' meanwhile seems to have few options other than that.

* Common among [[GameMod custom clothing]] for ''VideoGame/TheSims2'', because it's easier - you can simply paste the pants textures directly onto the shape of a naked Sim.

* ''VideoGame/WorldOfWarcraft'' uses these for most equipment, using different pieces attached to the base model to make it unique. It gets a bit ridiculous for some equipment, for instance, skin-tight plate mail or skin-tight tuxedos.

* Fenris of ''VideoGame/DragonAgeII'' has very, very tight pants. One wonders what they're made of, given that his low-tech world is unlikely to have spandex; his outfit is given no more in-game description than the mystifying "Grafted Spirit Hide." (How does a spirit have hide?) RuleOfSexy probably applies.
* ''VideoGame/DynastyWarriors'': Wang Yi's armored leggings are really rather close-cut.
* [[http://extreme.pcgameshardware.de/attachments/397450d1301531304-spieler-frauen-die-beliebtesten-frauen-charaktere-computerspielen-x3saya.jpg Saya Kho]] on the back cover of ''[[VideoGame/{{X}} X3: Gold Edition]]''. [[LadyNotAppearingInThisGame And only the back cover]]: other than that you only see her from the shoulders up over comms.
* ''VideoGame/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.

** The ''VideoGame/SuperSmashBros'' games 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.
* ''Franchise/StreetFighter'' Quite a bit

* In ''VideoGame/GenshinImpact'' if they them the pants they have are skin-tight.
** Jean is one of the only female characters that wears pants instead of the shorts and boots that most of them have. They're basically leggings, so they show her legs' every curve, and her introduction cutscene starts with a few seconds focused on those legs.
** Kaeya rocks the look himself and likewise his pants leave very little to the imagination. To put equality in the fanservice his introduction also pans up his legs letting everyone admire their tightness.
* ''VideoGame/LoveOfMagic'': Katie and Kitsune's default outfits. MC comments that Katie couldn't hide a credit card in her pants, and later explicitly says Kitsune's pants must be painted on.

* In ''Manga/NegimaMagisterNegiMagi'', [[RobotGirl Chachamaru]] occasionally wears stuff like this. Not to mention that she has thigh high stockings literally built into her synthetic skin.
* Funnily enough, despite [[ImprobablyFemaleCast the prominence of females]] in ''Franchise/LyricalNanoha'', the first one to get the skintight leather pants treatment is Tohma, the male protagonist of ''Manga/MagicalRecordLyricalNanohaForce'', while he's using the [[SuperPoweredEvilSide Black Knight form]]. Females tend to get skintight bodysuits instead.
* ''Manga/{{Saiyuki}}'' contains a male example.
* ''Manga/NausicaaOfTheValleyOfTheWind'' has the titular princess in form-fitting white leggings but 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 skin-toned in colour.
* The standard women's uniform in ''Anime/HeroicAge'' could not possibly get more form-fitting.

* Rare non-fanservice (at least intentional) example: when stealing the title character of ''ComicBook/{{Diabolik}}'' wears a full-body suit that covers everything but the eyes and makes him look like (in the words of a caricaturist) "a naked man completely painted black". {{Justified|Trope}}: when studying martial arts in East Asia, trainees at his school had to wear a ninja suit and ''never'' show their face, and after a training accident in which his face was exposed he came up with the suit because it's much harder to grab. [[HyperspaceArsenal Where he keeps his knives when wearing that suit remains a mystery whose solution he's not willing to share]].

* 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.
* In ''ComicBook/{{Barracuda}}'', the Governor wears black leather pants that cling to her extremely shapely legs and ass like a second skin. It's a miracle that she can walk at all.
* ''ComicBook/StreetFighter'' has Ibuki's otherwise rather loose ninja outfit [[https://i.imgur.com/XRnFJgD.jpg take the shape of her rear end]] in some scenes.

* ActionGirl Selene, from the ''Film/{{Underworld|2003}}'' 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 ''Film/CarryOnCruising'', two of the cruise's male ship staff wear skintight pants when they dress up in matador costumes for the ship's entertainment show. It ends [[FanDisservice horribly]] when [[WardrobeMalfunction they show the Captain]].
* Jareth (''Creator/DavidBowie'') wears these in ''Film/{{Labyrinth}}'', to the point of infamy.

* The page image is Creator/AmyAdams as UsefulNotes/AmeliaEarhart in ''Film/NightAtTheMuseum: Battle of the Smithsonian''.
* "Sandy II" in ''Film/{{Grease}}''. Music/OliviaNewtonJohn 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}}-inducing funny moments in the HilariousOuttakes.
* The pants the male actors wore in ''Film/RockStar'' were so tight they had to have panels sewn into them so they could move, according to WordOfGod on the commentary. The musicians who had been dressing like that in TheEighties also said that was one thing they didn't miss about the era.

* ''Cry Wolf'', by Creator/WilburSmith. Sara Sigud wears tight-fitting embroidered breeches and explains that her grandfather decreed that the Ethiopian women had to wear them so they'd be difficult to remove for immoral purposes. Sara then goes on to explain that [[ReallyGetsAround in practice they're not that difficult to remove]], but are difficult to [[CoitusInterruptus get back on in a hurry]].
* ''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]] one likes to wear. Fortunately the cop concerned is not [[SpiesInAVan listening to the bug]] at the time. His partner who is on surveillance duty just bursts out laughing and says he better wear "those tight-ass jeans of yours" when going to meet the crooks.

* ''Series/BuffyTheVampireSlayer''

* Half the cast in ''Series/BlakesSeven'', Avon in particular. The infamous "lobster suit" apparently gave Creator/PaulDarrow some trouble when it came to running, and puzzled the audience when he had to [[HyperspaceArsenal produce props from nowhere]].

* In another male example, Dr. Spencer Reid of ''Series/CriminalMinds''.
* Robert Conrad in ''Series/TheWildWildWest'' - his legwear of choice is so tight that in fight scenes they were prone to splitting (and not always off-camera, as "The Night of the Pistoleros" demonstrates).
* ''Series/ShakeItUp'''s [=CeCe=] seems to like these.

* ''Series/{{Firefly}}'s'' Malcolm Reynolds, AKA Captain Tightpants. They split on a number of occasions, and once get lost entirely. Zoe isn't immune either, given her frequent rather tight khaki style.

* ''Series/{{Friends}}'':
** Joey's carpentry jeans.
--->'''Chandler:''' My lord, those are snug!
** 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.
* As are the ones favoured by Bree (and Skylar) on ''Series/LabRatsEliteForce''.

* ''Jon Bon Jovi''
* Any picture taken of [[Music/{{ACDC}} Bon Scott]] is certain to draw one's gaze to the "area".
* [[Music/TheDoors Jim Morrison]]

* Gretchen wore tight skinny jeans in the Off-Broadway performance of ''Theatre/JasperInDeadland''.

[[folder:Professional Wrestling]]
* Popular in ProfessionalWrestling, for both male and female wrestlers. This occasionally comes up for characters who are homages to wrestlers as well (such as Hugo from ''StreetFighter'').
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* ''Franchise/MortalKombat'' Sonya Blade alternated between this and less tight pants, though she stopped wearing these in the later games.
** Sonya's daughter, Cassie Cage, follows in her mother's footsteps with her Endurance costume in ''MKX'' and Klassic costume in ''11''. In ''11'', her pants are so tight on her butt that she has very noticeable [[https://i.imgur.com/LuSAj7i.png visible pantylines.]]

** ''Overwatch 2'' newcomer Kimiko has curve hugging leggings. While they are covered by her miko uniform usually, in her apptly named Athliesurewear skin shows them off nicely.

** 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.]]

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[[caption-width-right:241:[[AllMenArePerverts And suddenly all of the men in the audience started paying really close attention to the film]]. [[MaleGaze For some reason.]]]]

!! Examples:

* ''Series/{{Firefly}}'s'' Malcolm Reynolds, AKA Captain Tightpants. They split on a number of occasions, and once get lost entirely. Zoe isn’t immune either, given her frequent rather tight khaki style.

--> Why'd you come in here lookin' like that, \\

--> She danced by me, in painted on jeans.

Not to be confused with clothing that is literally painted onto the body like [[https://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/2014/08/14/painted-on-jeans-woman-walks-through-streets-in-trousers-painted-on-by-french-makeup-artist-marie-przybylski_n_7330566.html painted pants]] and [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spray-on_clothing spray-on clothing]].

* Steve Perry of Music/{{Journey}} wears these in the "Just The Same Way" music video.

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* Blake from ''WebAnimation/{{RWBY}}'' has some from Volume 4 onward. Her Volume 4 outfit makes them look more like leggings, but the concept art describes them as "tight, stretchy pants". In Volume 7, she has a skintight catsuit, which makes it look like she's wearing incredibly tight pants.
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* ''Prequel'', a semi comment-driven strip has this UpToEleven 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.

[[caption-width-right:241:[[AllMenArePerverts And suddenly all of the men started paying really close attention to the film]]. [[MaleGaze For some reason.]]]]

[[caption-width-right:241:[[AllMenArePerverts And suddenly all of the men started paying really close attention to the film]]. [[MaleGaze For some reason.]]

[[caption-width-right:241:Proof that PracticalEffects are [[MaleGaze the best effects]].]]

* Half the cast in ''Series/BlakesSeven'', Avon in particular. The infamous "lobster suit" apparently gave Paul Darrow some trouble when it came to running, and puzzled the audience when he had to [[HyperspaceArsenal produce props from nowhere]].

* Rare non-fanservice (at least intentional) example: when stealing the title character of ''ComicBook/{{Diabolik}}'' wears a full-body suit that covers everything but the eyes and makes him look like (in the words of a caricaturist) "a naked man completely painted black". {{Justified}}: when studying martial arts in East Asia, trainees at his school had to wear a ninja suit and ''never'' show their face, and after a training accident in which his face was exposed he came up with the suit because it's much harder to grab. [[HyperspaceArsenal Where he keeps his knives when wearing that suit remains a mystery whose solution he's not willing to share]].

* ''Series/{{Firefly}}'s'' Malcolm Reynolds, AKA Captain Tightpants. They split on a number of occasions, and once get lost entirely.

* ''Series/{{Firefly}}'s'' Malcolm Reynolds, AKA Captain Tightpants. They split on a number of occasions.

* 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.

** Creator/YuzuruHanyu has a shiny black pair of tight pants that he puts on for his HotterAndSexier programs: [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ptLRNVRA9ik "Hello, I Love You"]], [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1WN4UNO-6Ow "Vertigo",]] and [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c6VZxPUKkJI "Let Me Entertain You".]] Both versions of the costume for [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IHY57bGjzB4 "Let's Go Crazy"]] are pretty tight and designed to emphasize his ''derrière'', to the point that fans have lovingly nicknamed them the "Purple/White Pants of Sin".

-->Plant himself, in an interview, noted that people only called him a "sex symbol" because "You can see my cock through my trousers. I don't have an instrument in front of mine."

* Jareth wears these in ''Film/{{Labyrinth}}'', to the point of infamy.

* [[http://www.consolecuties.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/03/bloodrayne01.jpg Rayne]] in ''VideoGame/BloodRayne''.

** While since falling into FauxActionGirl territory and her time as a DamselInDistress has put her nickname of "strongest woman in the world" (she isn't even truly the first female of a fighting game) in serious doubt, Chun-Li's alpha costume has always shown why her first lady [[https://i.imgur.com/uU3lmoS.png butt]] is one of the best in the game. In fact it is so good Ling Xiaoyu tried to [[https://i.imgur.com/4kQZbou.png replicate it]]

* Jean of ''VideoGame/GenshinImpact'' is one of the only female characters that wears pants instead of the shorts and boots that most of them have. They're basically leggings, so they show her legs' every curve, and her introduction cutscene starts with a few seconds focused on those legs.