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* ''[[BatmanTheBraveAndTheBold Batman: The Brave and the Bold]]'' featured a nerdy basement-dwelling {{supervillain}}'s helper who appeared on camera only from the waist up.

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* ''[[BatmanTheBraveAndTheBold ''[[WesternAnimation/BatmanTheBraveAndTheBold Batman: The Brave and the Bold]]'' featured a nerdy basement-dwelling {{supervillain}}'s helper who appeared on camera only from the waist up.
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* In ''Spear of Destiny'' (a [[MissionPackSequel mission pack prequel]] to ''Wolfenstein3D''), there is an {{easter egg}} which displays [[http://romero.smugmug.com/Video-Games/The-Archives/480_GtbLPv#13705498_niuGC-O-LB a photo of the development team]] (scroll to the upper right corner to see the actual screenshot) with nothing below their torsos visible, captioned "We're not wearing any pants."
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* ''TheWestWing:'' White House Press Secretary C.J. Cregg has to do a live TV interview pantsless, after accidentally sitting on a freshly painted bench.
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** The first TheLegendOfZelda game along with A Link To The Past and Link's Awakening play this straight as their original artworks portray Link as just wearing his tunic and boots without tights.
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* EchoChamber [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6a6mvjvAMNE Trope Of The Week Episode 2]] opens with a shot of Tom, who is well-dressed...until he stands up, revealing that he is wearing [[GoofyPrintUnderwear Batman Boxers]] and nothing else from the waist down.

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* EchoChamber ''WebOriginal/EchoChamber'' [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6a6mvjvAMNE Trope Of The Week Episode 2]] opens with a shot of Tom, who is well-dressed...until he stands up, revealing that he is wearing [[GoofyPrintUnderwear Batman Boxers]] and nothing else from the waist down.
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NotWearingPants is where this happens in a dream sequence, but this is when the audience (at least initially) cannot see that the character is pantsless, whether it's in a dream or not.

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NotWearingPants NotWearingPantsDream is where this happens in a dream sequence, but this is when the audience (at least initially) cannot see that the character is pantsless, whether it's in a dream or not.

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* The [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4sGA-Pvt1ww Whitey Tighties Music Video]] only shows Alex, Derek, and Lauren from the waist up at first. Eventually, it zooms out to reveal that they ([[WholesomeCrossdresser even Lauren]]) are wearing white briefs.
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** Depending on the game, artwork will sometimes show that Link wears no pants under his tunic.
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* [[http://garfield.nfshost.com/1983/07/31/ This]] {{Garfield}} comic strip.
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* In ''SpyKids 3'', GeorgeClooney plays the President of the United States, appearing [[http://content6.flixster.com/photo/11/08/25/11082596_gal.jpg only in video communications which show him from the shoulders up]]. All his scenes were filmed at his house in one afternoon. He was wearing pajama bottoms below his suit jacket, dress shirt, and tie.



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* On ''SportsNight'', irked wardrobe folk hold up the anchors' pants, leading to them having to go on the air in suit and tie, boxers and black socks.
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* [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6a6mvjvAMNE Trope Of The Week Episode 2]] opens with a shot of Tom, who is well-dressed...until he stands up, revealing that he is wearing [[GoofyPrintUnderwear Batman Boxers]] and nothing else from the waist down.

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* EchoChamber [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6a6mvjvAMNE Trope Of The Week Episode 2]] opens with a shot of Tom, who is well-dressed...until he stands up, revealing that he is wearing [[GoofyPrintUnderwear Batman Boxers]] and nothing else from the waist down.
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* [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6a6mvjvAMNE Trope Of The Week Episode 2]] opens with a shot of Tom, who is well-dressed...until he stands up, revealing that he is wearing [[GoofyPrintUnderwear Batman Boxers]] and nothing else from the waist down.

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* In ''TheProblemSolverz'' episode "Fauxboro", Alfe's veterinarian is shown from the waist up at first, then when Roba asks him if he spilled medicine on his pants, the camera cuts to reveal him in his underwear.
-->'''Roba''': I find the sight of underwear very rude! It threatens the balance of our social civilization!

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* In the original ''FireEmblem: Dark Dragon and the Sword of Light'' and its sequel ''Mystery of the Emblem'', Marth's battle sprite is depicted with no pants... leading to some... interesting debates among players about him in general. He has pants in any following game appearances though, including the DS remakes.

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* In the original [[FireEmblemAkaneia original]] ''FireEmblem: Dark Dragon and the Sword of Light'' and its sequel ''Mystery of the Emblem'', Marth's battle sprite is depicted with no pants... leading to some... interesting debates among players about him in general. He has pants in any following game appearances though, including the DS remakes.remakes.
** Several classes such as thieves, archers, mages, and Freelancers also lacked pants in their battle graphics.

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* [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ojMh0VCBv0g This]] Dockers commercial.



* The Lonely Island song "My Pants" (not to be confused with their more well-known "Jizz In My Pants") featured a man named Lance asking everyone to stop making fun of his pants, only to reveal at the end that he was naked from the waist down the entire time.

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* SeanConnery: Went pants free for the zeppelin scene in ''IndianaJones and the Last Crusade'' (it was muggy) and supposedly all the driving scenes in the JamesBond films. In response to the ''Last Crusade'' bit, Harrison Ford elected to go pantsfree for that scene as well.
* Many TV news personalities, apparently including Sean Hannity, wear casual dress from the waist down.

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* The Lonely Island song "My Pants" "[[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jqWHidMPsvo My Pants]]" (not to be confused with their more well-known "Jizz In My Pants") featured a man named Lance asking everyone to stop making fun of his pants, only to reveal at the end that he was naked from the waist down the entire time.

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* SeanConnery: Went pants free for the zeppelin scene in ''IndianaJones and the Last Crusade'' (it was muggy) and supposedly all the driving scenes in the JamesBond films. In response to the ''Last Crusade'' bit, Harrison Ford elected to go pantsfree for that scene as well.
* Many TV news personalities, apparently including Sean Hannity, wear casual dress from the waist down.
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* ''TheLonelyIsland'''s song [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jqWHidMPsvo My Pants]].


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* SeanConnery: Went pants free for the zeppelin scene in ''IndianaJones and the Last Crusade'' (it was muggy) and supposedly all the driving scenes in the JamesBond films. In response to the ''Last Crusade'' bit, Harrison Ford elected to go pantsfree for that scene as well.
* Many TV news personalities, apparently including Sean Hannity, wear casual dress from the waist down.
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* AnsemRetort in [[http://www.ansemretort.org/ansemretort/index.html?comic=96 this strip]]
* [[http://www.penny-arcade.com/comic/2006/02/22/ this]] ''PennyArcade'' strip
* [[http://jjrowland.com/wigu/20041201.html this]] ''Wigu'' strip

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* AnsemRetort ''AnsemRetort'' in [[http://www.ansemretort.org/ansemretort/index.html?comic=96 this strip]]
* ''PennyArcade'': [[http://www.penny-arcade.com/comic/2006/02/22/ this]] ''PennyArcade'' strip
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* Throwaway gag in [[http://jjrowland.com/wigu/20041201.html this]] ''Wigu'' strip

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This has led to the framing of many scenes in many media to lack any onscreen representation of the body below the waist. The legs are still there, of course, just BehindTheBlack. But what is covering those legs? In many cases, the creators decide to play with this and reveal that the person whom the audience assumed to be fully clothed is naked from the waist down.

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This has led to the framing of many scenes in many media to lack any onscreen representation of the body below the waist. The legs are still there, of course, just BehindTheBlack. But what is covering those legs? In many cases, the creators decide to play with this and reveal that the person whom the audience assumed to be fully clothed is naked from the waist down.
down. This is especially common with TV presenters such as news anchors (see the page quote), because they usually sit behind a desk for the broadcast.



* In RunFatboyRun, Dylan Moran's character does this. Twice.

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* In RunFatboyRun, ''RunFatBoyRun'', Dylan Moran's character does this. Twice.



* [[FatherTed Father Jack]] apparently always played this trope during the Summer, all in the name of saving money on "wear and tear".

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* [[FatherTed ''FatherTed'': Father Jack]] Jack apparently always played this trope during the Summer, summer, all in the name of saving money on "wear and tear".




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* A US military general steals the Constitution while in transit in an episode of ''{{JAG}}''[[hottip:*: It's part of a plan to remind the nation of its glorious heritage, probably.]] To make a broadcast about the theft, he puts a shirt, tie and jacket, but doesn't change out of the rest of his army gear, which remains out of shot for the camera he's using.



* Many TV news personalities, apparently including SeanHannity, wear casual dress from the waist down.

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* Many TV news personalities, apparently including SeanHannity, Sean Hannity, wear casual dress from the waist down.



* In the original FireEmblem ''Dark Dragon and the Sword of Light'' and its sequel ''Mystery of the Emblem'', Marth's battle sprite is depicted with no pants... leading to some... interesting debates among players about him in general. He has pants in any following game appearances though, including the DS remakes.

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* In the original FireEmblem ''Dark ''FireEmblem: Dark Dragon and the Sword of Light'' and its sequel ''Mystery of the Emblem'', Marth's battle sprite is depicted with no pants... leading to some... interesting debates among players about him in general. He has pants in any following game appearances though, including the DS remakes.
* The player character for ''JurassicPark: {{Trespasser}}'' was seen from a first person view, and all you saw of her was one arm and her breasts (her LifeMeter was tattooed on one of them). Uncovering the game's DummiedOut third person mode, [[GameMod modders]] discovered that [[FirstPersonGhost that's all she has]].



* [[http://www.mspaintadventures.com/sweetbroandhellajeff/?cid=002.jpg This]] SweetBroAndHellaJeff strip
* Due to a recent change in her anti-anxiety medication, [[QuestionableContent Hannelore]] walks to the coffee shop before she realizes that she forgot her pants at home. Strip is [[http://www.questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=800 here.]]
* A Jakaesi strip has Adam exclaim "Bah, pants! Who needs them?" and then pans down to show a blanket covering his legs, with the assumption that he is wearing nothing underneath.

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* [[http://www.mspaintadventures.com/sweetbroandhellajeff/?cid=002.jpg This]] SweetBroAndHellaJeff ''SweetBroAndHellaJeff'' strip
* ''QuestionableContent'': Due to a recent change in her anti-anxiety medication, [[QuestionableContent [[CloudCuckoolander Hannelore]] walks to the coffee shop before she realizes that she forgot her pants at home. Strip is [[http://www.questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=800 here.]]
she forgot her pants at home]].
* A Jakaesi ''Jakaesi'' strip has Adam exclaim "Bah, pants! Who needs them?" and then pans down to show a blanket covering his legs, with the assumption that he is wearing nothing underneath.



* TheLonelyIsland's song [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jqWHidMPsvo My Pants]].
* UncleJayExplainsTheNews had Uncle Jay stand up at the end of an episode, revealing no pants.

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* TheLonelyIsland's ''TheLonelyIsland'''s song [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jqWHidMPsvo My Pants]].
* UncleJayExplainsTheNews ''UncleJayExplainsTheNews'' had Uncle Jay stand up at the end of an episode, revealing no pants.



** Judge Snyder: Mr. Hutz, do you realize you're not wearing any pants?

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** Judge Snyder: -->'''Judge Snyder:''' Mr. Hutz, do you realize you're not wearing any pants?pants?\\
'''Hutz:''' Huh? AUGH! IT'S ALL HAPPENING AGAIN!



* ''[[BatmanTheBraveAndTheBold Batman: The Brave and the Bold]]'' featured a nerdy basement-dwelling supervillain's helper who appeared on camera only from the waist up.

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* ''[[BatmanTheBraveAndTheBold Batman: The Brave and the Bold]]'' featured a nerdy basement-dwelling supervillain's {{supervillain}}'s helper who appeared on camera only from the waist up.
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* The Bombchu Bowling Grrl in Ocarina of Time had no legs. We knew she wasn't all there, but...

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* The Bombchu Bowling Grrl in Ocarina of Time ''TheLegendOfZeldaOcarinaOfTime'' had no legs. We knew she wasn't all there, but...



* In the original FireEmblem '''Dark Dragon and the Sword of Light'' and its sequel ''Mystery of the Emblem'', Marth's battle sprite is depicted with no pants... leading to some... interesting debates among players about him in general. He has pants in any following game appearances though, including the DS remakes.

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* In the original FireEmblem '''Dark ''Dark Dragon and the Sword of Light'' and its sequel ''Mystery of the Emblem'', Marth's battle sprite is depicted with no pants... leading to some... interesting debates among players about him in general. He has pants in any following game appearances though, including the DS remakes.remakes.
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*In the original FireEmblem '''Dark Dragon and the Sword of Light'' and its sequel ''Mystery of the Emblem'', Marth's battle sprite is depicted with no pants... leading to some... interesting debates among players about him in general. He has pants in any following game appearances though, including the DS remakes.
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* In RunFatboyRun, Dylan Moran's character does this. Twice.
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* In one episode of ''TheMuppetShow'', a newscaster reads a report about a newscaster who forgot to put on pants before appearing on the air. Then he comes to a sudden realization . . .

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* In one episode of ''TheMuppetShow'', a newscaster reads a report about a newscaster who forgot to put on pants before appearing on the air. Then he comes to a sudden realization . . .realization...




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* The Lonely Island song "My Pants" (not to be confused with their more well-known "Jizz In My Pants") featured a man named Lance asking everyone to stop making fun of his pants, only to reveal at the end that he was naked from the waist down the entire time.



* SeanConnery: Went pants free for the zeppelin scene in ''IndianaJones and the Last Crusade'' (it was muggy) and supposedly all the driving scenes in the JamesBond films.

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* SeanConnery: Went pants free for the zeppelin scene in ''IndianaJones and the Last Crusade'' (it was muggy) and supposedly all the driving scenes in the JamesBond films. In response to the ''Last Crusade'' bit, Harrison Ford elected to go pantsfree for that scene as well.
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* A Jakaesi strip has Adam exclaim "Bah, pants! Who needs them?" and then pans down to show a blanket covering his legs, with the assumption that he is wearing nothing underneath.
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** Depending on the game, artwork will sometimes show that Link wears no pants under his tunic.
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* In ''TheMuppetShow'' episode with Edgar Bergen, the newscaster realizes that he forgot to put on pants after he reports it.

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* In ''TheMuppetShow'' one episode with Edgar Bergen, the of ''TheMuppetShow'', a newscaster realizes that he reads a report about a newscaster who forgot to put on pants after before appearing on the air. Then he reports it.comes to a sudden realization . . .

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* Richard Lester's black post-nuclear war comedy ''TheBedSittingRoom'' has a BBC announcer going door-to-door, reading the news while kneeling behind a gutted-out tv cabinet, wearing a tie and coat outfit that, beneath chest level, is tattered long underwear.
* ''MontyPythonLiveAtTheHollywoodBowl'' opens with the troupe dressed as waiters singing the rousing number "Sit on My Face", then walking off, revealing themselves totally pantsless beneath their aprons.
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* In Casino, Robert De Niro's character emerges from behind a desk not wearing pants.
* In Animal House, Donald Sutherland's character reaches to get something from a cabinet, raising his sweater and exposing his pants-less buttocks.

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* In Casino, ''{{Film/Casino}}'', Robert De Niro's character emerges from behind a desk not wearing pants.
* In Animal House, ''AnimalHouse'', Donald Sutherland's character reaches to get something from a cabinet, raising his sweater and exposing his pants-less buttocks.



* BatmantheBraveandtheBold featured a nerdy basement-dwelling supervillain's helper who appeared on camera only from the waist up.

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* BatmantheBraveandtheBold ''[[BatmanTheBraveAndTheBold Batman: The Brave and the Bold]]'' featured a nerdy basement-dwelling supervillain's helper who appeared on camera only from the waist up.

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