History Main / SensibleHeroesSkimpyVillains

This trope does not require the good guys to dress like prudes, nor to never put on revealing clothing (for the sake of {{Fanservice}}). Only that their regular outfits are significantly less skimpy than what the villains usually wear, or what the heroes are sure to wear with an EvilCostumeSwitch. While less common now, this likely started as a form of GettingCrapPastTheRadar. "It's okay if they dress immorally. They're the ''bad guys! [wink]''"

* I-NO of ''VideoGame/GuiltyGear'' is...improperly dressed. Works for "That Man", who appears to be TheManBehindTheMan. Although the heroine, Dizzy, is wearing ''[[InnocentFanserviceGirl even less]]'', Dizzy doesn't have a win pose where she takes her clothes ''off''.

* In ''Franchise/TheLegendOfZelda'' spin-off game ''VideoGame/HyruleWarriors'', the majority of the female heroes of the Hyrulean Forces are sensibly dressed. The sole exceptions are Midna and Ruto, who are technically naked but get a pass since both lack certain human attributes and the latter's Ocarina of Time 3DS design makes her look like she's wearing a dress of sorts, and potentially Lana's Bare Your Midriff outfit depending on one's values. On the dark forces' side, though, Cia is dressed in a very Stripperiffic outfit.

** Played with in ''VideoGame/DragonAgeOrigins'' with [[BlackMagicianGirl Morrigan's]]. Her NavelDeepNeckline outfit contrasts with the nice modest Chantry robes [[JeanneDArchetype Leliana]] shows up wearing. While Morrigan is a bit mean and a ruthless anarchist, she is still one of the heroes. While one of your clues that [[MyMasterRightOrWrong Ser Cauthrien]] can be reasoned with is that she wears perfectly ordinary heavy armor, almost everybody is dressed sensibly if you ignore the pure fanservice-y skintight robes that every woman not in armor wears.
** Likewise played with in ''VideoGame/DragonAgeII'': you have the sweet [[FishOutOfWater Fish out of Water]] [[TheIngenue Ingenue]] Merrill wearing a plain, practical Dalish outfit and the sexy GoodBadGirl pirate Isabela wearing a tunic and not much else, but both of them are among the heroes. The villains wear mage robes, Chantry robes, or [[spoiler:in Meredith's case, full plate armour]].

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This often overlaps with EvilIsSexy, except this doesn't require the villain to actually be sexy, just dressed skimpily (there can be [[FanDisservice a difference]]). Furthermore, that trope often has the villains dress just as sensibly as the heroes, or the heroes to dress just as sexy as the villains (as in most SuperHero comics). Neither of those is this trope.

* This trope is evident, in ''Literature/TheHungerGames'' fanfiction ''Fanfic/SomeSemblanceOfMeaning'', in the outfits that [[TheIngenue Vale]] and [[EvilIsSexy Amber]] wear in their interviews (an elegant knee-length [[VirginInAWhiteDress white dress]] and a "barely there", strapless [[LadyInRed crimson dress]], respectively).
* Once he gets his body back in ''Theatre/AVeryPotterMusical'', Voldemort wears nothing but a cape, tight pants, and tap shoes for the rest of the play. EvilIsSexy, indeed. His outfit is actually far more revealing than Bellatrix's (who dresses modestly except for a pretty high slit in her skirt).

* ''Series/DarkMatter2015'': Not so much with the actual villains of the show (except Alicia Reynaud), but when contrasting our heroes with their evil counterparts. While ruthless murderers Portia Lin (during flashbacks to the pre-mindwipe days on the ''Raza'') and Alt Portia from the AlternateUniverse, and newly-ethical Two, all generally wear tight black outfits, the Portias still manage to dress considerably more revealingly (very low-cut shirts, [[CleavageWindow boob windows]], bared midriffs), to the point where you can easily tell who's who during fake-outs by the amount of cleavage shown by the actress. Even the outfits of One / Jace Corso try to encourage the EvilIsSexy trope by having Corso (and Alt Corso) wear [[ExcessiveEvilEyeshadow guyliner]] and more [[HellBentForLeather black leather]], while One dresses in a range of black, white and earth tones with an aesthetic that's more "space cowboy" while Corso's could be described as "vampire wannabe". Of course, the male version of this doesn't have the UnfortunateImplications that come with visual allusions to the MadonnaWhoreComplex...

* ''TabletopGame/DungeonsAndDragons'' gets in on it sometimes, especially with the more humanoid AlwaysChaoticEvil races and monsters. Heroic characters get depicted on the more-or-less sensible side of things (with exceptions, of course), while evil ones like the [[SuccubiAndIncubi succubus]] or especially the drow are downright {{Stripperiffic}} {{bondage|IsBad}} fantasies. Justified for succubi since EvilIsSexy is their entire shtick. Drow are given a cultural justification- since most powerful drow will use magic instead of armor for protection, wearing some basically meant announcing "I can't even cast Mage Armor", and this mutated into wearing clothes being overcompensation for one's flaws.

* In ''Film/TheRockyHorrorPictureShow'', Dr. Frank N. Furter often dresses in nothing more than a corset, fishnets, heels, and short shorts (or panties...). When others "succumb" to his power, they start dressing this way.

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* Marvel's [[Characters/XMenHellfireClub Hellfire Club]], (most associated with the ''ComicBook/XMen'' sub-franchise, although they occasionally tangle with non-mutant heroes) a gentlemen's club (in both senses of the phrase) for old-money evil mutants, where the ladies dress in fetish gear and Sebastian Shaw likes to bare his chest for action.

* Parodied, along with most of UsefulNotes/TheDarkAgeOfComicBooks, in Creator/GrantMorrison's one-shot [[ComicBook/DoomPatrol Doom Force]]. The villainess first shows up dressed fairly sexily, which her brother finds disgusting - because she's wearing too much clothing. She obligingly switches to exotic lingerie. The brother, meanwhile, later shows up in a speedo and pasties. The parody comes in that her brother basically tells her to wear more revealing clothing because it's supposed to make her more empowered as a woman. Her response:
-->'''Una''': But [[SurprisinglyRealisticOutcome I'm freezing cold]]!

* The issues of this trope are lampshaded in an issue of ''ComicBook/AvengersAcademy'' where the Avengers confront Cyclops' post-''Schism X''-Men team. Hawkeye (IIRC) says of [[Characters/MarvelComicsEmmaFrost Emma Frost]], "I knew someone who dresses like that couldn't stay a good guy!", to which Tigra responds, "What does that make me? Doctor Doom?"
* The comparison shows up when a DC or Marvel good gal gets brainwashed or possessed or simply chooses to be bad. Some examples from Marvel comics: The Phoenix ([[Characters/MarvelComicsJeanGrey Jean Grey]]?) as the Hellfire Club's Black Queen in ''ComicBook/TheDarkPhoenixSaga'', the [[ComicBook/InvisibleWoman Invisible Girl]] (as she then was known) turning into skimpily and spikily dressed Malice in ''Fantastic Four'' #280, and [[Characters/MarvelComicsMadelynePryor Madelyne Pryor]] when she became the Goblyn Queen. Meanwhile, when Emma Frost became a good guy, she started wearing a slightly less skimpy costume in ''ComicBook/GenerationX''... although the trope was then subverted in ''ComicBook/NewXMen'' when she stayed a good guy while wearing one of her most outrageously sexualised costumes ever.
* Inverted with [[Characters/TeenTitansStarfire Starfire]], whose costume is essentially a skimpy swimsuit, and her sister/dark counterpart Blackfire, who wears a full bodysuit.

* Attempted in ''Fanfic/ForbidenFruitTheTempationOfEdwardCullen'', where Lauren and her evil cheerleader friends are repeatedly insulted in the narrative for dressing like sluts. On the other hand, Atlantiana's goth outfits are described as pretty skimpy, themselves.

* Lampshaded in ''Fanfic/AmazingFantasy''. While giving Izuku dating advice, Peter mutters about how female supervillains always wear outfits that are way too skimpy or have way too much leather. He goes onto to tell Izuku to specifically avoid morally ambiguous cat burglars, referencing his old flame, Characters/{{Black Cat|MarvelComics}}.
* In the ''Franchise/MarvelCinematicUniverse'' fanfic ''[[https://archiveofourown.org/works/31456490 The Artist's Garden at Madripoor]]'', Steve and Natasha go to [[Series/TheFalconAndTheWinterSoldier Madripoor]] in order to acquire the component they need for the [[Film/AvengersEndgame Quantum Tunnel]] from the [[JudgeJuryAndExecutioner Power Broker]], [[LockedOutOfTheLoop who Steve is shocked to discover]] is [[FallenHero Sharon]], who meets with them wearing [[SimpleYetOpulent a form-fitting sequined white dress]] [[SexySlitDress with a long slit on the right side]] [[EatingTheEyeCandy that Steve notes is much more low-cut than anything he had seen her wear before]].

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* In ''Film/TheRockyHorrorPictureShow'', Dr. Frank N. Furter often dresses in nothing more than a corset, fishnets, heels, and short shorts (or panties...). When others "succumb" to his power, they start dressing this way.

* Bellatrix Lestrange from the ''Film/HarryPotter'' films counts, at least in ''Order of the Phoenix''.
* In ''Film/XMenFirstClass'', Emma Frost reveals a lot more skin than, say, Moira and Raven. Angel, the stripper/prostitute, is the only one to defect to Shaw's side. (Mystique herself, after defecting to Magneto's side, goes into the nude version seen in the other films.)
* ''Film/TheMarine'': Triton's down-to-earth wife Kate wears a denim jacket, white tank top, and jeans. Bad Girl Angela wears a leather getup with a leopard top. And, if memory serves, heels. [[CombatStilettos In a swamp chase.]] [[http://www.imdb.com/media/rm2336135168/tt0419946 Compare]].
* ''Film/StarTrekIITheWrathOfKhan'': Starfleet personnel wear fairly sensible uniforms. Khan, meanwhile, is wearing something with an open front that just screams "I'm 62 and my pecs are still better than yours will ever be", set off with a stolen Starfleet uniform draped casually over his shoulders like a cape.

* In ''Film/{{Labyrinth}}'', the protagonist Sarah [[https://creativetotheheart.files.wordpress.com/2013/07/320650_1257004561807_full.jpg dresses like an ordinary teenager]] except [[http://41.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_llvrbyvyhn1qelclno1_500.jpg when she's]] {{LARP}}ing and [[http://www.davonnajuroe.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/Sarah-Ball-Gown-Labyrinth.jpg during her]] DreamBallet sequence. Most of the goblins who wear clothes are also dressed modestly, and the ones who don't are subject to NonhumansLackAttributes (and considering that the goblins are virtually all UglyCute {{Muppet}}s, they wouldn't provide much {{fanservice}} anyway). [[BigBad Jareth]], on the other hand, is portrayed by Music/DavidBowie in a pair of PaintedOnPants that serve to emphasise his...''ahem''... Area.

* ''Film/TheBabysitterKillerQueen'' has its villain [[spoiler:Melanie]] hit both ends of this trope before and after TheReveal. Beforehand, she's wearing a fairly modest dress, while afterwards, she gets a HotterAndSexier EvilMakeover with a [[HellBentForLeather cleavage-baring brown leather vest]] and tiny jean shorts.
* ''Film/TheFaculty'': Before she gets infected by the alien PuppeteerParasite, Miss Burke is a [[HollywoodHomely frumpy wallflower]] wearing NerdGlasses and an ugly cardigan who reacts uncomfortably when Zeke [[TeacherStudentRomance hits on her]]. Afterwards, she's a sexpot in a red camisole who's the one hitting on Zeke.
* Inverted for Scarlet Witch in the Franchise/MarvelCinematicUniverse, who when she's a heroic protagonist in ''Film/AvengersInfinityWar'' has a corset showing cleavage (that her actress wasn't too wild about). When she's the villain of ''Film/DoctorStrangeInTheMultiverseOfMadness'', she's actually more covered up.

* In ''Film/ArtOfTheDead'', the [[GreenEyedMonster Envy]]-affected Donna wears much skimpier clothing than she did as her normal, ShrinkingViolet self.

* In the ''Series/TinMan'' [[Creator/SyFy Sci-Fi Channel]] original film with Creator/NealMcDonough and Creator/ZooeyDeschanel, the evil sis had some costumes. Let's just say there was a reason why the flying monkeys in this version were nicknamed "boobmonkeys".
* The MirrorUniverse in ''Franchise/StarTrek'' did this right from the start:
** In the ''Series/StarTrekTheOriginalSeries'' episode "[[Recap/StarTrekS2E4MirrorMirror Mirror, Mirror]]", the Terran Empire has [[BareMidriffsAreFeminine female uniforms that bare the midriff]] and male uniforms with no sleeves and slightly more chest.
** Varied in the Mirror episodes of ''Series/StarTrekDeepSpaceNine'' with the two Kiras; while Mirror Kira's black leather catsuit shows even less skin than normal Kira's red uniform it's still a lot more openly sexual.
** Played to the full in ''Series/StarTrekEnterprise'', where the female Terran Empire uniforms consist of cropped jackets and low-waisted trousers that leave absolutely nothing between the bust and upper pelvis, reminiscent of contemporary ThreeMinutesOfWrithing pop video looks.
** Averted in ''Series/StarTrekDiscovery'', in which the Mirror Universe costumes are not particularly revealing. According to WordOfGod, the showrunners were deliberately trying to avoid SexIsEvil.

* Compare Colonel Deering (good) with Princess Ardala (bad) in ''Series/BuckRogersInTheTwentyFifthCentury''.
* ''Series/BuffyTheVampireSlayer'':
** A controlled example with vampire/human Willow, while ImpersonatingTheEvilTwin. Upon discovering how tight her vampire self's [[HellBentForLeather corset]] is, human Willow comments, "I guess vampires really don't have to breathe." She later delivers the gem: "[[MostDefinitelyNotAVillain I'm a bloodsucking fiend! Look at my outfit!]]"
** This is also beautifully phrased in this iconic, {{Foreshadowing}} line:
---> '''Willow:''' That's me as a vampire? I'm so evil, and skanky... and I think I'm kinda gay.
** Subverted with Dark Willow, who sports an outfit far more conservative than [[WhiteShirtOfDeath the saddest shirt]] [[BloodSplatteredInnocents in the history of television.]]
** Vampire Xander is also a [[GenderInvertedTrope Rare Male Example]]. He sports a sleeveless wife-beater tank, while human Xander (at least at this point of the series) was never shown in a sleeveless shirt (save his single FanService moment on "[[Recap/BuffyTheVampireSlayerS2E20GoFish Go Fish]]", which was explicitly out of character).
** There was also [[DarkActionGirl Faith]], who, while not exactly {{Stripperiffic}}, tended to show a lot more cleavage than Buffy (and wear generally tighter outfits).
*** Averted in later seasons. After she [[spoiler: became good]], she wore the exact same clothes she normally did.
** Human Drusilla, who was very religious, was a lot more chaste (as Angel puts it) than her vampire self, or say, the outfit Darla wore at the same time.
* ''Series/StargateSG1'' played with this trope a bit. While Carter and Dr. Frasier were always well covered up, the female Goa'uld were generally pretty {{Stripperiffic}}.
** Although the same was true of the allied female Tok'ra - notably Anise, who's rubber top barely avoided bat-nipples.
** In the episode "[[Recap/StargateSG1S5E18TheWarrior The Warrior]]", a lot of the males wore similarly skimpy outfits when not in the uniforms they were made to wear by their former masters.
* As with the [[Anime/SailorMoon anime]], in the live-action series of ''Series/PrettyGuardianSailorMoon'', it's hard to miss Queen Beryl's generous chest. It's especially noticeable compared to the scouts' modest street clothes and SailorFuku.
* This happens in some seasons of ''Franchise/PowerRangers'': compare the suited heroes and heroines to villainesses such as [[Series/PowerRangersTurbo Divatox]] and [[Series/PowerRangersLightspeedRescue Vypra]]. Slightly inverted in ''Series/PowerRangersLostGalaxy''. Maya (who in the source material is a male) spends the majority of her scenes in a midriff-baring tank top, while Trakeena (who in the source material wears what amounts to a ChainmailBikini with exposed cleavage, in which even the previously-mentioned Maya didn't wore) spends the majority of her scenes in a full insectoid suit with few openings.
* A male example in ''Series/GoodOmens2019'': the angel Aziraphale is always primly and properly dressed, in contrast to the demon Crowley, who walks around with his shirt open in virtually every scene (outside of flashbacks). [[AscendedDemon Not that Crowley is all that evil]], other than by virtue of working for Hell.

* In "Music/{{Miserable}}", all the members of Music/{{Lit}} are fully clothed, with the only real skin showing coming from Allen (the drummer) in his blood red shorts. Meanwhile, Pam/Vallery, the woman making them miserable, is only wearing a bikini and platform stripper pumps.

* ''Webcomic/TheOrderOfTheStick'': While the main female character, Haley, usually gets by with nothing sexier than a bare midriff, her EvilCounterpart Sabine is prone to do things like engaging in battle wearing a schoolgirl outfit (granted, Sabine is a succubus). Other female antagonists, notably Tsukiko, also dress skimpily.
* ''Webcomic/{{Homestuck}}'': compare [[http://mspaintadventures.wikia.com/wiki/White_Queen White Queen]] and [[http://mspaintadventures.wikia.com/wiki/Black_Queen Black Queen's]] harlequin outfits: [[http://mspaintadventures.wikia.com/wiki/File:01613.gif White]], [[http://mspaintadventures.wikia.com/wiki/File:Glorious_Monarch.gif Black]]

* In ''Webcomic/EnsignSueMustDie'', Ensign Sue wears the normal Enterprise uniform for a medical officer, which is pretty all-covering (of her top half, at least -- it still has only a miniskirt for the bottom part), and her mirror universe counterpart Empress Sue wears a navel-exposing tank top and short skirt.
* Pointedly averted in ''Webcomic/ElGoonishShive'' which has explicitly stated in text that there is nothing evil about skimpy clothes. When Diane has a HeelFaceTurn, she ''does'' start dressing more sensibly, but that's a personal decision, and even her kid-self who's pushing her to self-realisation says [[https://www.egscomics.com/comic/tlod-019 that part isn't a morality issue]]. When Nanase gets a GoodAngelBadAngel scene, [[https://www.egscomics.com/comic/party-104 the bad angel is wearing a corset]], because that's traditional, but to make up for this, the good angel is wearing a toga which reveals considerably more.

* ''Franchise/{{Transformers}}'':
** ''WesternAnimation/TransformersAnimated'': Compare Arcee and Blackarachnia's designs and see which parts of their bodies resemble exposed skin.
** Applies to Blackarachnia all by herself in ''WesternAnimation/BeastWars''. Compare her original body to her post-HeelFaceTurn EvilCostumeSwitch and try to spot the "skin". And then there's Airazor, who seems to be a fairly modest Maximal from the get-go.

* ''WesternAnimation/WinxClub'' actually inverts this with the Winx Girls and the Trix, though in the first season, it was played straight with the girls' civilian clothes. Come the third season, a one-off power-up for the witches essentially gave them sparkling bikinis, while the power of the season for the Winx gave them frilly outfits, playing it straight for a change.
* {{Inverted|Trope}} in the ''WesternAnimation/JusticeLeague'' episode "[[Recap/JusticeLeagueS2E11And12ABetterWorld A Better World]]": Justice Lord Wonder Woman has short hair and wears a full-body suit, in contrast to normal Wonder Woman's luscious locks and {{leotard|OfPower}}.
* Parodied in a ''WesternAnimation/RobotChicken'' sketch that introduced Wonder Woman's EvilKnockoff Negative Wonder Woman. While [[Franchise/TheFlash The Reverse-Flash's]] costume is The Flash's with the colors reversed, Negative Wonder Woman's is Wonder Woman's covering the opposite parts of her body.

* The issues of this trope are lampshaded in an issue of ''ComicBook/AvengersAcademy'' where the Avengers confront Cyclops' post-''Schism X''-Men team. Hawkeye (IIRC) says of Characters/{{Emma Frost|WhiteQueen}}, "I knew someone who dresses like that couldn't stay a good guy!", to which Tigra responds, "What does that make me? Doctor Doom?"

* [[http://images.wikia.com/harrypotter/images/d/d9/Bellatrix89.jpg Bellatrix Lestrange]] from the ''Film/HarryPotter'' films counts, at least in ''Order of the Phoenix''.

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* ''WesternAnimation/StarTrekLowerDecks'': In "Crisis Point 2: Paradoxus", Boimler's holonovel has three hot Romulan women with very revealing outfits as the main villains. Every woman on the good side is wearing a regular Starfleet uniform.

* {{Inverted|Trope}} in the ''WesternAnimation/JusticeLeague'' episode "A Better World": Justice Lord Wonder Woman has short hair and wears a full-body suit, in contrast to normal Characters/{{Wonder Woman|TheCharacter}}'s luscious locks and {{leotard|OfPower}}.

* In ''WesternAnimation/TotalDrama Island (2023)'', the main antagonists are represented by [[AlphaBitch Julia]] and [[CampGay Bowie]]. Both of them wear a midriff-baring top and Julia also wears short shorts. Other contestants from the season dress more modestly.

* [[https://static.wikia.nocookie.net/evilbabes/images/3/3f/Fb58f487fd003192b1cb135d2dcd8e53.jpg/revision/latest?cb=20171220204308 Princess Aura's metal bikini with shoulders and cape]] from the 1980 film of ''Film/{{Flash Gordon|1980}}'', although some of the heroes were wearing pretty immodest outfits too. Flash himself gets a pretty long ShirtlessScene.

** In "Morality Bites", the sisters visit a BadFuture where Prue is a CorruptCorporateExecutive and wears a tight black strapless dress that's more revealing than what she had on in the present.
** When evil MirrorUniverse counterparts of the main characters appear in the two-part Season 6 finale "It's a Bad, Bad, Bad, Bad World", they are dressed ridiculously grungy, with ''bad'' bad hair, and some have piercings.

* In ''Franchise/TheLegendOfZelda'' game ''VideoGame/HyruleWarriors'', the majority of the female heroes of the Hyrulean Forces are sensibly dressed. The sole exceptions are Midna and Ruto, who are technically naked but get a pass since both lack certain human attributes and the latter's Ocarina of Time 3DS design makes her look like she's wearing a dress of sorts, and potentially Lana's Bare Your Midriff outfit depending on one's values. On the dark forces' side, though, Cia is dressed in a very Stripperiffic outfit.

** {{Averted|Trope}} with Marina, the first heroic Octoling in the series, who wears an outfit even more revealing than the villainous members of her species, showing off her navel and ample cleavage. Likewise Agent 8 in the ''Octo Expansion'' DLC campaign, who spends the entire story mode is still wearing their leather soldier gear (sans armor plating).

** ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyIV'' plays with this as pretty much every female boss can't be bothered to wear more than a bikini (especially Barbariccia), while the female leads are wearing actual clothes. Adult Rydia pushes this though.

* ''Manga/OnePiece'' demonstrates a rare example of this trope demonstrated for both sides on the same character. [[spoiler:Kalifa]] from the CP 9 arc initially has a short skirt and shows a little cleavage, but when she [[spoiler:drops her cover]] she adds some fishnet stockings and additional cleavage.

* In the ''Franchise/MarvelCinematicUniverse'' fanfic ''[[https://archiveofourown.org/works/31456490 The Artist's Garden at Madripoor]]'', Steve and Natasha go to [[Series/TheFalconAndTheWinterSoldier Madripoor]] in order to acquire the component they need for the [[Film/AvengersEndgame Quantum Tunnel]] from the [[JudgeJuryAndExecutioner Power Broker]], [[LockedOutOfTheLoop who Steve is shocked to discover]] is [[FallenHero Sharon]], who meets with them wearing [[SimpleYetOpulent a white, sequined dress]] [[EatingTheEyeCandy that Steve notes is much more low-cut than anything he had seen her wear before]].

* In ''Film/ArtOfTheDead'', the {{Envy}} affected Donna wears much skimpier clothing than she did as her normal, ShrinkingViolet self.

* ''[[Literature/ViridianSaga Awoken]]'' takes this almost to the point of SlutShaming. Miss Epistola is described as being dressed in skimpy clothing in nearly every scene -- even when working as a substitute science teacher, she's wearing a slinky dress under her lab coat. She is, of course, the BigBad of the story, and during the climax, her outfit gets downright {{stripperiffic}}, such that the protagonist Andi compares her to [[ThirdPersonSeductress a video game character]]. Andi herself, meanwhile, often expresses shame when caught with little clothing on. Given that the book is a StealthParody of ''Literature/{{Twilight}}'' and other [[YoungAdultLiterature YA]] ParanormalRomance novels, it's more a mockery of this trope than anything else.

** In "Mirror Mirror", the Terran Empire has [[BareMidriffsAreFeminine female uniforms that bare the midriff]] and male uniforms with no sleeves and slightly more chest.

* ''Series/{{Charmed|1998}}'':

** In the episode "The Warrior", a lot of the males wore similarly skimpy outfits when not in the uniforms they were made to wear by their former masters.

* ''Series/DarkMatter'': Not so much with the actual villains of the show (except Alicia Reynaud), but when contrasting our heroes with their evil counterparts. While ruthless murderers Portia Lin (during flashbacks to the pre-mindwipe days on the ''Raza'') and Alt Portia from the AlternateUniverse, and newly-ethical Two, all generally wear tight black outfits, the Portias still manage to dress considerably more revealingly (very low-cut shirts, [[CleavageWindow boob windows]], bared midriffs), to the point where you can easily tell who's who during fake-outs by the amount of cleavage shown by the actress. Even the outfits of One / Jace Corso try to encourage the EvilIsSexy trope by having Corso (and Alt Corso) wear [[ExcessiveEvilEyeshadow guyliner]] and more [[HellBentForLeather black leather]], while One dresses in a range of black, white and earth tones with an aesthetic that's more "space cowboy" while Corso's could be described as "vampire wannabe". Of course, the male version of this doesn't have the UnfortunateImplications that come with visual allusions to the MadonnaWhoreComplex...