History Main / Shirtlessscene

* Daichi greets Sasha and Iphigenie wearing nothing but a towel in GreekNinja.

This type of gratuitous semi-nudity is also called a Shirtless Jackman Scene, named after muscular Australian actor HughJackman whose film contracts allegedly contain a clause that demands the presence of at least one shirtless scene, even when the plot does not require it. It's not proven, but the majority of the films he has appeared in are strong evidence. Legend has it that some people are not able to recognize him with his shirt on, and ''Film/{{X-Men}}'' (2000) established him as the pioneer of the current generation of topless male actors.

* Jake in ''WebVideo/MidnightScreenings'' decided to take his shirt off in a video, [[WebVideo/TheCinemaSnob Brad Jones]] joined in, and insisted that Irving follow.

See also ShowerOfAngst, SlipknotPonytail, ManInAKilt, WetSariScene, ForgingScene, ShirtlessCaptives, AfterActionPatchUp, and LingerieScene. If the character's [[LimitedWardrobe everyday attire]] is conspicuously lacking a shirt, he would be a WalkingShirtlessScene.

* ''WebVideo/TheLizzieBennetDiaries'': Lydia stages a shirtless scene when she spills water on George's T-shirt. That WetSariScene was nice enough, but she managed to convince him to take it off.

* [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e2YkR145h4A Coty Wild Musk]]

See also ShowerOfAngst, SlipknotPonytail, ManInAKilt, WetSariScene, ForgingScene,ShirtlessCaptives, AfterActionPatchUp, and LingerieScene. If the character's [[LimitedWardrobe everyday attire]] is conspicuously lacking a shirt, he would be a WalkingShirtlessScene.

The most common form of {{fanservice}} for women and gay men. A {{hunk}}y man (real or animated) goes shirtless or wears a revealing top that shows off his pectorals. Saves the crew a fortune in wardrobe (or ink) for MrFanservice.

This trope is among the AlwaysMale tropes because... [[NippleAndDimed well, you know.]]

See also ShowerOfAngst, SlipknotPonytail, ManInAKilt, WetSariScene, ForgingScene, AfterActionPatchUp, and LingerieScene. If the character's [[LimitedWardrobe everyday attire]] is conspicuously lacking a shirt, he would be a WalkingShirtlessScene.

* Jake in ''WebVideo/MidnightScreenings'' decided to take his shirt off in a video, [[WebVideo/TheCinemaSnob Brad Jones]] joined in, and insisted that Dave follow.
-->"You're making us look gay, bro!"

* Arthur Miller's play AllMySons has Chris shirtless at the start of the second act.

* The BBC's ''HenryIVPart2''. Surely Shakespeare was thinking of TomHiddleston when he titled Act 2 Scene 2 "The Sauna Scene." Oh, wait...

* ShirtlessScene/RealLife

* Neal Adams would draw [[Comicbook/{{Batman}} Bruce Wayne]] shirtless in the cave, although he usually had a lot of bandages covering him. Additionally, Adams popularized the "pants and mask without a shirt, cape or belt" look.
** Neal Adams was also the first person to draw {{Batman}} villain Ra's Al Ghul, who is a WalkingShirtlessScene half the time. Naturally, the first Batman and Ra's fought, they were both shirtless.

* [[ThatGuyWithTheGlasses Benzaie]] is prone to these. Also, there was that time that [[WebVideo/TheSpoonyExperiment Spoony]] was on pain-meds for dental surgery...

[[folder:Anime & Manga]]
* Of course, the ultimate example of this trope has to be Kenshiro from ''HokutoNoKen'', who manages to [[ClothingDamage burn off his shirt]] by the power of [[BadAss sheer]] [[CrowningMomentofAwesome awesomeness]] almost every episode, conveniently right before handing that episode's main villain [[FinishingMove the beating of his life]], yet mysteriously always [[MagicPants re-acquires it]] in the following episode.
* Kouji Kabuto from ''Anime/MazingerZ'' pulled this sometimes, specially late in the series (the episode where Erika showed up comes to mind). [[MadScientist Dr. Hell]] also pulled this at the end of ''Anime/{{Mazinkaiser}}'' for seemingly no reason, and despite being a very old man.
* Dante of the [[DevilMayCryTheAnimatedSeries animated]] ''[[DevilMayCryTheAnimatedSeries Devil May Cry]]'' series gets this too every so often, but the first example is in the ''first episode'' -- at the end, Dante comes out of the back wearing nothing but pants, toweling his hair off and dripping water. The fangirls rejoiced.
* Jin near the climax of ''SamuraiChamploo''. Complete with [[SlipknotPonytail his unwoven hair blowing gently in the wind]]. Cue fangirls fainting.
* ''Anime/YuGiOhGX'': A favorite coveted screenshot among fangirls is of Kaiser waist up in the shower.
* ''Anime/YuGiOh'': Malik Ishtar has several scenes where he strips off his shirt in front of everyone (though it's actually a plot point -- he's showing the tattoo on his back), prime material for his fangirls.
* ''ShamanKing'' villain Hao wears a poncho but he is shirtless.
** Faust goes through his introductory fight mostly shirtless, but bar [[FetishFuel certain]] [[CreepySexy demographics]], it's much more {{Squick}}.
* Kaito from ''MermaidMelodyPichiPichiPitch''. [[http://boukenshin.net/pitch/featshirt.php This site]] has a whole section on his increasingly improbable shirtless scenes in the manga.
* The Captain from ''{{Hellsing}}'' has [[NoShirtLongJacket no shirt on under his coat]], as revealed in the 82nd chapter.
* At one point in the later arcs of ''RevolutionaryGirlUtena'', this particular trope becomes obsessive, affecting every {{bishonen}} on the series and possibly merging with YaoiGuys and getting to the point of FanDisservice in some cases.
** Hilariously parodied [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5GSns9zir7Y in the OP for the Sega Saturn game]], where the first thing that Akio and Touga do is to open their shirts and show off their chests, much to Saionji's embarrassment.
* Major Armstrong from ''Manga/FullmetalAlchemist'' enjoys randomly taking off his shirt to show his musculature. He's so diesel, he could fuel a semi for a trip across mainland China. He does it so often and suddenly, to everyone else's dismay, he's a definite parody of this trope.
** Even lampshaded in his fight with Scar.
** Edward too has had his share of scenes showing off his torso (and automail arm), beginning with the first chapter.
** And Roy Mustang also showed his abs for a particularly dramatic comeback after being thought dead.
** Ling had a shirtless dramatic entrance (popping out of a manhole).
*** Ed even gets an outdoor shower scene in [[Anime/FullmetalAlchemist the 2003 anime version]], and a majority of his concept artwork shows him pulling or [[ClothingDamage ripping]] his top off in some fashion.
** Alphonse gets a shirtless scene in the fan game ''Bluebird's Illusion''. Ed "accidentally" walks in on him showering.
* [[HaruhiChan Suzumiya Haruhi-chan no Yuutsu]] gives us some completely unnecessary shirtless scenes of Koizumi. They even drop the SuperDeformed thing to [[FanService make their point]].
** In the [[SuzumiyaHaruhi original]], the second iteration of Endless Eight has Kyon shirtless at the beginning. It's the Fanservice Episode of Season 2!
** Itsuki himself also gets some... attention in the same arc.
*** Mostly of a different kind, considering he was wearing some sort of skimpy black speedo.
* ''OuranHighSchoolHostClub'' gives all the male characters in the club plenty of opportunities to take their shirts off. The club's website once featured a picture of [[{{Bifauxnen}} Haruhi]] shirtless which, [[WholesomeCrossdresser naturally]], turned out to be photoshopped.
** And let's not forget Kyouya's scene in [[http://quizilla.teennick.com/user_images/O/OK/OKA/OKASHILADY/1284508262_9892_full.png episode 8]]
* In a hilarious example, Ranka Lee from ''MacrossFrontier'' bumps into Alto for the first time (who was shirtless at the moment), and immediately focuses on his face instead, mistaking him for [[DudeLooksLikeALady a very beautiful girl]].
* In ''VisionOfEscaflowne'', [[WingedHumanoid Van Fanel]] can grow [[PerpetualMolt wings]] from his back, destroying his entire shirt every single time they're used.
** See also: FreakinessShame, FetishFuel, and PowerFloats.
* ''Manga/YuYuHakusho'': Almost all of the main characters (and many of the {{Big Bad}}s) have multiple scenes in which his shirt is ripped up in the midst of battle. Well, except the {{bishonen}} (Kurama) with the largest fan club.
** No, instead he gets to [[ItMakesSenseInContext rip open his shirt during a fight and rub blood all over his chest...]]
** Gets {{Lampshade}}ed in one episode. The announcer notices they've "somehow lost their shirts."
** At one point while summoning the [[NamesToRunAwayFromReallyFast Dragon of the Darkness Flame]], Hiei's shirt explodes for no reason.
* Hisoka, the [[EnigmaticMinion Enigmatic]] LovableTraitor of ''HunterXHunter'', gets ''two'' completely naked scenes: first a shower scene, then later a scene in which the protagonists find him bathing in a lake (with some conveniently placed speech bubbles). These are also the only times we get to see him without his FacialMarkings (okay, [[MonsterClown face paint]]) and ImprobableHairstyle.
* ''{{Texhnolyze}}'' begins with a shirtless Ichise staring at himself in the mirror. [[FanDisservice No, it's not meant to be enticing.]]
* Pretty much the entire male cast of ''Manga/{{Gintama}}'' and one female, though she's hiding it, go shirtless in its 7th ending theme. A subversion exists in the same ending as Prince Hata, who looks much like ''Manga/DragonBall Z'''s fat Buu, not only appears shirtless, but is wearing only a fundoshi.
* Hosaka in ''{{Minami-ke}}'' is prone to going shirtless for little reason or provocation. There's even an eyecatch of him in one of his shirtless moments.
* ''[[WeissKreuz Weiß Kreuz: Glühen]]'' features plenty of shirtless scenes in its OP. And Youji's outfit is a mix of shirtless and BadassLongcoat.
* Both Setsuna and Allelujah in the second ED of ''{{Gundam 00}}''.
* Whether it be a result of the massive ClothingDamage that afflicts the men of ''Manga/DragonBall Z'' (maybe if Videl and Android 18 channeled their ki/energy into their bodies instead of making their clothing NighInvulnerable, they would be able to hang with the guys in combat?), good old fashioned shower/bath scenes, shirtless training, when someone gets serious, or the [[HoYay odd homoerotic nude visualization]] of a deceased comrade speaking from beyond the grave, the ratio of shirtless scenes to scenes in which any given character wears a shirt are around 50-50.
** 18 had ClothingDamage at one point early on, too -- just not enough to reveal anything.
** And yet, to the dismay of fangirls everywhere, never once did Future Trunks go without. I think this may be the first instance of a vagooblock in anime.
* Occurs twice in the second anime season of ''{{Slayers}}''; the first when Gourry and Zelgadis are healing from an attack from a pair of demons raiding Princess Amelia's castle, and the second when said pair's covers are blown during the OnceASeason [[DraggedIntoDrag cross-dressing episode.]] [[spoiler:It turns out that the LadyLand kingdom they had infiltrated (hence the disguises) is full of men that had ''also'' hidden their genders, and increased the shirtless count, [[CrowningMomentOfFunny including the princess Zelgadis had been falling for.]] Ouch.]] Gourry is also seen shirtless in an early scene of the ''Slayers Premium'' movie.
** Valgaav, the BigBad from the third season, takes this UpToEleven with the WalkingShirtlessScene trope - the closest thing he wears to a shirt is a flimsy top that exposes his midriff.
** A very humorous promotional spread for the UnCancelled fourth season, illustrated by the man who drew the illustrations in the light novels, has Gourry and Zel as this again, this time in flimsy swimwear. [[AffablyEvil Xellos]] and [[ObfuscatingStupidity Wizer Freion]] are in on it also.
* Almost as soon as he shows up on screen for the first time in episode 24 of ''Anime/NeonGenesisEvangelion'', Kaworu Nagisa ends up stripped butt-naked along with Shinji Ikari in a shower scene. [[spoiler:He was only around for one episode so he had to make up for lost time somehow, right?]]
** ''Rebuild'' took this even further: until he donned his plugsuit for the first time when Zeruel was attacking, he was a WalkingShirtlessScene. In fact, only one of them qualifies for this trope since in the other, he's [[NakedOnArrival completely naked]].
* Abel Nightroad of ''TrinityBlood'' certainly gets his share of shirtlessness. Also, Brother Petros spends the ''entire fifth volume'' of the manga without a shirt. And is he ripped!
** Hugue has also been sans shirt more than once, revealing a LOT of scars (said scars haven't deterred the fangirls in the slightest).
** Lampshaded early on in the manga, when Tres' clothes get turned into swiss cheese by machine-gun fire ([[MadeOfIron of course it doesn't affect him at all]]) and Abel goes into [[SayItWithHearts fanboy mode]] at the sight of him, complete with LuminescentBlush.
-->'''Abel:''' I think that... Tres... you are so HOT!\\
'''Tres:''' I don't understand what you mean.
* Mayuri Kurotsuchi, the squicky MadScientist of ''Manga/{{Bleach}}'' actually gets a shirtless scene. Showing that he might not be that squicky after all...
** Yamamoto Genryusai Shigekuni, the general of the Gotei 13, invariably strips to the waist before using his shikai. For dramatic purpose this reveals an ungodly amount of scars, plus a more muscular figure than the protagonist has, despite being older than the latter's country of origin.
*** In the third movie, he literally jumps out of his shirt before delivering an attack.
** Ichigo gets to have shirtless, or more recently, almost naked moments, due to ClothingDamage. To his dismay (but not the {{Fanboy}}s'), so does [[spoiler:Yoruichi, after she changes back to human form.]]
** Zaraki gets to show off his chest when he [[spoiler:gives Ichigo one free attack before they fight. He's also stripped to the waist in the Hueco Mundo arc after fighting Nnoitra.]]
*** He also shows up shirtless when he [[spoiler: Shows up to help fight Yammy.]]
** Chad also gets the less fleshy version most of time, but given that he's the embodiment of the Latino stereotype... Yeah.
*** Even Uryuu has a couple of shirtless scenes, one when he is trying to escape from his father, and one when his father restores his powers. He's pale, but somehow remarkably well-built. (He's an archer, after all.)
** Ulquiorra gets a few shirtless scenes as well. Apparently the fangirls were not disappointed.
** In an omake, a few members of the Shinigami Women's Association went to great lengths to get one of these out of Ukitake. Yay!
** Not to mention in Ichigo vs. Ulquiorra, Round 2, when [[spoiler:Ichigo got his ass kicked so hard that his SuperPoweredEvilSide took over.]] Almost ''all'' his clothes got blasted off, leaving him with only a little more than half his pants.
** Resident [[{{Bishounen}} bishie]] Grimmjow is pretty much a [[http://www.cosplayisland.co.uk/files/costumes/168/760/GrimmRef3.jpg walking Shirtless Scene]].
** Indeed, pretty much every male in Manga/{{Bleach}} [[http://all-colour.skols.net/index.php?album=%2Fℑ=all_colour_088089.jpg has a well sculpted chest]] that will be revealed when his shirt is removed.
* ''OutlawStar'''s Gene Starwind nearly matches InnocentFanserviceGirl Melfina in the number of times they've gone topless. Considering that the latter pilots the ship naked...
* Subverted in ''{{Trigun}}''. Vash the Stampede is [[{{Bishonen}} fairly good looking]] in his BadassLongcoat, but when he gets his first shirtless scene, it turns out he's so cut up, [[GoodScarsEvilScars scarred]], and shot to pieces that he looks like Frankenstein's monster underneath.
** Don't kid yourself. Many people say that his body [[FetishFuel is sexier with all those scars and stitches]].
* Just going to show that ''Anime/TengenToppaGurrenLagann'' is incapable of doing anything halfway, we have the fight scene in episode 20: [[spoiler:Simon and Viral. Prison bathroom brawl. [[ModestyTowel Wearing nothing but ridiculously tiny towels]].]]
** And of course Kamina is shirtless ''[[WalkingShirtlessScene all the time]]''. So often that the presence of a shirt-wearing Kamina in Simon's [[LotusEaterMachine Lotus Eater Dream]] immediately indicates that some weird shit is going on.
** Let's not forget the bath episode, with everyone staying naked for a good 6 or 7 minutes, leading Viral to call the gang "naked monkeys" for the first half the series.
* ''ChronoCrusade'' has several moments, although most notable is probably the fact that Joshua almost never keeps his shirt fully buttoned (basically only when someone forces him to so he'll be presentable), and Chrono in his true form only wears a jacket that does not cover his chest.
* We get several shirtless scenes for Fakir in ''PrincessTutu''; somewhat {{justified|Trope}} because he has a plot-relevant birthmark on his chest, but also usually with an obvious fanservice factor as well. Mytho also has one scene where he has his uniform shirt unbuttoned in the second season -- a tip-off that something is very odd, because normally he wears the shirt fully buttoned... but without pants.
* ''VampireKnight'' has quite a few of these. Then again, given the [[CastFullOfPrettyBoys large quantity of vampire cuties]] it may not be all that surprising.
* ''MagicalGirlLyricalNanoha'' fans disappointed in the lack of nekkid Erio TransformationSequence in the anime worry not, [[ComicBookAdaptation the supplementary manga]] gives him one (albeit, just one panel).
* Probably the only [[FanDisservice straight example of fanservice]] in the ''Manga/BlackJack'' [=OVAs=] is from the titular doctor himself, in an entirely gratuitous PoolScene in the fourth episode... Oh, and the ShowerScene in the first. And a HotSpringsEpisode (which, incidentally, takes place near a [[BeachEpisode beach]]). Kind of a pattern there.
* Since most of the cursed men in ''[[RanmaOneHalf Ranma 1/2]]'' shed their clothes when transforming (as they [[InvoluntaryShapeShifting turn into animals]]), they all get [[ShirtlessScene Shirtless Scenes]] with astonishing regularity. The exceptions are Genma and Ranma (whose [[GenderBender girl curse]] means he gets to keep his clothes on during a transformation... [[InnocentFanserviceGirl usually]]).
** In the manga, what's funny is that Ranma's girl side gets far more Shirtless Scenes than his male side ever does.
* Dragon Saint Shiryu from ''SaintSeiya'' seems to enjoy stripping off the upper half of his armor when [[LetsGetDangerous getting serious]] with an enemy. The better to show off his ''huge''... PowerTattoo.
** Seiya also manage to get a few, the first one against the before mentioned saint, and another were he takes off his shirt before fighting three Silver Saints and after sneaking out of the hospital.
** Deathmask of Cancer also fights shirtless against Shiryu. As does Krishna of Krisaor during the Poseidon arc, and Okko of Tiger before the Sanctuary arc. The Dragon Saint tend to have that effect on his opponents.
* ''SaintSeiyaOmega'' on the other hand doesn't get one until episode 51 where Pegasus Koga [[ClothingDamage start of wearing Saggitarius armor]] and ends up fighting like this against the God of Darkness.
* Happens surprisingly often in ''OnePiece'' with the most prominent example being Ace, where practically every scene he's in turns into a shirtless scene. Also happens with mostly with Luffy, Zoro and Franky. A notable example for Zoro occurred during the Drum Island arc, where he spends a good portion of the crew's time there wandering around without a shirt on.
** Parodied when a woman's baby messes Zoro's shirt, so the mother yanks it off to clean it for him. Before she explains why she stole it, he angrily accuses her of being a pervert.
** After the timeskip, Zoro signifies that he's getting serious by stripping off his coat in addition to donning his bandanna.
* During Tsukune's [[spoiler:fight with Moka's father]] near the end of ''RosarioToVampire Capu2'', he gets his shirt blown apart when [[spoiler:the residual vampire blood in his body starts working again.]]
** This happens a few times in the second season of the manga, mostly in the Sun arc but he is first shirtless on the frontpage on the [[http://www.mangafox.com/manga/rosario_vampire_season_ii/v05/c018/ 18th chapter]] probably just to show how badass he has become and well it worked
* Manga/{{Naruto}} spends a good few chapters shirtless and ''covered in oil'' in ''Naruto Shippuuden''. Sasuke has a brief shot in a movie trailer drenching himself under a waterfall. It was rumored that the fangirls could be [[{{Squee}} heard for miles around]].
** Even long before that, Naruto spent a good part of his Wind Chakra training shirtless [[http://read.mangashare.com/Naruto/chapter-320/page001.html which was even well featured on a chapter cover]]!
** Hidan, after a fight, has his Akatsuki uniform half ripped up, making all his appearances later on be half-Shirtless Scenes. Apparently Kakuzu was [[MiserAdvisor too much of a tightwad]] to give Hidan money to get another one.
** Not just Hidan. Deidara, Sasori, Kakuzu and Pain go shirtless at one point in time as well.
*** [[FanDisservice Those can all be considered subversions]], as they show their bodies [[{{Squick}} are far from attractive]] ([[FetishFuel at least in a more conventional manner]]), being [[spoiler:covered in [[MoreTeethThanTheOsmondFamily toothy mouths]], wood panels, multiple stitches and [[SpikesOfVillainy body piercing]], respectively]].
*** [[spoiler:However, Kisame also gets his cloak torn off, and despite being a [[PettingZooPeople shark-like man with blue skin]], his chest is rather normal looking]].
*** Itachi, who is the most normal Akatsuki member in terms of appearance and abilities is the only member in Akatsuki that [[spoiler:dies without being shirtless. [[TheCoatsAreOff He loses his cloak while fighting Sasuke]] but under it is a shirt]].
** [[spoiler:Then we got shirtless Danzo (who was also bleeding profusely and had his arm reduced to a stump at the time), which could not be more FanDisservice]].
** In some anime only scenes and a filler episode, we get to see Jiraiya [[HotSpringsEpisode in the hotspring]] with his chest completely bare. We also get to see this in the manga, but by that point, he has a huge scar obscuring most of chest.
** Also, people tend to forget this, but Gaara's older brother Kankuro also had a shirtless scene in episodes 11 and 12 of Naruto Shippuden as well as the manga. After he was poisoned by Sasori, he was immediately rushed to a hospital room where he is shown topless as well as not having his hood and face-paint on. He was shown to be very well-built and toned (and he even gained some fangirls as a result!)
* ''PokemonSpecial'' required Red to use his shirt to tie down a steering column on an airship while he went to defuse one of Carr's Forretress bombs. Since he cast off his jacket prior to his battle with Giovanni, this trope is the result of these desperate measures.
** And he manages to stay that way for ''over half a saga''.
* Several Digimon across all of the ''Franchise/{{Digimon}}'' shows (and games) have humanoid bodies, and are usually, if not always, shirtless. Weregarurumon and Leomon are prime examples. Now, if only they'd get more screen time, and Leomon would stop dying!
** In a less FurryFandom example, in ''Anime/DigimonSavers'', there are a few male ''gratuitous'' shower scenes (but not angsty) as well, from both male main characters. It was known by some as Digimon Fanservicers due to this.
* Kanda from ''DGrayMan'' periodically updates the readers as to the expansion of his chest tattoo. You know, in case they were worried about it.
** Allen, too, gets a shirtless scene or two, most recently [[spoiler:to show off the scar from shoulder to hip he accidentally gave himself.]] Fangirls go completely insane.
* Gray from ''Manga/FairyTail'' goes shirtless, pantsless, socksless... he's not into clothing.
* The four {{Bishounen}} boys from ''[[TheWallflower Perfect Girl Evolution]]'' (Yamato Nadeshiko Shichi Henge) frequently go shirtless, causing [[HighPressureBlood MASSIVE nosebleeds]]. Mostly from Sunako.
** Yes, there was a naked FuroScene involving all four of them. The fangirls peeping in on them didn't stand a chance.
* Many of the characters in ''{{Eyeshield 21}}'' have shirtless scenes after practices and times like that. Mizumachi just likes stripping down to his shorts and waving his shirt around (he used to be a swimmer, which might explain it). Ootawara on the other hand turns it into FanDisservice by often losing his pants (and sometimes everything else) and farting a lot.
* ''MahouSenseiNegima'' occasionally gives Negi shirtless scenes. It's less {{Squick}}y than one would expect, as he's usually magically aged into a teenager when they happen.
** Like, for example, teenage Negi vs. Jack Rakan in a shirtless battle worthy of the [[Manga/DragonBall Tenkaichi Budokai]].
* One episode of ''Manga/SoulEater'' featured Soul trying to cheat on a test by hiding cheat sheets in his clothes, and then being strip-searched by the teacher when he caught him. Soul spent the rest of the test in only his boxers, much to the glee of the fangirls.
** Soul actually gets {{Shirtless Scene}}s fairly regularly after [[spoiler:he gets his scar.]]
** Later, Stein of all people gets one. He's unfairly ripped, in case you're wondering.
*** [[http://media.photobucket.com/image/stein%20soul%20eater/Animebex/Soul%20Eater/stein-067-animestockscom.jpg?o=59 Courtesy link]]. In case you were, y'know, curious or anything.
** Also, Black☆Star. Besides having awesome biceps he's also BUFF when you see him shirtless with just a towel over his shoulders after training.
** In perhaps the most gratuitous example, Free is shirtless for his [[spoiler:illusionary]] fight with Death the Kid. He's wearing a shirt in the scene immediately before and puts it back on immediately after, and there's no obvious reason why he took it off just to fight. (By the way, he's in his WolfMan form most of the time, which may detract from or enhance the effect, depending on your [[FurryFandom preferences]].)
* Gateau Mocha from ''Bakuretsu Hunters''.
* Sōsuke from ''Lightnovel/FullMetalPanic'' gets a few of these. Once near the beginning, when he [[ThereIsNoKillLikeOverkill tackles the teacher down the stairs thinking she was a terrorist]] and ends up having to have his back bandaged up due to the wounds from it. Another time is when he gets so tired and lacks sleep to the point where he passes out -- before he passes out, however, we're treated to a [[http://i247.photobucket.com/albums/gg127/SeitenTaiseiKira/ThisWillBeMe.jpg blurry picture (possibly a hallucination?) of himself, shirtless and restrained]].
** In addition, the dust jackets of the manga include pictures of the cast in skimpy bathing suits. Not wanting to isolate the female audience, these bits of fanservice include [[http://fmp.abstratica.org/images/manga/covers/r2/fmp-mag-vol7i.jpg Kurz]] and [[http://fmp.abstratica.org/images/manga/covers/r2/fmp-mag-vol8i.jpg SÃ'suke]]
** Kalinin in the anime, after being wounded during the Behemoth arc. Complete with bandages.
** ''Gauron'', of all people, in the manga. Not that the anime gave you a different idea, what with how well that uniform fit him, but in the manga he looks as if he was chiseled in stone.
* Ryo from ''Ronin Warriors'' goes shirtless for a good two or three minutes at the beginning of episode 20, after he awakens from a CatapultNightmare.
* Until a significant way in Tsuna from ''Manga/KatekyoHitmanReborn'' ripped his shirt and pants off every time he activated his attack, leaving him in just his boxers while he fought. Also, near the beginning of the TYL arc, both him and Gokudera are shirtless in the middle of a forest at night. Brrr.
** And then there's Tsuna, naked save his boxers, handcuffed in [[MemeticMolester Spanner's]] bed, [[http://www.onemanga.com/Katekyo_Hitman_Reborn/187/05/ alone with him]]... FetishFuel anyone?
** Xanxus has a 99% chance of being shirtless every time he appears in a non-plot related picture. [[SarcasmMode This is obviously only done to show us the plot-related scars on his chest.]]
** During his battle with Belphegor, Gokudera wore his shirt completely unbuttoned and hanging open with nothing covering his torso save for a lot of bandages.
** Ryohei is embodiment of this trope, 'cause he gets more {{Shirtless Scene}}s than any other character. And he's quite hot.
** And don't forget about the latest Katekyo Hitman Reborn OAV where we get a veryyy veryyy looong extra bonus screentime focused on Hibari Kyoya's chest in an Onsen. The day it was released, many fangirls died from bloodloss.
* Few fans of ''DarkerThanBlack'' will forget November 11's NakedFirstImpression with Mao, and not just because it was funny. Hei's civilian alias Li on the other hand is a textbook case of the "partially buttoned shirt" variant, as he seems physically incapable of having more than three buttons done at any given time. No wonder [[ChickMagnet every woman]] in sight falls for him.
** Li's partially unbuttoned shirt is {{Lampshaded}} in the OVA (and was then immortalized as a MemeticMutation) in the form of two in-universe women fixating on his ''collarbone'', which is often noticeably visible because of this trope.
* Nono from ''{{Gunbuster}} 2'' gets one in the first episode when she gained HeroicResolve by ripping her shirt off, [[CloudCuckoolander because she took the "Topless" part a bit too seriously.]]
** Actually, if you look carefully at that scene, her clothes were stuck to the barbs of the monster. [[FanService Ripping them off was clearly the only option]]. Her dialogue after the battle does show that she took the term "Topless" literally, though, by claiming that she had become one.
* England from ''AxisPowersHetalia'' gets one when he takes a hot bath in Japan's house. The scene was amped up for FanService effects in the anime rendition, adding a bit of ShipTease when his host is nonplussed at his nudity -- yes, the same guy who [[PleasePutSomeClothesOn was scandalized]] when his partners paraded around without shirts. Germany has a pretty hot ShowerScene in the Manga also.
* When Yume from ''SomedaysDreamers'' meets her magic instructor Masami for the first time, he is completely shirtless, leading to a very flustered reaction for the poor girl. Of course, that Masami's best friend Kera opened the door being practically shirtless as well doesn't help matters.
* ''FushigiYuugi'''s [[{{Bishounen}} hunks]] and some of their cousins in [[AyashiNoCeres other Yuu]] [[AbsoluteBoyfriend Watase manga]].
* ''VisualNovel/UminekoNoNakuKoroNi'' gives Kanon, a ''very'' [[DudeLooksLikeALady feminine]] {{Bishounen}} servant, a shirtless scene. [[spoiler:[[FanDisservice Then he removes a bandage covering a stab wound on his chest and PUTS HIS FINGERS IN IT.]]]] What do you expect? This ''is'' WhenTheyCry.
** There's another FanDisservice example at the end of the second arc when [[spoiler:Battler briefly gives up. Beatrice chains him up and parades him around naked]].
* In ''[[ViolinistOfHameln The Violinist of Hamelin]]'', everytime [[spoiler:Hamel transforms into a Mazoku]] he bursts out of his clothes. In the anime, his signature black outfit even seems to somehow grow back everytime he changes back. In the manga, Drum attacked the human army with giant spikes that shot out of the ground... and somehow managed to [[ClothingDamage rip]] both [[{{Bishounen}} Clari]] and Trom's shirts off without causing them too much damage otherwise.
* Date Masamune gets one in the ''SengokuBasara'' anime, possibly to balance out his WalkingShirtlessScene rival Yukimura. He's also injured and bandaged. It's great!
* In the manga ''RoseOfVersailles'', [[VictoriousChildhoodFriend Andre]] gets a shirtless scene when he changes out of his rainsoaked uniform as [[{{Bifauxnen}} Oscar]] walks in on him. Cue Oscar being all indignant and flustered.
* The second opening sequence to ''TowardTheTerra'' has [[AntiVillain Keith]] taking off the shirt of his uniform for symbolic reasons, while the first has him completely naked ([[ItMakesSenseInContext which also actually makes some sense]] [[WhatDoYouMeanItsNotSymbolic if you really think]] [[FridgeBrilliance about it]], but let's face it, [[DistractedByTheSexy Why would you]]?).
* Johnny Rayflo of {{Vassalord}}, so much so he qualifies as a WalkingShirtlessScene. Expect at least one panel or page dedicated to showing off his lack of a shirt.
* This has a tendency to happen to Randel (from ''PumpkinScissors'') while he's in a fight, to the point that he's almost a WalkingShirtlessScene. [[ScarsAreForever It's]] [[GoodScarsEvilScars decidedly not meant to be]] [[FanDisservice fan service, though.]]
* ''{{Saiyuki}}'''s protagonists do this quite a bit (particularly the 'older' three) and then there's Kougaigi who's a WalkingShirtlessScene for the first anime (he's got a jacket though which is just odd).
** Kenren sort of counts in Gaiden too.
* After he gets injured for the first time in ''HyakujitsuNoBara'' Klaus makes a bit of a habit walking around with only bandages on his torso. Coincidentally, his shirt also seems to be the ''only'' clothing that comes off during [[RightThroughHisPants sex]].
* Eiri Yuki of ''{{Gravitation}}'' gets this; the opening picture for this trope used to be of him (from a NSFW doujin).
* Van of ''GunXSword'' gets a few shirtless scenes. What's really interesting is that in flashbacks from before his fiancee's death, he seems to be a WalkingShirtlessScene. Maybe that's why Elena agreed to marry him?
* ''[[HarukanaruTokiNoNakaDe Harukanaru Toki no Naka de 3 - Kurenai no Tsuki]]'' has a scene with five of [[CastFullOfPrettyBoys the Hachiyou]][[note]]Kurou, Hinoe, Benkei, Yuzuru and Kagetoki[[/note]] shirtless, cleaning up. A few minutes later, Nozomi stumbles upon a shirtless Masaomi (with FemaleGaze in play). LuminescentBlush ensues.
* ''Manga/CherryJuice'': These happen frequently with the male lead Minami, including on the very first page of the manga. This is a mixture of both MrFanservice, and AuthorAppeal for the female Mangaka.
* This happens a bit in ''Manga/RurouniKenshin'', though canon-wise, it happens the most during the Kyoto arc. Most memorable would be when Sanosuke fights his ex-teacher Anji (Sanosuke throws his shirt off while Anji's explodes due to sheer rage and power), and later when Kenshin gets his [[ClothingDamage blown off]] by one of Shishio's gunpowdered sword attacks.
* In the first season of [[StarBlazers Star Blazers/Space Battleship Yamato]] Wildstar does hard physical exercise to angst. In a later episode, affably evil Desslok is in his bath and learns that a general has returned. He stands and the camera focuses on his chest... and stays there for about five seconds. This fails as fanservice immeasurably, however, as Desslok (going by this screenshot) has [[FetishRetardant no nipples.]]
* During episode 20 of ''Manga/BlackButler'', Sebastian is arrested and chained up in some kind of torture room. And the first thing the creepy TortureTechnician does is rip his shirt, giving us a nice shot of his abs. And many fangirl {{Squee}}'s were heard.
* Yoshimori from Kekkaishi gets a few shirtless scenes in the anime. His kekkai training was used as an excuse on both occasions in episodes 8 and 42. Episode 42 even included a scene in which he removed his kekkaishi robe with rapid fire precision.
* Kotetsu T. Kaburagi (aka [[SuperHero Wild Tiger]]) has a prolonged ShirtlessScene in the ninth episode of ''TigerAndBunny''. Being significantly older than most anime protagonists or superheroes has not made his HeroicBuild any less heroic. He then gets ''another'' prolonged shirtless scene in episode thirteen, which ends with, well, [[http://i726.photobucket.com/albums/ww262/CapZiggy/tumblr_lne2skAQFH1qgeskro1_500.gif this]]. It should come to no surprise that ''TigerAndBunny'' fans ''[[MemeticSexGod love]]'' Wild Tiger.
* VisualNovel/HigurashiNoNakuKoroNi's Keiichi has a FULL EPISODE of wearing nothing but a speedo.
* Crim in ''.hack//SIGN'' gets a full shirtless scene later in the series.
* Guts from ''{{Berserk}}'' has these ''all over the place.'' [[MaleFrontalNudity The best]] come in volumes 9 and 10.
** Farnese has one in volume 17 a RareFemaleExample.
* Happens a surprising amount to Manga/InuYasha, usually after taking off his outer kimono and giving it to Kagome.
** This happens most notably during his fight with Goshinki. After sustaining serious injuries the previous episode, he spends most of the episode running around in his undershirt at most. Then Goshinki [[spoiler: breaks the Tetsusaiga,]] and while he's still in shock slashes him with enough force to tear his shirt to ribbons. He gets better, unlocking his [[SuperpoweredEvilSide demon blood]] and carrying out the rest of the fight with no shirt on and [[FemaleGaze much focus on his abs]].
* In ''SaintBeast'', Judas has a few, usually with water keeping it from being more than just shirtless.
* Kougami in ''Anime/PsychoPass'' has a couple of shirtless workout scenes showcasing his lovingly-drawn chest and abs. Akane certainly seems appreciative.
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[[folder:Films]]
* Cam Gigandet in ''Literature/{{Twilight}}'' and, soon, RobertPattinson in ''New Moon''.
*** As some may not know Cam was taking his shirt off earlier in NeverBackDown
** Also, Taylor Lautner in New Moon. Notice the insane amount of squealing that comes from the female audience.
** As [[WebVideo/TheSpoonyExperiment the Spoony One]] says in his review of the movie, its biggest draw was Native American muscle.
** Seems that every guy in ''New Moon'' got a case of the missing shirts.
*** The ''curse''. You mean "the ''curse'' of the missing shirts." [[http://thatguywiththeglasses.com/videolinks/thatguywiththeglasses/bum-reviews/13853-ep032]].
** [[LampshadeHanging Lampshaded]] in ''Eclipse'' when Edward and Bella meet Jacob, only to find that he had driven there shirtless, leading Edward to ask "Does that guy own a shirt?"
*** Also parodied in ''VampiresSuck''. When asked why he just took his shirt off for no apparant reason, the Jacob {{Expy}} reveals that it's in his contract to do so every ten minutes of screen time.
* Daniel Radcliffe in ''Film/HarryPotter and the Goblet of Fire''. This qualifies because in the book Harry sinks until his entire body up to his neck is underwater so Myrtle can't sneak a look at him. In the film, he's not so prudish, but does make an effort to cover his more delicate regions with bubbles. CensorSteam [[XMeetsY meets]] HandOrObjectUnderwear!
** Though saying that, he doesn't seem to mind Myrtle looking at him when he's underwater with her.
** There was also an audible response from certain members of the audience when he strips to his underwear to retrieve a sword in a frozen pond in ''Film/HarryPotterAndTheDeathlyHallows''.
** Related: Daniel Radcliffe played a mentally atypical boy in the play ''Theatre/{{Equus}}''. One scene calls for him to [[strike:ride a horse naked]] strip onstage and stay that way until the end of the play.
* Tobey Maguire has gotten quite a few of these in the ''Film/{{Spider-Man}}'' films.
* Comes up several times in ''Stomp The Yard''. The training sequence that occurs just before the climactic championship faceoff ends with the hunky protagonist and his equally ripped team members jogging up a mountain in nothing but their shorts. When they reach the top, the team stands on the peak staring off into the sunrise for a good couple of seconds, [[strike:almost as if]] to give the audience a moment to fully enjoy it.
* The ''Film/MortalKombat'' movie featured a ''lot'' of shirtless men, most notably Liu Kang.
* ''Film/CasinoRoyale'' gave us more than enough of Creator/DanielCraig's massive pectorals, massive shoulders, and complete lack of neck. He's also completely expressionless. Creator/DanielCraig is often called "''Casino Royale'''s BondGirl".
** Not to mention his instantly-legendary [[http://us.movies1.yimg.com/movies.yahoo.com/images/hv/photo/movie_pix/mgm/casino_royale/daniel_craig/royale17.jpg walk out of the ocean]] in those little blue swim trunks. Blatant, blatant FanService.
** Craig is not the only JamesBond to do it. All the others (except possibly Dalton) did too.
* During the climax of ''Film/TwentyEightDaysLater'', CillianMurphy is topless and bloodstained. Of course, this is comparatively a blessing, because he also gets completely naked for no good reason in other scenes.
* ''Film/ReignOfFire'' has a few of these. Matthew [=McConaughey=] willingly takes his shirt off twice-the second (and last) time being when he throws himself at a dragon, which eats him. Though the amount of protection provided by his shirt against the dragon's teeth is debatable, he nonetheless had little reason to take it off apart from showing off his tattoos.
** It's urban legend that Matthew [=McConaughey=] is contractually obligated to take off his shirt at least once during each movie.
** In ''Surfer, Dude'' he chose to be a WalkingShirtlessScene.
* Speaking of ''Reign of Fire'', let's not forget [[http://www.smh.com.au/ffximage/2007/12/13/Reign_071213090513988_wideweb__300x375,1.jpg Christian Bale's shirtless scene]]
* ''{{Help}}'' has a scene in which Music/TheBeatles, taking refuge in a bathroom, get attacked by a hand-dryer that conveniently sucks up most of their clothing, George's shirt in particular. And that's not even getting into the part where Paul shrinks and his clothes don't...
* Film and stage performers were doing the shirtless scene long before the invention of television. The ur-example of modern times has to be Creator/ClarkGable in the 1934 film ''ItHappenedOneNight''. Gable's rugged good looks and rough charisma had already made him a star. Here, he is wearing the standard garb of an early 20th century middle-class male: white shirt, suit, tie, and fedora. When he "takes it off" in a motel room in front of Claudette Colbert, the audience learns that, beneath those mundane clothes, Gable is... not wearing an undershirt. Gable in an unbuttoned shirt with his buff, manly chest showing has been claimed to have caused sales of men's undershirts to crash in America. ([[http://www.snopes.com/movies/actors/gable1.asp Snopes]] doubts it.) It allegedly took World War II and/or the acceptance of T-shirts as outerwear for the T-shirt industry to recover.
* In the film featured in the ''MST3K'' episode "Future War", the male lead takes off his shirt while he's about to kill the a bad guy near the end of the film. This is so strained and awkward that one can't help but think he would be better off waiting until the evil cyborg about to kill him was disposed of...
** He tugs on it for a second or so while making a constipated face.
** Not quite as awkward as the headbutt-induced ClothingDamage.
* ''Film/TheLordOfTheRings: The Return of the King'' has Frodo shirtless during his capture in the Tower of Cirith Ungol in which Sam rescues him.
** Then there's Gandalf being resurrected in ''The Two Towers'', though we don't get to see much of it.
* ''Film/PiratesOfTheCaribbeanDeadMansChest'' had its fangirl-drool-inducing scene with a shirtless Orlando Bloom getting flogged.
** Also, there was a brief shot of a shirtless Jack in [[Film/PiratesOfTheCaribbeanAtWorldsEnd the third film]], during the Davey Jones' Locker sequence. Turns out he's got some really impressive tats.
* The beach-volleyball scene in ''Film/TopGun''. Bonus points as this scene was completely gratuitous.
** Or the [[HoYay locker room scenes]].
* Both combatants of the climax fight of the martial arts movie ''Undefeatable'' suddenly turn the whole scene into a ShirtlessScene ''for no reason at all'' mid-combat by tearing their shirts off in a hilariously inappropriate over-the-top macho manner while growling bestially. The {{narm}} this causes must [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uxkr4wS7XqY be seen to be believed]]. (TROPER'S WARNING: {{NSFW}} and probably not good for your sanity either.)
* RobinWilliams in ''TheWorldAccordingToGarp'', ''TheSurvivors'', ''MoscowOnTheHudson'', ''TheBestOfTimes'', ''ClubParadise'', ''Film/{{Hook}}'', ''Film/MrsDoubtfire'' (in a case of FanDisservice), ''FathersDay'', and ''LicenseToWed'' (more disservice).
** And a full-frontal nude scene in ''Film/TheFisherKing''. [[FanDisservice Shame about the context]].
** He went full frontal again in ''WorldsGreatestDad''. Despite him being older, it's not as {{Squick}}y (at least in context).
** And also in ''[[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iZx78PakkSY Old Dogs]]'', the context of which makes it FanDisservice even for his most hardcore {{fangirl}}s.
* In ''WayOfTheDragon'' before their iconic showdown at the Colloseum, BruceLee and ChuckNorris both take off their shirts and then start pulling off martial arts stances. Not one to be outdone, Bruce Lee starts cracking his back and shoulders which also helpfully causes his pecs and delts to pop out.
** Actually every single Bruce Lee movie has at least one of these, and we would be sorely disappointed if there wasn't.
* In ''WorkingGirl'', Creator/HarrisonFord gives his stenopool an eyeful when he changes shirts without closing the blinds on the glass separating his office from theirs.
* Disney's ''Swiss Family Robinson'' has the four Robinson men - including the youngest son - shirtless several times throughout the film. Fritz and Ernst almost go into WalkingShirtlessScene territory during their time exploring the island.
* In the movie ''Picnic'' (1955) and the William Inge play it was based on, Hal's willingness to be shirtless, especially in mixed company, marks him as both more virile and lower-class than his college roommate.
* In TheLongHotSummer, the director decided to take advantage of Paul Newman's impressive physique to make the in-story heroine visibly uncomfortable. [[HappilyMarried Didn't make her too uncomfortable in real life, however.]]
* The Chosen One in ''KungPow: Enter The Fist'' rips off his shirt in one particularly odd arm-move at the start of the movie.
* In the end of ''KungFuHustle'', Sing's use of his ultimate fighting move turns the shirt he was wearing into shreds.
* Obligatory in each installment of the ''[[TheTransporter Transporter]]'' franchise. In the second one, he fights [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s4XPTBrWkDM shirtless and covered in oil]]; in the third, he fights a group of {{Mooks}} while using first his jacket, then his tie, then his shirt as {{Improvised Weapon}}s, then proves GenreSavvy enough to have a back up suit, which he puts on [[EatingTheEyeCandy while the woman he's transporting claps]].
* ''LuckyNumberSlevin'' has JoshHartnett spend a large portion of a day wearing nothing but a towel. Convenient that the gangsters had time to spare for a chat, but not enough time to let the poor guy get dressed.
** Not that anybody's complaining about that particular plot hole...
* Franchise/TheMonkees' film ''Film/{{Head}}'' features a long (and [[CrowningMomentOfAwesome awesome]]) scene with Micky Dolenz shirtless in a desert; also a scene with Davy Jones as a boxer fighting Sonny Liston.
* ''LordOfTheFlies'': Most of the boys are shirtless.
** Depending on which film you watch (specifically the older black and while one(s)), half of the boys are completely naked, as they are in the book before they learn what a sunburn is firsthand.
* The Drover in ''Film/{{Australia}}'' apparently showers by taking off his shirt, soaping up, then dumping a bucket of water over his head.
* Shua gives us a nice one in ''Film/SkyBlue''.
* In ''{{Mulan}}'', Shang takes his shirt off just before the TrainingMontage for apparently no reason other than {{fanservice}}. The gratuitousness of this is {{lampshaded}} by Yao: "I'll get your arrow, prettyboy. And I'll do it with my shirt ''on''."
** The scene was deliberately added by the production team in order to give Mulan some {{fanservice}} to look at.
* The sixth rule of ''FightClub'' is "No shirts, no shoes."
* Parodied in ''WalkHard'' when Dewey and Darlene had sex for the first time. She didn't know he was so buff.
** This same gag was used in ''Film/TheNakedGun 2''. No ''way'' was LeslieNielsen really that ripped...
* ''Film/XMenOriginsWolverine'' took this to an extreme, which was much to the delight of HughJackman fangirls. During a dramatic escape scene, not only does he erupt from a tank of water completely shirtless (and indeed naked) (muscles + dripping water...) but he then proceeds to escape, running and fighting his way out of the building. Viewers get a lovable full-body shot (in which censorship is ''barely'' provided by his leg from a mostly-side-shot) when he jumps off a waterfall.
** HughJackman again, in ChristopherNolan's Film/ThePrestige (2006). A quite unexpected and totally gratuitous shirtless scene. He's in the bedroom pondering about some magic trick, while his girlfriend is fully clothed.
* In ''DeadPoetsSociety'', Neil gets a ShirtlessScene at a very... [[DrivenToSuicide weird moment]].
** In fairness, doesn't like nearly every student get one earlier in the film?
* The film adaptation of ''TheOutsiders'' had two gratuitous shirtless scenes: One is [[spoiler: Dally]] in the hospital, laying in his bed after stating that "The nurse gave him a dress but he didn't want to wear it" and a strictly {{Fanservice}} moment of Sodapop getting out of the shower, just ''barely'' after he got a ModestyTowel on.
* ''{{Youngblood}}'' Rob Lowe walks to the locker room wearing a towel which drops to the floor and Cynthia Gibb gets an eyeful.
* Parodied by Chris Farley in ''BillyMadison''.
* The 1936 ''[[Film/FlashGordonSerial Flash Gordon]]'' film serial has many, many scenes with Flash shirtless (or [[ClothingDamage nearly so]]), especially while fighting, being whipped/tortured, or working up a [[strike: sweat]] olive-oil coating. Basically, the whole series seems built on pulp sci-fi, YellowPeril, and multiple varities of {{Fanservice}}.
* In ''Film/EscapeFromNewYork'', Snake is stripped to the waist before engaging in a BloodSport with a huge guy (you also briefly glimpse him shirtless in the [[Film/EscapeFromLA sequel]]), revealing the upper part of a large cobra tattoo on his stomach. Makes you wonder what the rest of the tattoo looks like...
* YulBrynner in ''TheKingAndI'' and ''Film/TheTenCommandments''. A shirt can never contain his awesomeness.
* Will Ferrel seems to almost insist that every movie he is in have some shot of him shirtless, at best. In worst case scenarios, he's flaunting around in wet bikini style briefs. Always assume you will see the latter in a movie starring him.
* Used to great effect in ''Film/AmericanHistoryX''. In the flashbacks showing Derek Vinyard during his stay in prison and his time as a gang leader he is often shirtless or in a tank top to show off his Nazi tattoos. During the scenes set in the present and after his [[spoiler:renouncing of his Nazi ways]] he's always wearing a shirt that hides the tattoos, which combined with the different haircut and the usage of black and white in the flashbacks disassociate him from his past. After he tells his story and officially [[spoiler:rejects his former gang]] he steps out of the shower, the audience sees his tattoos and the disassociation is shattered, driving home the point that no matter what he does in the future he will always have been a skinhead, will always be that man and will always carry the scars of his past.
* The entirety of ''CoolHandLuke''. Good Lord.
* Tim Allen has a shirtless scene in ''Film/GalaxyQuest''. Of course, like most of the film, this is meant to lampoon Star Trek (where Kirk frequently went topless). In case it wasn't totally obvious to everyone, Creator/AlanRickman {{lampshades}} it at the very end of the scene when he comments "I see you managed to get your shirt off."
* WillSmith's character Del Spooner in ''Film/IRobot'' has two which were a blessing to fangirls (and some boys) since he was in probably the best shape of his career. And don't even get this troper started on the ShowerScene...
* If it stars [[TheHangover Bradley Cooper]], there will always be a reason for him to take his shirt off.
* Only ''after'' Sendhil Ramamurthy had joined ''It's A Wonderful Afterlife'', Gurinder Chadha wrote a completely gratuitous shirtless scene for his character. "When I signed up for the movie, that scene was not in there. My mother was ''thrilled'': Can't you keep your clothes on in ''something''?"
* In ''{{Equilibrium}}'', Preston (played by ChristianBale) wakes up from [[CatapultNightmare a rather intense dream]] shirtless and sweaty, which [[DistractedByTheSexy kinda detracts from the drama of the scene]].
* Much like the above scene, in [[StarWars Revenge of the Sith]] Anakin awakes from his first nightmare of Padme, and he's well.... [[FemaleGaze shirtless and sweaty]], needless to say, it kinda made me forget about Padme.
* The original ''{{TRON}}'' gives us JeffBridges taking his shirt off when he walks into his office with his best friend and his best friend's girlfriend (who also happens to be his ex-girlfriend). Other than "Flynn was really working up a sweat from playing video games," no explanation for shirtlessness is given.
** And given a {{Fanservice}} ShoutOut in the sequel when Alan shows up to tell Sam about the page. Of course, Sam does explain it by saying he smells "like jail." There's a second where the Armory Sirens [[GoGoEnslavement strip Sam to his shorts]] before fitting him with a gridsuit.
* Most of the male cast of ''ExitToEden''.
* Film/{{Thor}} gets a wonderfully long and gratutious shirtless scene that made for great trailer fodder.
-->'''Darcy:''' You know, for a crazy homeless person, he's pretty cut.
* 1/3rd of ''YouthInRevolt'' has MichaelCera shirtless.
* The opening credits of the 1993 film adaptation of "Much Ado About Nothing" features much of the male cast washing up before meeting with Leonato and his household.
* In ''Walk Like A Man'', there's a deleted (?) scene where Colleen Camp is in the backyard being pampered by two smooth chested, blonde and buff young men while three other smooth chested, blonde and buff guys next door look on.
* In ''HarryPotterAndTheDeathlyHallows'' Part 2 after the trio escape from Gringotts and fall in a lake, Ron and Harry promptly strip off their shirts to change into drier clothes. Unfortunately for the straight males/lesbians in the audience, Hermione does not do the same.
* Sabastien Guy doesn't wear a shirt for longer than 10 seconds in ''Close Enough to Touch''.
* The film of ''Film/MasterAndCommander'' has one midshipman going shirtless while in sickbay. And there's Dr. Maturin going shirtless as he operates on himself to remove a bullet.
* In ''Film/WithnailAndI'', Creator/PaulMcGann seems to lose his shirt (and trousers) every couple of scenes. This comes back to bite him when he attracts unwanted attention.
* A lot of Arnold Schwarzenegger's movies. Notable is ''Film/Commando'' where he dons a tactical vest on the beach before leaving to attack the compound in Val Verde, but he of course sheds it in the first few seconds of the fight for now particular reason.
* Jean-Caude van Damme; that is all.
* Jack gets three in ''Film/{{Oblivion 2013}}''.

[[folder:Live Action TV]]
* In the miniseries adaptation of ''Literature/PrideandPrejudice'', Darcy has a bath. Open ''and'' wet shirt? Excessive hotness! Areas below the waist are [[CensorSuds conveniently hidden]].
* Nick from ''Series/TheSecretCircle''. Lampshaded by Cassie when she wonders if he even owns a shirt.
* Pretty much the ENTIRETY of the [[XenaWarriorPrincess Xena]] episode "Old Ares had a Farm". Mmmmm, yes...
* ''Series/StarTrekTheOriginalSeries'':
** A classic TV example is WilliamShatner as Captain Kirk. This was so common an occurrence in the series that the spin-off trading card game actually included an official "Shirtless Kirk" card.
** Spock got one, too, in "Patterns of Force". And he never, ever got one again.
** Sulu got one in "[[Recap/StarTrekS1E4TheNakedTime The Naked Time]]".
** Poked fun of in ''Film/GalaxyQuest'' when Jason, an obvious stand-in for Kirk, manages to lose his shirt during a battle, leading to a LampshadeHanging where Alexander snidely tells him, "I see you managed to get your shirt off."
** Also parodied in the ''WesternAnimation/{{Futurama}}'' episode "Where No Fan Has Gone Before", where William Shatner ''specifically tears his shirt before getting into a fight'' due to the power of the trope in ''Franchise/StarTrek'' fandom.
* ''Series/TwentyFour'':
** Jack Bauer gets a few of these and even spends an episode in season two ''naked''.
** Near the end of Day 4, Tony Almeida. Hello.
* On ''WhiteCollar,'' Neal gets one of these every few episodes. Peter got one in the pilot episode, and didn't get another one until the fourth season, where he got two shirtless scenes in the space of three episodes.
** Mozzie also got one in season three, but...[[FanDisservice eh, no.]]
* Common for Chris Meloni as Elliot Stabler on ''LawAndOrderSpecialVictimsUnit''. Olivia Benson once walked into "the crib" as he was changing out of a ripped shirt and commented, "I like that shirt." More likely she enjoyed seeing it off.
** Naturally, he also gets to take his shirt off as Roman in ''Series/TrueBlood''.
** And ''Series/{{Oz}}'', where he's often shirtless as well (but that [[MaleFrontalNudity isn't the only clothing he takes off...]])
* ''{{Smallville}}'': Tom Welling has not only gotten his fair share of shirtless scenes as Clark Kent but ''wet T-shirt'' scenes.
** His shirt comes off, too, after he's so conveniently thrown in a furnace and all his clothing is burned away. There were a few shirtless scenes with Michael Rosenbaum as well, which were most definitely appreciated.
** Let's not forget about hot-Doomsday, I mean, DAVIS stabbing himself in the chest (which apparently requires shirtlessness...)
** Is there any male character on that show that ''hasn't'' had a shirtless scene?
* Quite a bit of ''{{Hex}}'', apparently. Some of the male cast members manage to take them on and off every other scene.
* Jesse Metcalfe as John Rowland on ''DesperateHousewives''.
* Franchise/SuperSentai has a good amount of shirtless scenes in every series as well as its American counterpart Franchise/PowerRangers.
** One of the notable shirtless scene is Doggie "Boss" Krueger's TransformationSequence in ''TokusouSentaiDekaranger''. His robes actually dissolve revealing his (furry) body which slowly gets covered in his Dekamaster outfit.
** Another notable instance is Leo, [[Series/PowerRangersLostGalaxy Lost Galaxy Red Ranger]], [[BattleStrip tearing his shirt off]]...only to morph a moment later. This one is so iconic, it's included in the opening theme from the second version onward (you can see it [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=unvaE_5ZDrw here]] at 1:16, 2:17, ''and'' 3:14)
** Cole from [[Series/PowerRangersWildForce Wild Force]] got a couple as well, ripping off his shirt Leo-style during the final episode's BattleInTheRain.
* While ''Mortal Kombat Conquest'' focuses mostly on female-based fanservice, there are a number of shirtless male scenes. Shang Tsung doesn't even wear a shirt, he just goes around in a vest most of the time.
* ''Series/{{Heroes}}'': [[MrFanservice Peter Petrelli]] and [[DracoInLeatherPants Sylar]] are infamous for this; they've been seen without their shirts on at least once every season. They even got one together in season three (fine, so Sylar was wearing an undershirt, but close enough to count).
** ''Every'' major male character has gotten at least one shirtless scene (save for the Haitian, depending on your definition of 'major'). Teasers for Season 3 that included a shot of Mohinder's bare torso were met with fangirlish screams of, "About damn time!"
** Hiro gets a shirtless scene in season four when he steals a t-shirt in order to cover up the hospital robe.
* At one point, the titular character in the British TV series ''{{Sharpe}}'' attempts to improve his squad's firing rate. For some reason, he removes his shirt for this.
** For some reason? He does it to show the soldiers the whip scars on his back which attest he came up from the ranks and has no pretentions on being better than them - that he knows exactly what they are going through and isn't demanding anything he hasn't done himself.
* ''Series/BuffyTheVampireSlayer''.
** Spike during the last two seasons. Sometimes even his pants came off. James Marsters has, in fact, referred to his costume in season six as "pretty much a sock." Lampshaded by the First Evil (using Buffy's appearance) when she uses Spike's blood to open the Seal. "She" mentions that the original plan was to use Andrew, "but you look better with your shirt off."
** Angel [[WalkingShirtlessScene didn't wear a shirt at all]] during the third season.
*** If Marti Noxon is writing the episode you can be assured that Angel will take off his shirt at some point. Or be shown [[EatingTheEyeCandy partially stripped. And dripping with sweat. During a torture scene. Whilst ''shackled to a bed''...]]
** In "First Date" Xander gets a shirtless scene. And he wears nothing but a red speedo in "Go Fish".
** Oz is shirtless for a good amount of time in "Wild at Heart".
* ''Series/{{Angel}}''
** In "Rm w/a Vu" Angel comes to the door of his apartment wearing a towel and nothing else. In the episode commentary by writer Jane Espenson, she notes, "I put that scene in there because, frankly, I knew there wouldn't be a woman on the planet who wouldn't enjoy seeing David [Boreanaz] shirtless and dripping wet." The series is absolutely full of shirtless scenes for the titular hero.
** The season 5 episode "Hellbound", where Spike ends up naked.
** Lindsey goes shirtless during the fight scene in "You're Welcome". For no apparent reason, while making a penis euphemism.
* Parodied in ''TrailerParkBoys'', where Randy is always shirtless, despite being [[FanDisservice hairy and overweight]].
* JossWhedon points out how happy female viewers probably are about Simon Tam's shirtless scene in the commentary of the "Objects in Space" episode of ''Series/{{Firefly}}''.
** Of course, one can't forget the time Malcolm Reynolds spends completely naked in "Trash", either.
** And Jayne Cobb is shirtless at the start of 'Jaynestown'.
** In commentary for TheMovie, meanwhile, he apologizes for having Mal only shirtless in one scene and then only showing him from his neck up for most of it.
* ''Series/{{Supernatural}}'' had Sam show up in just a towel in "Hell House". Good times.
** Because the writers are twisted, the shapeshifter taking Dean's form in 'Skin' takes his shirt off (Fantastic!) and then takes his skin off, with his teeth falling out, turning it into FanDisservice.
** Before ''Supernatural'', Dean was on ''DarkAngel'' and had at least one of these... which got turned into a Website/YouTube montage with the Hell House scene.
** Recently, Castiel got a very quick shirtless scene. He lures four angels who are about to kill him, and opens his shirt revealing BloodMagic Angel-Be-Gone sigil, using it to banish the four angels and himself. Doubles as CMA.
*** Since Castiel will probably not ever chuck off his top again unless it's to quickly show bloody sigils that he carved into his chest, fans have to content themselves with his actor's shirtless scenes in ''Series/TwentyFour'' and ''Series/{{ER}}''.
** The third episode of season six opens with Sam working out with no shirt on. It's so distracting that the prostitute he just slept with nearly walks off without him paying.
* Turk, Dr. Cox, and The Todd have gotten Shirtless Scenes in ''Series/{{Scrubs}}''. So has JD, but his chest isn't as delicious.
** In S8 he has a couple, in one instance repeating a fantasy with him and Turk but with the shirtlessness reversed, explicitly (when dream Turk questions this) because he has been working out a little.
** Cox's case is {{lampshaded}} by Jordan:
--->'''Jordan:''' We all got it, you love your body. Now put a shirt on.
* Strangely, there's a scene with Gordon Ramsay putting his shirt on in almost every single episode of ''Ramsay's Kitchen Nightmares''. He really doesn't have the build for it.
** MANY people harbour a PerverseSexualLust for Gordon Ramsay. You either get it or you don't.
*** It's the excessive confidence (the same excessive confidence that compels him to take his shirt off so often, as a matter of fact). Gordon Ramsay definitely calls out his own name during sex.
** The title sequence of Ramsay's ''The F Word'' is a protracted sequence of Gordon taking off his civilian shirt and putting on his chefs coat, showing off his bare chest in the progress. Ramsay's definitely a fan of this trope.
* Mork in the ''MorkAndMindy'' episodes "Mork's Seduction", "Mork In Wonderland", and "Putting The Ork Back In Mork". He also wore a Denver Broncos Cheerleader uniform in "Hold That Mork", which isn't totally shirtlessness, but it doesn't cover a lot of his torso...
* Ryan Atwood, in ''Series/TheOC''. That dude has ''big'' arms, for an [[DawsonCasting alleged 16-years-old]], so half his wardrobe is, naturally, tank tops.
** Also done in the second season with DJ the pool boy. And then in season three with all of those surfer guys. Okay, pretty much anyone [[TheScrappy Marissa]] was ever involved with, except (fortunately) Oliver and (unfortunately) [[SuddenlySexuality Alex]].
* In the ''Series/DoctorWho'' new series, in order: The Ninth Doctor, Captain Jack Harkness, Elton, Mickey Smith and the Tenth Doctor have all had one.
** Lest we forget John Simm's Master in End of Time (the writers made sure to get every bit of FanService out of him as they could. Shirtless, bondage, and cross-dressing all in two episodes.)
** And Davros, to an extent.
** Heck, the Eleventh Doctor got one straight away. I'm with Amy. I sure as ''hell'' do not want to look away.
*** He also got a striptease! For charity.
** Rory got a very nice shirtless scene in "The Curse of the Black Spot"......bout time too.
** From the old series, Turlough in "Planet of Fire" ([[MsFanservice Peri's]] first appearance).
*** [[spoiler: Though he's not so much shirtless as trouserless...]]
** TelevisionWithoutPity recapper Jacob lampshades Elton's ShirtlessScene:
--->''He stands, arms akimbo, a... ''hell'' of a lot easier to take with his shirt off.''
** Heck, the Third Doctor gets a shower scene in his first episode.
** The Fourth Doctor comes very close to getting a shirtless scene in 'The Deadly Assassin'. He spends the entirety of the episode wearing a loose, low-necked, partially see-through white shirt, which gets torn, dirt-stained, blood-stained, AND soaking wet while he's in the mind matrix world. Alas, he is never seen completely without it. Not even when he's being TORTURED for Pete's sake. Geez, they passed up a lot of good oppurtunities in that episode.
** Peter Davison sort of got one in 'Mawdryn Undead'. Although it turned out it wasn't actually Fivey. It was Mawdryn, who had somehow managed to take Fivey's form.
** Eleven gets [[{{Fanservice}} another]] in "[[Recap/DoctorWhoS31E11TheLodger The Lodger."]]
*** It's actually a ShowerScene. There were many ways they could have done the scene. They opted for the sexiest option. The Matt Smith fangirls (and pretty much everyone else) rejoiced.
** In the MadeForTVMovie, Eight has three scenes where you get to see his chest. [[EatingTheEyeCandy His smooth, pale, hairless, well-muscled chest...]] The second one is rather FanDisservice-y, though, what with involving something on the possibly milder end of BodyHorror, though. Oh, and Seven has one too, but... eh, no thank you.
* Captain Jack Harkness again in ''Series/{{Torchwood}}'', along with Ianto: Jack in both "Small Worlds" and "Adrift," Ianto in "Adrift." Technically, both are naked in "Adrift," but there are some conveniently placed plants.
* Still along BBC lines, ''Series/{{Merlin}}'' just doesn't seem to be Merlin these days without Arthur popping up shirtless at least once every couple of episodes.
** Case in point: "The Lady of the Lake" in season 2, where the future king is quite stunningly naked, save a towel, for the sake of a bath which he never takes and which serves the plot in no very obvious way.
** Arthur can't seem to lock/unlock his dresser drawer with a shirt on.
*** In 3x08, Arthur beats all his records, showing up shirtless at five seconds in! It's pretty much the first thing you see. He also had a shirtless scene in the previous episode.
**** It has reached the point where ColinMorgan and Creator/BradleyJames are now mocking the gratuitousness of this on the commentaries.
** And in season 3 we met Gwaine. Wibble.
** As of ''Lancelot du Lac'', Lancelot has one too.
** How do we know Merlin's the main character? He was the first one to get a ShirtlessScene.
*** Likewise, [[EnsembleDarkhorse Leon's]] role as a series regular is cemented when he gets to go shirtless for the first time. It's like a ComingOfAge ritual on this show. Ditto for Mordred (though he's partially wrapped in torso bandages).
** Averted with Sir Percival. Those huge biceps of his and the fact that he never wears sleeves are just begging for him to take his shirt off...but they never do it.
*** This is rectified in series 5 in which Percival (and Gwaine) spend the entire first two episodes sans shirt (they were enslaved by Morgana and forced to work in a mine - naturally this involved a lot of pick-axing and heavy lifting. It was practically an ExcusePlot built solely around giving them a semi-justifiable reason to whip their shirts off).
** AnthonyHead and NathanielParker have also both had a chance to take their shirts off. They're significantly older than the rest of the CastFullOfPrettyBoys, but... yeah, they've still got it.
* And let's not forget the scene in ''GreysAnatomy'' where Dr Mark Sloan, AKA McSteamy, walks out of, appropriately, a cloud of steam, wearing the smallest amount of coverage possible to avoid the censors. {{Fanservice}} if ever there was one.
** One episode in the sixth season features a plot for Alex Karev that seems designed mostly to have him shirtless for most of the episode.
* Plenty of ''Series/{{Lost}}'' guys have gotten this: Jack, Sawyer, Sayid, Jin (who is absolutely ''ripped'' by the way!)...
** An excellent example from the ''Lost'' season 4 finale: [[spoiler:jumping out of the helicopter and swimming to shore apparently knocks Sawyer's shirt right off.]]
*** And don't forget Desmond being naked after the [[spoiler:hatch implodes]]... and who doesn't seem to know how to work his shirt buttons when he is wearing one, like Linc from ''PrisonBreak''.
* ''Series/{{Battlestar Galactica|Reimagined}}'' features some truly spectacular ones, most notably Lee Adama's towel-dropping scene. Helo had a nice one late in season three.
** [[FanDisservice Subverted]] in the season 3 opener "Occupation". Though Fat Apollo does seem to have a [[http://t-shirts.cafepress.com/item/i-heart-fat-apollo-tshirt/80629039 few]] [[http://obsidianwings.blogs.com/obsidian_wings/2007/01/bring_back_fat_.html fans]].
** Apparently yet another favorite trope of actor JamieBamber, who has a handful of these sprinkled across his TV appearances as well as in a print ad for PETA.
** Used dramatically in other as the elder Adama studies his surgical scar and (now healed) bullet wounds in the mirror.
* In one scene in ''TheITCrowd'', Jen tries to distract an office full of women by telling them that a builder outside the window has taken his shirt off, "just like in ads" (a reference to the Diet Coke Hunk). It's true -- but the builder is ''not'' hunky.
* Chris Barrie went to the gym for his two shirtless scenes in ''Series/RedDwarf'' series 5. Craig Charles also gets a few, which are definitely FanDisservice.
* ''TheMiddleman'': When Sensei Ping prepares for battle, his shirt ''spontaneously flies away from his body'', apparently propelled by sheer badassery. The fact that the Middleman himself is in a bicep-baring tank top by that point just makes the scene all that more delightful.
* Dr. Daniel Jackson of ''Series/StargateSG1'' winds up completely naked following de-[[AscendToAHigherPlaneOfExistence ascension from a higher plane of existence]] -- not even once, but twice.
** Teal'c is also seen shirtless in later seasons once Junior (his symbiote) is gone and the freaky symbiote pouch has disappeared.
** And there was that time when Colonel Mitchell was handcuffed to a bed wearing only his boxers...
** Even Jack O'Neill managed to be shirtless once.
* In ''TheSarahConnorChronicles'' episode "Vick's Chip", the ladies are treated to resident Derek Reese having a shower scene.
* In ''Series/{{House}}'', we get at least one shot of Hugh Laurie shirtless per season.
** Chase also had one.
** Foreman, too. C'mon, Wilson! What are you waiting for??
* Jason Stackhouse of ''Series/TrueBlood'' spends most of his onscreen time naked. Even when he wears clothes, the shirts almost never have sleeves.
** There's also Bill, Eric, and Sam, who have all gone butt-naked at some point in the series.
** Not surprising, considering Alan Ball is openly gay.
* Tom Selleck had regular shirtless scenes in ''MagnumPI''.
* Lucas North of ''{{Spooks}}'' in first episode od season 7.
* Several of the male characters of ''VeronicaMars'' get a shirtless scene: Weevil, Cassidy ("Not Pictured"), Sheriff Don Lamb,...
** Let's not forget that moment in "Welcome Wagon" when Dick Casablancas, wearing only Union Jack underwear and a balaclava, dances with a blow-up doll dressed in a French maid's uniform.
* ''{{Sanctuary}}'' had a very nice one with the male scientist protagonist, Will, where he strips to his skivvies so the Invisible Girl won't feel self-conscious when she has to take off her clothes to become invisible and complete a task. [[FridgeLogic "Why would a scientist be that ripped?"]]
* Happens at least OnceAnEpisode in ''NoahsArc''.
* Robin Williams in the Creator/{{PBS}} ''Great Performances'' production of ''Seize The Day''. Probably not intended as {{Fanservice}}, but compared to shirtless [[FanDisservice Jerry]] [[{{Squick}} Stiller]]...
* RobinWilliams as Literature/TheFrogPrince in the ''Faerie Tale Theatre'' production of... ''[[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin The Frog Prince]]'' is naked when he transforms back into a man, covered only by a ModestyBedsheet.
* Thanks to his [[TheCasanova womanizing ways]], [[Series/HowIMetYourMother Barney Stinson]] gets his fair share of these scenes. Hell, one episode (episode 10 of season 4, for those of you taking notes) is all about getting naked. (Since he's played by Neil Patrick Harris, it's very much appreciated.)
* All of the adult male cast members on ''TheElectricCompany'' appeared shirtless at one point or another. [[FanDisservice Even Bill Cosby]].
* In ''Series/{{Chuck}}'', the minor character Devon (better known as Captain Awesome) is regularly shirtless, apparently because that's how the character wants to dress. For Halloween, we saw him costumed as Adam, in flesh-colored briefs with a large green fig leaf. Chuck himself is rarely shirtless, which is probably because the actor is better built than the character.
** We do finally get an extended shirtless Chuck sequence in the third season.
** Every spy love interest for Sarah goes shirtless at some point: Bryce and Cole at least have the injury excuse. Shaw walks around in a towel just because.
* Danny Blue from ''{{Hustle}}'' used to appear shirtless on a pretty regular basis (as well as going completely nude a few times). It also happened a couple of times with Mickey Stone, [[spoiler: including a scene in season 3 which featured both boys being dropped off in the middle of London completely naked - perhaps unsurprisingly given their respective track records of onscreen nudity, Mickey was the first one to find himself something to wear]]
* [[http://www.thedailyshow.com/video/index.jhtml?videoId=108740&title=Moment-of-Zen---Shirtless This Moment of Zen]] from ''Series/TheDailyShow'' has Jon Stewart, Steve Carell and Creator/StephenColbert all posing shirtless for the (imaginary) new reality show ''Temptation Pitch''. Colbert has also done multiple shirtless scenes on ''Series/TheColbertReport'' and appeared totally naked in ''Series/StrangersWithCandy''.
* Archer & Tucker in the ''Series/StarTrekEnterprise'' episode "Desert Crossing", but in their defense it ''was'' a desert world.
** Archer, Tucker, Reed, and Mayweather run around in their skivvies on that show A LOT.
** Pretty much every decon scene deserves a mention. Except for the one in "Bounty" with Phlox. {{Squick}}.
** Bakula loses his shirt on a very, very regular basis. Liquification of those attracted to the male gender occurs.
* And ''Series/QuantumLeap'' has Scott Bakula shirtless in every other episode, as well.
* The opening of ''KamenRiderKiva''.
* Craig Horner gets into a lot of shirtless action (well, not like ''that'') as Richard Rahl on the ''LegendOfTheSeeker'' TV series. Probably for good reason.
* [[RuleOfFunny Gibby]] in ''Series/ICarly''. He shows up without a shirt, or removes in his scenes more than he ends up with it still on. It does not matter where it is. School. A party. A restaurant. On a live webshow. The shirt comes off. Rawr. Played straight with some of the guys Carly dates, such as Griffin in one of the extended episodes, using a motorcycle accident as an excuse.
* Watch any episode of ''Series/{{Cops}}''. Chances are at least one of the suspects will be shirtless.
* Many home improvement shows where the carpenter works without his shirt on.
* Anthony Ainley, better known as [[Series/DoctorWho The Master]], [[http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v482/80sFreakLurker/fanservice/Shirtless.jpg had a very brief one]] in the BBC series ''Out Of The Unknown'' episode "Welcome Home".
* Ballard in ''{{Dollhouse}}'' has had several quite extended such scenes (a show on the brink needs all the help it can get), including a fairly pointless scene of him sparring in a boxing ring in the re shot pilot, which did little else but show he is ripped. It is worth pointing out Ballard is played by Helo from ''Series/{{Battlestar Galactica|Reimagined}}'' and really rocks the shirtless look.
** Also Victor, courtesy of the [[{{Fanservice}} community showers]] in the Dollhouse.
* In one episode of ''PushingDaisies'', Ned is shown shirtless, with the justification being that he and Chuck are bringing Chuck's bees back to life and it's efficient to just [[{{Squick}} pour the dead bees on him]].
* Both Demetri and Mark have gotten shirtless scenes in ''FlashForward2009''. The fangirls are not complaining one bit.
* On ''Average Joe'' Shirts vs. Skins basketball and dodgeball were played. The Joes were always the Shirts team and the Hunks were the Skins team.
* On the local news during a heat wave, young lean and muscular shirtless men with smooth, hairless chests are sometimes among those asked how they deal with being outside during a heatwave. Case in point: during a heatwave in the summer of 1992 during the 5:00 broadcast, Washington D.C. general news reporter Wendy Rieger did a VoxPops interview with a shirtless, twentysomething male who was playing soccer on the National Mall. He told her that the black shorts and T-shirt combo he was wearing matched perfectly but that the shirt was soaked with sweat and became unwearable, so it had to come off. Rieger ran her index finger along his near-smooth chiseled chest and told the strapping young man she thought that his black shorts-and-sweaty bare chest combination was a good style for him by saying that "It looks like you're well matched here."
* The "Toni's Boys" episode of ''CharliesAngels'' features a feminist commentary about shirtless scenes. [[http://www.dvdtalk.com/reviews/images/reviews/253/1250738191_10.jpg In one scene set at a male strip club, male Angel Bob Sorenson is asked by Jade Allen, the owner of the strip club to take his shirt off. Which he does while Kris Munroe eyes him like a hungry lioness.]] While watching a male stripper rehearse, she asks Kris "I think it's time for us ladies to have something yummy to look at. Don't you think?" "Mmmm!" was Kris' answer.
* Eliot from ''Series/{{Leverage}}'' goes shirtless in the boxing episode. TNT.com, while listing their top 10 Leverage episodes, includes the shirtlessness as a reason for "The Tap-Out Job" making it.
* Parodied in JustShootMe. Maya dated a guy who liked to take off his shirt a little too much. She finally breaks up with him when she found him shirtless in public. [[spoiler: Turns out he just saved a little girl who fell into the sewer.]]
* Also parodied on ''TheManShow''. [[WalkingShirtlessScene The no shirt guy ''Needusattention Showumnipplus'']]
* Every episode of the SoapOpera ''{{Passions}}'' was full of shirtless scenes.
* Became something of an art-form on ''Series/RobinHood''. Every single male cast member (except, tragically, Will Scarlett) had a shirtless scene. Of course, this was a double-edged sword: although [[FanService Robin, Guy and Allan]] had their shirts off, so did [[FanDisservice the Sheriff, Little John and Tuck]]; as did Much. Equally artistic were the reasons for their shirtlessness: most of the time it was because the men were [[FetishFuel getting tortured or tied up in some way]], though there is a priceless scene in which Guy is putting on armour ''over his bare skin.''
* Captain Grisham got several shirtless scenes in ''Series/QueenOfSwords'', one of which was used in the opening credits montage.
* Bo and Luke Duke often appeared with their shirts off on ''TheDukesOfHazzard''.
* Brian Kinney of QueerAsFolk adores the living hell out of this trope. He goes shirtless and pours a whole bottle of water on himself ''in slow motion'' twenty minutes into the pilot episode. In fact, there doesn't seem to be a single character on the show who hasn't gone shirtless, or even full frontal, at some point - including Emmett's 70-something-year-old boyfriend.
* On one episode of ''MatchGame '73'' [=McLean=] Stevenson [[WalkingShirtlessScene didn't wear a shirt]].
* The Abercrombie & Fitch employees sketch on ''MadTv''
** Also from ''Mad TV'': [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yP7JHo-pX28 Eddie Thundercloud]]
* [[HerculesTheLegendaryJourneys Hercules]] gets several of these during the series, but is exemplified in an episode in a later season, with both the GirlOfTheWeek and a cross-dressing Iolaus (playing another character) watching the hero do some heavy lifting, then douse himself with a bucket of water, filmed in slow motion and deliberately sexy camera shots, all to a nicely-done song called "Hunk O' Herc".
** Even as [[Series/YoungHercules a teenager]], Hercules got one shirtless scene. And he wasn't the only one. Iolaus (played by the lovely and talented Dean O'Gorman) had at least three, and Jason (played by the equally-if-not-moreso lovely and talented Chris Conrad)...well, it's easier to find episodes where he isn't shirtless, really.
* In Series/{{Skins}}, at least in the first season every guys have shirtless scene. So Yeah...
* Justin Russo of ''WizardsOfWaverlyPlace'' gets one in the ''[[WizardsOfWaverlyPlace Wizards]] [[TheSuiteLifeOfZackAndCody On Deck]] with HannahMontana'' crossover.
* Very frequent on ''DantesCove'' - even when people aren't having sex, they have a tendency to leave their shirts unbuttoned or off altogether (possibly [[JustifiedTrope justified]] by the tropical setting), and Adam only actually seems to wear a shirt three times, twice unbuttoned. [[LampshadeHanging Lampshaded]] by Grace once.
---> '''Grace''': Aren't you with that other one, now? The one that says "dude" and appears not to own a shirt?
* ''[[Series/FlashGordon1954 Flash Gordon]]'' (1950s TV series). Steve Holland (as the title character) always had a mandatory scene every episode where he'd enter the cabin of his rocketship while still changing his shirt, revealing a well-muscled chest.
* TheVampireDiaries must have a "one shirtless scene per episode" clause in, um, all of its male actor's contracts. Because the two male leads are played by the gorgeous, hunky, and ''ripped'' Paul Wesley and Ian Somerhalder, this is very much appreciated by the large female fanbase. Damon and Stefan aren't the only ones running around sans shirt on the show either; Elena's younger brother Jeremy (who is suspiciously ripped for a [[DawsonCasting ostensible sixteen-year-old]]) is frequently shown shirtless, as is her good friend Matt. And most male characters run around in tank tops when not completely shirtless. This troper is grateful for the scenes, as they kept her watching until the show [[GrowingTheBeard grew its beard]] and became more than just eye-candy and melodrama.
* Georgie gets one in the ''DavyCrockett'' mini-series, when [[NobleSavage Indians]] capture him.
* ''SoYouThinkYouCanDance'' began to embrace this trope with Season 3 contestant Pasha and it has since become a staple in subsequent seasons. {{Lampshade}}d in earliest instances by judge and exec. producer Nigel Lythgoe with jokes about costume department issues/budgets.
* John appears shirtless a few times in ''Series/{{Farscape}}'' to the delight of fangirls.
* ''Series/BritainsGotTalent'' featured a martial arts duo called Strike in its second series, who took their shirts off during their audition and went rippy in their semi-final and final performances. Amanda Holden got reduced to fangirl level.
* The teaser of the ''TheWestWing'' episode "The Crackpots and These Women" features a handful of sweaty male staffers playing basketball with the President. It's notable that while Toby and Bartlet are dressed in humorous alumni sweatshirts to underline their interactions in the scene, Charlie happens to be in a nearly transparent t-shirt, and Josh in a ratty wife beater which reveals the most PerverseSexualLust-inducing arms ever sported by an overworked political operative.
* ''Series/{{Glee}}'' has Puck and now Sam, who seems to have more shirtless scenes than regular ones.
** Not that anyone minds seeing Sam shirtless in [[FanService nearly every scene]]. Though the director seems to tone his shirtless=ness down in recent episodes.
** Finn and Will also had shirtless scences in the Rocky Horror Glee Show. Curiously, Kurt has yet to have one.
** And now we also have Blaine, taking a shower after boxing.
* Tons of them in ''Series/{{Charmed}}''.
* All of the 3 male leads in ''LifeAsWeKnowIt'' get one at some point.
* Zack has a few in ''Series/AccidentallyOnPurpose''
* In ''Series/{{Californication}}'', it would be quicker to list the episodes where David Duchovny's character Hank Moody ''doesn't'' take his shirt off.
* Agent Fox Mulder on ''Series/{{The X-Files}}'' was shirtless fairly often, [[MrFanservice among other things]].
** AD Skinner had several glorious Shirtless Scenes as well.
* [[http://www.videosurf.com/video/vows-of-deception-cheryl-ladd-58469735 Michael Woolson]] in the MadeForTVMovie ''Vows of Deception''. Much to Cheryl Ladd's delight.
* Kwame Mensah from ''{{Tinsel}}'' showed us just what he'd been hiding all those scenes he spent in the wheelchair. Yum!
* ''[[Series/TenThingsIHateAboutYou 10 Things I Hate About You]]'' is full of [[http://www.dailymotion.com/video/xak28y_gratuitous-shirtless-hunks-10-thing-gaylesbian gratuitous shirtless scenes]].
* On ''DancingWithTheStars'', [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hPIwfU-O3xg Maskim Cherkovskiy]] when dancing the samba with Erin Andrews.
** Now has been done with both the Cherkovskiy brothers, even in the same week(the week, incidentally, when the celebrities had artistic control of the routines).
* CSI:Crime Scene Investigation's men tend to get shirtless: Warrick Brown, Nick Stokes in the wedding episode, and Greg Sanders in the shower scene...
* In the premiere episode of ''MelrosePlace'', the first thing Billy does after moving in is to take his shirt off and Allison likes it.
* Jeff from ''Series/{{Community}}'', and to a lesser extent the rest of the study group, have found themselves stipping down in some rather bizzare situations. Possibly the wierdest was being involved in a game of pool that to prove a point was being played naked.
* ''{{MASH}}'' regularly showed characters in the showers, depending on the actor this was either {{fanservice}} or {{Squick}}
* ''LoisAndClark'' had a few through the series. Clark once answered the door of his apartment wearing nothing but a [[ModestyTowel towel]].
* On [[SoapOpera soap operas]], male characters are [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qkZeDYXyl2Y required to work out shirtless]].
* Agent Pete Lattimer on ''{{Warehouse 13}}'' will accept more or less any excuse to take his shirt off. Get in a fight? Oops, all the buttons gave way. Dangerous VR video game? I'm playing the gladiator! Learn your new colleague his gay? Strip off so he can enjoy the hotness. Body-swap with your female partner? We get to see him walking around half-naked holding his hands over his nipples.
* The ''Series/TeenWolf'' series on MTV has taken shirtless-scenes past gratuitous and into pure art-form. Every episode, hell, every scene, there are better than even odds that one of the male stars (who are all ridiculously attractive) will take their shirts off. If you made it into a drinking game, you'd have alcohol poisoning by the end of the first episode. And you'd probably be paralytic before the ''first break''.
** Derek Hale seems to get it the most. Every episode gives us either Derek shirtless flexing, Derek shirtless working out, Derek shirtless captured, Derek shirtless injured, or Stiles using Derek shirtless to goad a gay character into helping him. When the Argent family of werewolf hunters capture him, ''the very first thing they do is remove his shirt'', for no apparent reason. Although he is played by Tyler Hoechlin, and that's probably reason enough.
** Indeed, Stiles is the only male character to have kept his shirt on for the entire first season. But the producers have promised that we'd get to see Stiles' abs in season two.
* Several scenes in the first few episodes of ''Series/TerraNova'' have Jason O Mara taking of his shirt. As a result, I have nicknamed the Jim Shannon character as Abs-daddy
* In the "Friends or Lovers?" episode of ''Series/{{Wings}}'', Joe has one.
* Jax Teller in ''SonsOfAnarchy'' gets these from time to time.
* TheHardyBoysNancyDrewMysteries: Hoooo, brother, where to ''start''? Luckily, both male stars had great bodies for it:
** ''Mystery of the Hollywood Phantom'': Frank Hardy (aka Parker Stevenson) walks into the room fresh from the shower, [[ModestyTowel clad only in a towel.]]
** ''Life on the Line'': Frank strips off his shirt inside his trailer.
** ''Sole Survivor'': [[PrettyBoy Joe Hardy]] (aka [[TeenIdol Shaun Cassidy]]) spends most of the episode in a sweat-jacket unzipped halfway down.
* Lou Diamond Phillips gets one of these at the end of an episode of ''Series/{{Psych}}''. At first the scene is played as an ImagineSpot of O'Hara, who has been ogling the guy throughout the episode, fantasizing but then we see that the character is actually walking around with his shirt off.
* Dyson of ''LostGirl'' gets this a lot.
** In the episode with the lich, Hale ends up getting vomit onto the front of his shirt from the girl he's supposed to watch, forcing Kenzi to take it off. Straight women and gay men were never more grateful for vomit.
* Parodied in a ''SoRandom'' ''WheelofFortune'' skit: "Jacob" is suddenly shirtless inbetween shots. "Pat Sajak" asks why he took his short, and "Jacob asks the same thing. We go back to "Pat" to see ''him'' suddenly shirtless.
* ''Series/StarskyAndHutch'' has a few of these, most of which feature the titular characters themselves.
* The original ''Series/{{Battlestar Galactica|Classic}}'': Starbuck and Boomer each have one shirtless scene (in "The Young Lords" and "The Hand of God", respectively).
* ''Series/GreenWing'' has one with Mac and Guy wrestling shirtless in front of a large fireplace in one of Mac's dream sequences.
* Harmon Rabb got quite a few in earlier seasons of ''Series/{{JAG}}''.
* Some of the guests on ''Series/TheMuppetShow'' got a chance. The late Rudolf Nureyev would be the standout here, performing a duet with Miss Piggy clad in only a towel.
* ''MadMen'' has too many to count, mostly involving Don.
* ''{{Series/Elementary}}'' has Sherlock Holmes shirtless in his very first scene. He's shirtless again two episodes later while looking through a case file. In the latter case, he remembers wearing a shirt when he started, but can't remember ''why'' he took it off.
* ''TheInspectorLynleyMysteries'' wasn't exactly known for its fanservice, but even then Nathaniel Parker (yes, the same one from ''Series/{{Merlin}}''), playing the title character, got a chance to whip his shirt off a few times. The most notable was in "One Guilty Deed", in which he was dripping wet and wearing nothing but a ''towel''. It was precisely as glorious as you would expect.
* On ''Series/{{Grimm}}'', Renard has had shirtless scenes in at least two episodes, much to the pleasure of fans oriented toward being attracted to men.

[[folder:Music and Music Video]]
* Most {{Boy Band}}s, to some extent.
* [[MarkWahlberg Marky Mark]], shirtless, pants-dropping, [[TheNineties early 90's]] white rapper extraordinaire. He was the face (er, torso) of Calvin Klein for a while, eventually became an Oscar nominated actor -- What?!?
* Usher.
* 50Cent.
* LLCoolJ.
* {{Manowar}} [[http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-PylY7FQPe0c/Tv-oRkZ_rbI/AAAAAAAAAU0/uVsOqvGVuxo/s1600/manowar.jpg]]
* Joe Loeffler from the band Chevelle has apparently never done a video with a shirt on.
* RedHotChiliPeppers... constantly.
** Pfft! Shirtless? They used to go on stage ''naked'' all the time.
*** And on the cover of Rolling Stone.
* Akon
* Maroon 5's lead singer Adam Levine in the video for Moves Like Jagger.
* Music/{{Eminem}}
* David Gahan of DepecheMode
* Brandon Boyd of Incubus. The video for [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fgT9zGkiLig&feature=channel "Drive"]] is especially notable for its many low-angle shots of his abs.
* A good number of rock drummers, as flailing one's limbs is far easier without fabric. Those who do wear shirts generally don't wear anything longer than t-shirts. Averted with Jazz drummers more often than not due to the different technique.
* ZP Theart, formerly of DragonForce, often goes shirtless onstage.
* Bobby Blitz of Music/{{Overkill}} is frequently seen shirtless on stage, and for a 50-year-old man, he's absolutely ''[[GrandmaWhatMassiveHotnessYouHave ripped]]''.
** Ditto for Geoff Tate of Queensryche, who likes to go onstage in a leather jacket with no short underneath. Ye-ow.
* [[Music/{{Queen}} Freddie Mercury]] in the 80s. In the Radio Ga Ga music video, all he wears on his upper body are some red ribbons.
** In '70s concerts, he rocked scoop-neck leotards: the scooped necklines went all the way down to his ''[[http://msnbcmedia.msn.com/j/MSNBC/Components/Photo/_new/g-ent-120514-freddie-mercury-queen.380;380;7;70;0.jpg navel]]''.
* Eugene Hutz of Gogol Bordello tends to go shirtless at all of their concerts.
* Country singer Kenny Chesney appears without a shirt in his music videos and his bus and billboard advertisements.
* Henry Rollins of BlackFlag [[http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/B000MS75EO/bookrags as a young man]], and [[http://www.musicpix.net/modules.php?op=modload&name=News&file=article&sid=527 still today]].
* In video the for his one-hit wonder "Rico Suave", Gerardo didn't wear a shirt.
** [[WalkingShirtlessScene He din't wear one in the video for "Latin Till I Die (Oye Como Va)"]] either.
* The video for "Connection" by Elastica shows the band being surrounded by naked male models.
* The video for her debut single "What Made You Say That?" has Shania Twain frolicking on the beach with a barechested, musclebound love interest.
* Music/{{Gorillaz}}' 2D went topless in the "Dirty Harry" music video, and Murdoc wanders around shirtless a lot of the time. It's debatable whether either or both of them are {{Fanservice}} or FanDisservice, though ...
** The was certainly FanDisservice to be had for the old "Rock The House" music video, with Murdoc sporting some serious skin and not-so-serious physique.
*** The aforementioned video also featured him batting away projectiles ''via groin-thrust''.
* The 1992 {{MTV}} Video Music Awards
* Sting spends some time bare-chested in the video for 'Don't Stand So Close To Me'. While there's two different 'sets' (classroom, random romping area), the shirtless scene is during a classroom segment.
* {{Gackt}}'s YFC tour has him pulling off his tie then ripping off the white sleeveless shirt. Then resumes to go shirtless for the rest of the concert. Why? Does it really matter?
* The first guy's shirt is totally unbuttoned in the video for [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=31UEGl9tvX8 "As If"]] by Sara Evans
* The video for "[[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7zqt19Wa_o0 As Long As You Belong to Me]]" by Holly Dunn.
* The men in the video for [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vWz9VN40nCA "Let's Get Physical"]] by Olivia Newton John
* The video for [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SArW2QjMIEo "Hangin' In"]] by Tanya Tucker.
* The video for [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LDsX7TxgECw "Indian Disco"]] by Jasmine.
* From ''Australia's Got Talent'': Dylan Yeandle while singing this cover version of [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n-d-k85kvrQ "Sex Bomb"]] by Tom Jones.
* Axl Rose of Music/GunsNRoses was known to do this quite often in earlier years.
** As was Slash.
* Robert Plant. So much Robert Plant.
* [[TheSexPistols Sid Vicious]] rarely [[DreadfulMusician "performed"]] with a shirt on.[[/folder]]

[[folder:Sports]]
* 2007 World Men's Champion in figure skating Brian Joubert has a tendency to wander around shirtless backstage at competitions, and ESPN has a tendency to include a clip of it in their broadcasts of every competition he's in. These days they even lampshade this piece of fanservice turned RunningGag, with comments such as "And there's your obligatory shot of Brian Joubert shirtless," or montages like [[http://youtube.com/watch?v=ya5OBozyXh0 this one]]. He may claim that he takes the top of his costume off just because he likes to, not because he wants to show it to everyone, but when you consider he's deliberately posed shirtless for magazine photos and the state of even further ''déshabillé'' he's appeared in on TV in his native France, one must wonder...
* Boxing of every sort.
* Wrestling of every variety. At least they wear more clothes now than they [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nudity_in_Sports used to!]] Of course, women weren't involved in that kind of thing. That would just be obscene!
* The Ultimate Fighting Championship has violence for the straight guys and beefcake for everyone else. Just like the good old days of Ancient Greece and The Roman Empire! They don't sell Ultimate Fighter sweat as an aphrodisiac, though...yet.
* TheBeautifulGame sometimes has the customary [[SexyShirtSwitch jersey switch]] after the game, as well as celebrating goals by pulling one shirt over the head from the front (though the rules forbid that in big games). And of course, at the end of the game, players are sweaty and tired, so the shirt comes off pretty easy. Which infamously leaked over into the ''women's'' game in 1999, on the biggest stage. Yes, straight males can occasionally get something out of this trope.
* The beach and water versions of most sports, such as volleyball, wrestling, polo, and the like.
* Swimming.
* The practice of Shirts vs. Skins is still around, though not quite as common as in the past. Shirts vs. Skins is a method of distinguishing between two teams in a game. One team takes off their shirts, and is therefore called the skins, while the other team keeps their shirts on.
* In 2003 England's rugby team introduced new skin-tight strips - but early on when the design hadn't been perfected yet, every match saw at least one sweaty muscle-bound rugby man with his shirt hanging off him in true Shatnerian fashion. It was fantastic.
* The all male ''Davinci Body Series'' workout videos have each of the participants including the instructor performing in the nude.
* [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-AtCjaYbU-g Men's tennis.]]
* Fairly common in the Running community, due to chafing. Among trail runners, it's also to avoid getting entangled with tree branches.

[[folder:Theater]]
* The [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?search=&mode=related&v=EOMlmcZGCRk Aerial Straps]] act in Cirque du Soleil's ''Varekai''. Also has an aura of {{Twincest}}.
* Cassius from ''Julius Caesar'', ecstatic about the conspiracy to kill Caesar, bares his chest to a thunderstorm one night and, according to the script, appears with his shirt unbuttoned. As the manipulative Cassius could easily be considered the villain- and is also described as being quite [[LeanAndMean lean]]- this can cause some happiness among female Shakespeare geeks.
* ''Riverdance''
* Chris in MissSaigon has two. He's post-coital in one scene and pre-coital in the other, so it's not as gratuitous as most examples.
* ''Terrible Advice'', a black comedy play by Saul Ruibinek of 'Warehouse 13' fame, featured a certain Scott Bakula in nothing but board shorts for the first 15 minutes. Ummm.
* The BBC's ''HenryIVPart2''. Surely Shakespeare was thinking of TomHiddleston when he titled Act 2 Scene 2 "The Sauna Scene." Oh, wait...
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[[folder:Video Games]]
* Shiki Tohno in the sequel/fandisc of ''{{Tsukihime}}'' is shirtless in one possible evening scene at the mansion. He addresses the three female occupants of the house while toweling off his hair, and they are all [[DistractedByTheSexy appropriately stunned by the almighty Tohno Gland]]. [[{{Tsundere}} Akiha]] even ''apologizes'' for something in her daze.
* Sephiroth, the BigBad of ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyVII'', goes shirtless for the game's final showdown, a one-on-one duel with his nemesis Cloud. Although the low polygon count destroys the point of even bothering with it.
** The polygon count ''was'' higher in that battle than any of the real ones. Sephiroth also appears "naked but but obscured by something weird from the waist down" in the cutscene where he gains the Black Materia. Which may actually be justified rather than just censorship if you consider his ultimate OneWingedAngel form. Which also had no shirt, but that version ''really'' had a tiny polygon count.
** The Square Enix store in Japan has a life size statue of Sephiroth frozen in materia set into the floor. [[http://img810.imageshack.us/i/sephirothatsqexshop1.jpg/ Cue drooling]]
*** more like [[UncannyValley cue shuddering]].
** Also, in the prequel ''VideoGame/CrisisCore'', a member of Sephiroth's fanclub mentions how much she'd like to see him "stripped to the waist."
*** And then there's Zack's shirtless beach scene in Crisis Core, complete with invisible armour and materia slots.
** On the other hand, if the PS3 remake of ''FFVII'' ever comes to fruition, that shirtless fight scene will be rendered with today's hyper-realistic graphics. Damn.
** Sephiroth goes shirtless in his alt costume in ''VideoGame/{{Dissidia|FinalFantasy}}''. Careful not to drool on your PSP.
*** Sephiroth also goes shirtless in his alt costume in ''Ehrgeiz: God Bless the Ring''. Rendered better than in ''FFVII'', but obviously not as good as ''Dissidia''.
* In similar fashion, the first ''Franchise/KingdomHearts'' game's FinalBoss also goes shirtless after he somehow merged with a gargantuan Heartless battleship for the final battle of the game.
** Both he and Sephiroth wear trenchcoats with no shirt underneath (though Sephiroth wears what looks like a leather daddy harness), making every scene a shirtless scene for them. Their final boss forms just take it a step farther.
** On the side of good, Sora does as the natives do when in Atlantica and loses the shirt along with his legs when he becomes a merman. It's the one redeeming point of [[ScrappyLevel said level]].
** Ventus is, for some reason, shirtless in his Awakening. It becomes {{Squick}} when you [[FridgeHorror realize]] that Master Xehanort is the one who probably undressed him, and he was [[VagueAge about eleven]].
* The boys of ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyX'', save for Auron, don't need shirts or armor to ward off magic attacks or bladed implements! [[spoiler:Oddly enough, the most dressed guy is the undead one, for all the good proper equipment did him!]]
** An especially odd-looking case is Seymour, who wears some sort of robe that is open almost to his crotch, displaying some very bizarre and unsexy tattoos, although this [[FetishFuel is just the icing on the cake to some]].
** [[VideoGame/FinalFantasyX2 The sequel]] also gives us Brother, who never wears a shirt, and an optional scene features shirtless Buddy getting a massage from a Hypello.
* Snow, from ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyXIII''.
** Who gets the hyper-detailed rendering mentioned above, and has random freckles, moles, little bumps on his aerolas and erect nipples. Oh, Square, you cocktease.
* ''VideoGame/DevilMayCry 3: Dante's Awakening'' begins with Dante shirtless and just coming out of the shower. He remains shirtless for the first stage, and you can unlock an alternate costume that lets you play the entire game with this character model.
* The title character from ''PrinceOfPersia: The Sands of Time'' begins the game fully dressed and apparently wearing some sort of leather armour. As the game progresses, his clothing is torn off or used for bandages bit by bit until he is just wearing his pants.
** Additionally, the bulk of ''The Two Thrones'' is just one long shirtless scene.
* Gage/Trak from ''AdvanceWars: Days of Ruin'' ''constantly'' goes shirtless. [[TroubledButCute Under a leather jacket]]. He also has [[AnimeHair blue hair]], [[TheStoic is aloof and near-mute]], and is a {{bishonen}}.
* At the end of ''VideoGame/MetalGearSolid'', Liquid -- who spends most of the game wandering around, outside, without a shirt, in the ''middle of Alaska'' -- removes Solid Snake's shirt. This is because Snake's padded sneaking suit functions as armor, maybe not so much to bullets but certainly against hands and feet.
** ''VideoGame/MetalGearSolid3SnakeEater'' gives the player the option to take Naked Snake's shirt off at any time for no reason at all (you're even penalised for doing it, since it increases Snake's stamina-drain rate and reduces his resistance to colds, parasites, and bullets). The player does get a funny line or two about it when Snake puts in a call on his radio while half-naked.
** Raiden in ''VideoGame/MetalGearSolid2'' goes far beyond shirtless with his full on nude scene, {{Scenery Censor}}ed all the while, near the end off the game.
** Then there are the standard torture scenes of mandatory shirtlessness that occur at the rate of at least once per installment of MGS.
** Not to mention the final boss battle of ''VideoGame/MetalGearSolid4'' is [[spoiler:[[{{Squick}} an old men's fistfight with a shirtless Liquid Ocelot]], although he ''is'' ripped]].
** The start of ''Metal Gear Solid'' had a beautiful briefing scene with Snake perched on a bed, naked, genitals obscured only by [[CensorSteam a convenient shadow]]. The VideoGameRemake upped the ante significantly -- the scene is redone in glorious [[MotionCapture fully-animated polygons]] and the player is given the option to [[MaleGaze control the camera angle freely]], and, while Snake is now wearing underwear, it's a pair of [[BlackBraAndPanties really skintight black shorts]] that [[TheissTitillationTheory leave absolutely nothing to the imagination]]. He spends the scene going from one "sexy" pose to another, randomly parading his body around [[YouCanLeaveYourHatOn like a male stripper]] for ''no reason''. The best part is when he inexplicably rests his forearms and chest on the edge of the bed while standing at the side of it, keeping his legs straight, thus thrusting his [[ThongOfShielding barely-clad buttocks]] in the air for no discernible reason beyond fanservice, ''while he is asking pertinent questions about the story''. It's so extreme it's close to {{Narm}}, and it's not aided by the fact that all the dialogue is extremely businesslike, providing an odd kind of MoodDissonance.
** In ''Metal Gear Solid 4'', Snake does a FanDisservice ShirtlessScene for Naomi. (Un)fortunately, even wrinkled skin, liver spots, [[FanNickname Ugly Pants]], unflattering lighting, sad music and Naomi being moved to tears by his ugliness really did not counter the fact that he still has a killer figure. Possibly intentional, knowing the director.
** ''VideoGame/MetalGearSolidPortableOps'' had Big Boss do like Raiden and get stripped completely naked by his captors. Unfortunately, thanks to the sketchy art style of the cutscenes, you can't make out much.
*** He also has shirtless scenes (with pants on) in the beginning and ending.
** The highlight of the trailer for ''VideoGame/MetalGearSolidPeaceWalker'' is Big Boss, taking off his shirt. [[MemeticMutation While training his men]]. On the beach. In the rain. WITH A SNAKE-SHAPED SCAR! ''IN SLOW-MO!''
*** [[FetishRetardant In the PSP's blocky graphics.]]
* Link in ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaTwilightPrincess'' strips down to his skivvies during his sumo training. He's ''ripped'' under that tunic.
** His opponent, however, is '''''not'''''.
* ''VideoGame/GrandTheftAutoSanAndreas'' gives players the option to dress CJ however they wish... that includes stripping him to his underpants for a nearly completely nude shootout with cops and rival gangsters! Is the block hot or is it just me?
** Similarly, Brucie in ''VideoGame/GrandTheftAutoIV'' spends about half of his scenes with no shirt on.
* The players can dress characters of either gender in ''VideoGame/TheElderScrollsIIIMorrowind'' in whatever they please or in as little as they please...and I do mean [[{{Crossdresser}} whatever!]] (Okay, so human females get the perma-bra treatment there.) The hero can take down BigBad Dagoth Ur in nothing but a gauntlet and what look to be burlap undies. Now that's mightiness!
** In fact, Dagoth Ur himself doesn't wear much other than a loincloth and an Aztec mask. Again, though, the low polygon count detracts from the FanService.
** Don't forget everyone's favorite improbably ripped old bald guy, Caius Cosades.
* In ''{{Dreamfall}}: The Longest Journey'', the very first look the player gets of Kian the Apostle is in a ShirtlessScene pitting him against other burly shirtless men. Note that only the playable male character is introduced this way. Zoe is in her underpants, though.
* Ramsus, a [[WhiteHairedPrettyboy white-haired]] villain from ''VideoGame/{{Xenogears}}'', apparently sleeps in speedos.
** With a nekkid Miang in the bed behind him. Wonder what they were up to...
* ''Franchise/MortalKombat'' might be known for its {{stripperiffic}} ladies, but there's plenty of {{fanservice}} for those who prefer outies. Sub-Zero. [[VideoGame/MortalKombat3 MK 3]]. Yum.
** For the furries, try Reptile's alternate costume in ''VideoGame/MortalKombatDeadlyAlliance'', called "Jungle Man". He wears little more than a loincloth and a skull-shaped chest plate.
* ''T'ai Fu: Wrath of the Tiger'' is a PS1 game where the main character is a shirtless male kung-fu tiger. Most of the characters in the game are shirtless males, some more built than others.
** Meanwhile, females are a rarity in this game, appearing only as a boss character or two.
* It is possible, in ''VideoGame/TalesOfSymphonia'', to complete a mini-quest that gives you swimsuit outfits for four members of the party. Involving no shirts for the guys, of course.
** Except for the one that would look best shirtless. Regal gets no love.
*** Regal's default outfit is [[BareYourMidriff a belly shirt]]. He's not hurting for {{fanservice}}.
*** Also, they fixed that in TheAnimeOfTheGame: one episode shows a flashback of Regal swimming in a ''speedo''.
** What about Kratos? He doesn't even GET a swimsuit outfit ..!
*** If Kratos were shirtless, your console would explode from the sexy. So, it's not because they don't love us, it's because our technology can't handle it.
** Also worth noting that all VideoGame/{{Tales|OfTheAbyss}} [[VideoGame/TalesOfVesperia games]] [[VideoGame/TalesOfGraces following]] [[VideoGame/TalesOfXillia this]] have optional swimsuit costumes. So...this happens a lot. In fact when Richard from ''VideoGame/TalesOfGraces'' ''doesn't'' get a swimsuit it's {{lampshade|Hanging}}d by the resident {{Troll}} who explains that Richard swims in his royal regalia. [[BlatantLies Sure.]]
* In the ''VideoGame/BloodyRoar'' games, several fighters go shirtless. For the furries (talking only about Beast forms from here on), Yugo and Gado go shirtless in most (all, in Gado's case) of their costumes in the first game. Yugo has an open vest in Beast form in the second game, but still no shirt, and Beast form Bakuryu goes shirtless. Gado keeps his clothes on, however. After the second game, Yugo keeps his clothes on, but Shenlong now goes shirtless, and Reiji, who's shirtless in both Human AND Beast forms, comes into play.
* When {{Capcom}} released ''VisualNovel/AceAttorney'' snapshots, how much do you want to bet one of those featured [[http://www.court-records.net/arts/080730gemaga_gssnap01.jpg shirtless Edgeworth]]?
* The Krauser boss fight in ''VideoGame/ResidentEvil4''. At the start of the battle, he is wearing only a bandolier (on account of Leon slicing a bit of his shirt open in an earlier cutscene, and him inexplicably opting to ditch the said shirt as opposed to bearing with the tiny tear), and as the fight progresses, he ends up losing the bandolier for no real reason as well. Basically, the whole fight is a strip show.
** [[spoiler:There is also a brief gratuitous shirtless Wesker scene in VideoGame/ResidentEvil5 in the last boss battle against him, albeit his bare chest is overcome by the gross tendrils of the Uroburous virus a few seconds thereafter.]]
* ''NoMoreHeroes'' gives you the option to have Travis shirtless, and you can [[AndYourRewardIsClothes unlock shirtless with tattoo after beating the game]]. Strangely you don't have the option to go around with no jacket. The sequel allows you to [[AndYourRewardIsClothes unlock the option]] to go jacketless, but the closest you get to shirtless is [[DepartmentOfRedundancyDepartment a T-shirt with a shirtless chest printed on it]].
* ''FireEmblem: [[VideoGame/FireEmblemTellius Radiant Dawn]]'' has a nice, lengthy ShirtlessScene during a flashback sequence from one of the last characters one would have expected to get one. [[spoiler:The Black Knight a.k.a. Zelgius, who also surprisingly turns out to be quite a Bishonen under all of that armor.]]
** Not to mention Volug, who, due to the wonder of static portraits, is essentially shirtless throughout the entire game. The fact that he's a mysterious loner and a wolf-man makes it easy to see why the series' female fans swoon over him. [[http://www.feplanet.net/media/gallery/8/orugh.jpg Just look at him.]]
* [[MassEffect Romancing]] [[NiceGuy Jacob]] [[OnlySaneMan Taylor]]? [[MemeticMutation Heavy risk.]] [[ShirtlessScene But the priiiize]]...
* In ''InfiniteSpace'', Lord Roth first appears on-screen while wearing nothing but his underwear.
* The royalty of Ayuthay in ''GoldenSunDarkDawn'', justified since it's an oasis kingdom and [[WordOfGod near the blistering-hot Lamakan Desert]]. Amiti puts on a shirt at the party's request when he joins the crew, and later takes offense when Eoleo [[LampshadeHanging makes a smart remark]] about someone from Ayuthay "actually wearing clothes".
* In ''OddworldStrangersWrath'', Stranger gets one [[spoiler:when he is captured and his clothes are cut off, exposing him as the Steef]].
* Any RPG that allows you to strip your male party members down, really.
* Besides sex scenes, ''VideoGame/DragonAgeOrigins'' has a few...
** Waking up after Ostagar (though you don't see much).
** Imprisoned in Fort Drakon.
** In the Gauntlet. (In all three cases, the women are in bra and panties and the men are in undies...though [[TheAlcoholic Oghren]] in his underoos is definitely FanDisservice.]]
** Sadly averted in the sequel though, unless you strip your male Hawke. Though you do get to see the female equivalent of [[FetishFuel Merrill in a corset]] if you romance her...
* Well, temporarily in ''VideoGame/BrainDead13'': If Lance can't make a choice of either a shave, manicure or facial quick enough, Vivi will quickly hold his head to her side and pull down both his spider web barber cloth and his shirt, exposing not just his neck, but also his bare chest and his man nipples (!), [[VampiricDraining before taking a bite and draining him of blood]]!
* Garcia begins ''VideoGame/ShadowsOfTheDamned'' shirtless, grabbing his leather jacket just before he jumps into the portal to Hell.
* If you could actually count this as a game, then there's John in the beginning scene of VisualNovel/PlumbersDontWearTies, right up until he gets on his motorcycle.
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Webcomics]]
* ''TwiceBlessed'' gave us both Cade and Pella [[http://www.twiceblessedcomic.com/?webcomic_post=25 shirtless-ness]] for Christmas.
* The {{Furo Scene}}s in ''Webcomic/TowerOfGod''. Sexualizing Lero-ro, Quant, Ja, Arkraptor, Kang Horyang, Prince and Rapdevil.
* ''SilentHillPromise'': We first meet [[spoiler: Borje]] right after he's come out of the shower. It's quite distracting, both for Vanessa and the readers.
* After Kit rips off the dress that was hampering her fighting, Nigel of ''FeyWinds'' also gets his first shirtless scene here... with LampshadeHanging, of course.
-->'''Sid:''' Why did Nigel take off all HIS clothes, too?\\
'''Larina:''' I... don't know. Solidarity?
* ''Webcomic/GirlGenius'' seems to be working its way through its male [[MadScientist Sparks]], though they still haven't caught up to the womenfolk in terms of FanService. First there was [[http://www.girlgeniusonline.com/comic.php?date=20041206 Klaus]], then [[http://www.girlgeniusonline.com/comic.php?date=20060821 Tarvek]], and very recently, Gil has [[http://www.girlgeniusonline.com/comic.php?date=20080407 finally gotten his turn.]] And there was much rejoicing.
** And even more recently, [[spoiler:Tarvek]], since reappearing in the second half of Vol. 8, has been wearing just boots, bandages and a bedsheet.
** Airman Higgs recently got a (mostly) shirtless scene, which primarily showed off his [[ScarsAreForever rather impressive collection of scars.]]
** Othar is introduced [[http://www.girlgeniusonline.com/comic.php?date=20031008 like this]].
* Heck, even ''Webcomic/TheAdventuresOfDrMcNinja'' has one! And that comic has almost no love/sexual references at all. It's right [[http://drmcninja.com/archives/comic/5p11 here]], in case you want to see it. And, ladies, you do. The FanService is even {{lampshaded}} in the AltText, which reads: "Lil' bit of fan service for you ladies out there." It's much-appreciated, Doc Hastings. ''Very much'' appreciated.
* [[MacHall "Hey, what time is it?" "Shirtless O'Clock." "I thought so."]]
* ''KhaosKomix'' gives us [[http://www.khaoskomix.com/komix/marks-story-page-53 Steve wearing nothing but a towel and a blush]].
** Also, [[http://www.khaoskomix.com/komix/toms-story-page-66 half-naked Alex doing chin-ups]].
* All too frequently in ''GoodbyeChains'', much to the pleasure of fangirls.
* Very recently, ''ThePhoenixRequiem'' had one from Robyn...while he was splashing around in a stream...covered with authentic battle damage. It was ''entirely'' justified (he needed it to scoop water with) and the female readers are ''not'' complaining.
** The artist apparently had a small internal argument with her Robyn-muse.
--->'''Sarah:''' I need some way for Robyn to get a lot of water up there, the [[spoiler: fat shade is]] too big to be broomed.\\
'''Robyn:''' I could use my shirt.\\
'''Sarah:''' Don't be silly. Maybe there is a bucket lying around or something.\\
'''Robyn:''' Yeah, that wouldn't look like a convenient coincidence AT ALL. Seriously, I could take off my shirt and use that.\\
'''Sarah:''' That's fanservice! I need to not do that!\\
'''Robyn:''' It's not fanservice, it's LOGIC. ''(takes shirt off)'' SHIRTLESS O'CLOCK!\\
'''Sarah:''' * sigh* ;_;
* [[http://www.drunkduck.com/Harkovast/index.php?p=487320 This scene]] from ''{{Harkovast}}'', where Ki first appears. Mind you, the Ano-Chee and Junlocks never seem to wear shirts at all!
* In [[DanAndMabsFurryAdventures DMFA]], Abel remains shirtless about 85% of the time.
** In Abel's Story, it's played for laughs:
-->Mink: (grinning)...Oolong got your shirt again.
-->Abel: BUGGERING HELL!
* ''{{Juathuur}}'': a short but nice shirtless scene for Ratheel and Dejoru starts [[http://oneway.juathuur.com/?id=175 Here]]. One for Thomil can be found [[http://www.oneway.juathuur.com/?id=188 Here.]](warning: spoilers!).
* The [[ShowWithinAShow Manga In A Webcomic]] from ''QuestionableContent'', ''[[http://qcjeph.livejournal.com/107252.html Magical Love Gentleman]]''.
* In ''Tiny Kitten Teeth'', Mewsli and Rapstallion get one starting [[http://www.tinykittenteeth.com/2009/03/13/more-regrets/ here.]]
** Mewsli has another during the BeachEpisode, and is in fact the only one because everyone else is wearing {{Old Timey Bathing Suit}}s.
* Trigger from ''FarOutThere'' [[http://faroutthere.smackjeeves.com/comics/1080536/page-278-a-little-somethin-for-the-ladies/ has]] [[http://faroutthere.smackjeeves.com/comics/1090285/page-306-home-is-where-the-weirdness-is/ had]] [[http://faroutthere.smackjeeves.com/comics/1090286/page-307-massive-shirt-failure/ several]].
* ''ThinkBeforeYouThink'' has one of these in Julia's [[http://thinkbeforeyouthink.net/?comic=20090912-whipped-cream whipped cream fantasy]], and again at later at [[http://thinkbeforeyouthink.net/?comic=20100702 the beach]].
* Walter and Izor whenever ''[[DubiousCompany the cast]]'' is on a beach. Walter even sings ''"I'm Too Sexy"'' at one point. ''[[BritishStuffiness Izor]]'', however, is less than amused.
* ''HannaIsNotABoysName'' had one that was actually plot-important--for one, Hanna needed to quickly write runes all over his body to fight a ghost, and two, because it revealed a ''huge freakin' scar'' that probably relates to his DarkAndTroubledPast and [[AmbiguouslyHuman Ambiguous Humanity]] in some way.
* Danny from ''ZodiacBlues'' does this whenever he can.
* The first time we see [[http://www.egscomics.com/?date=2004-06-21 Guineas change to human]] in ''Webcomic/ElGoonishShive''. Judging by the random female soldier and Ellen's reaction, it could be a crowning moment of sexy.
* In ''BoyMeetsBoy'' and ''FriendlyHostility'', Fox Maharassa occasionally does this, including one strip where he plays a tabletop game naked in order to cheer Collin up.
* Elon of ''Webcomic/EarsForElves'' has his moment [[http://www.earsforelves.com/archives/390 here]], demonstrating that he's [[ReallySevenHundredYearsOld in his prime despite being 77]]. Zalanna is shocked at his behaviour -- surely it's highly inappropriate for innocents like Myari to see!
* In ''ThistilMistilKistil'', [[TextileWorkIsFeminine Hedda's mending]] [[http://tmkcomic.depleti.com/comic/ch07-pg12/ results in a shirtless scene for Coal]] -- [[CrushBlush cue blush.]]
* In ''{{Sinfest}}'', Fuschia paints Crimney like this.
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[[folder:Web Original]]
* Daichi greets Sasha and Iphigenie wearing nothing but a towel in GreekNinja.
* ''BrokenSaints''. Big time. Oran spends half the series shirtless, Kamimura and Raimi join him in shirtlessness for Chapter 20. Gabriel goes completely nude early on and later on goes shirtless [[spoiler:for the GrandFinale]].
* Jonas in ''{{lonelygirl15}}'' is very often shown without his shirt. This aspect of his character is eventually [[LampshadeHanging lampshaded]] during Sarah's rant in the season 3 episode "Adios Amigos".
** Jonas then got a SpinOff in the form of ''WebVideo/LG15TheResistance''. He didn't manage to go four episodes without taking his shirt off.
* [[ThatGuyWithTheGlasses Benzaie]] is prone to these. Also, there was that time that [[WebVideo/TheSpoonyExperiment Spoony]] was on pain-meds for dental surgery...
** Then there was that time when [[http://thatguywiththeglasses.com/videolinks/thatguywiththeglasses/sketches/64-how-i-quit-my-job Doug quit his job]], as well as [[WebVideo/TheNostalgiaCritic Critic's]] DoesThisRemindYouOfAnything [[http://thatguywiththeglasses.com/videolinks/thatguywiththeglasses/nostalgia-critic/1743-surf-ninjas moment]] in SurfNinjas.
** JewWario got one in ''WebVideo/ToBoldlyFlee'' where he fences, a la George Takei from the Star Trek episode [[Recap/StarTrekS1E4TheNakedTime The Naked Time]], with Mechakara who just ignores him.
* Website/{{Cracked}} [[http://www.cracked.com/article_18633_the-real-reason-shes-making-you-go-see-eclipse-5Bgraph5D.html explains why so many boyfriends were dragged unwilling to see]] Literature/{{Twilight}} 3.
* [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BsSQKspCPHg Shirtless Anonymous]]
* Parodied by ''Website/CollegeHumor'' in their [[http://www.collegehumor.com/video/6791913/call-me-maybe-parody Call Me Maybe Parody]]. Like the music video, an attractive guy starts lawnmowering a backyard, but when a girl takes note of him and he takes his shirt off, he's revealed [[ThoseWackyNazis to be a Neo-Nazi]] on account of the huge swastika tattoo on his chest.
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[[folder:Western Animation]]
* Sprinkled liberally throughout ''WesternAnimation/AvatarTheLastAirbender'':
** Prince Zuko's have been treated with the least subtlety since the Agni Kai sequence in the third episode that had the fangirl favorite stripped to the waist and fighting a duel to the death with [[ParentService Zhao]], complete with impressive flexing, posing, and dramatic sweating. A shot in the BeachEpisode actually included a [[DisturbedDoves huge flock of white birds]] passing behind him as he throws away his shirt, complete with [[LampshadeHanging blushing fangirls and floating hearts]].
** Sokka gets a few, including one when helping to [[ForgingScene forge a sword]], which means plenty of sweat.
** In the FinalBattle Ozai takes his (ridiculously intricate) clothes off at the start, and Aang's are [[ClothingDamage ripped off through the fight]].
*** Ozai goes so far as to gratuitously incinerate his clothes as he throws them away.
** Aang actually becomes a WalkingShirtlessScene for most of season 3.
** Justified for Aang and Zuko in that, for many moments, they're in the middle of a firebending lesson. It's probably easier to learn when your clothes don't catch on fire... plus, it's hot!
* In ''SamuraiJack'', Jack gets the top part (and sometimes the bottom) [[ClothingDamage ripped off his Kimono]] in a fair few episodes... this often coincides with [[SlipknotPonytail his hair coming out of its topknot]]. See: episode XXIV pithily titled, "Jack is Naked."
** Parodied in [[http://thweatted.deviantart.com/art/Samurai-Comic-Strip-5223224 this]] comic.
* [[TheSimpsons Groundskeeper Willie.]] [[StupidSexyFlanders Ned Flanders.]] But mercifully, never at the same time.
* Caleb gets at least one of these in ''WesternAnimation/{{WITCH}}'', much to Cornelia's unbridled glee.
* ''WesternAnimation/DannyPhantom'': "Eye for an Eye". Vlad. Shower Scene. [[EvilIsSexy Fangirl squeals]].
** Same episode. Danny. Shower Scene. COMPLETELY NAKED. LOUDER squeals.
* Ben and Kevin get one in the ''WesternAnimation/Ben10AlienForce'' episode "What Are Little Girls Made Of?"
* Abyo from ''Pucca'' would rip his shirt off everytime he appears like the Bruce Lee expy he is.
** And just for laughs.
* ''WesternAnimation/BatmanTheAnimatedSeries''. Bruce Wayne exercising in nothing but a pair of shorts. 'Nuff said?
** No, because you forgot Dick Grayson and the rest of the {{DCAU}}. Lex Luthor, for one, spends a surprising amount of time (at least) half-naked.
** Ra's al Ghul has [[FoeYay Batman's shirt ripped off in a strip search and then takes off his own shirt so they can sword fight as equals]]. He [[LargeHam refuses to remove Batman's mask because it symbolizes honor]] but [[BigLippedAlligatorMoment no other context is given]]. Moves straight past HoYay and directly into {{Narm}} territory.
*** ''WesternAnimation/BatmanBeyond'' has to have special mention for not only more than a few shirtless Terry moments but a lovely five-second scene of him in the shower after escaping Stalker. There's some fanservice one can agree with.
**** Let's not forget "Out of the Past", which has a younger (or less old?) Bruce Wayne half-naked for the ''entire episode''. Somewhat justified, in that he hasn't gotten a chance to put a shirt on after getting out of the Lazarus Pit. But still.
* ''TheBackyardigans'': During the episode "Legend of the Volcano Sisters", the three boys were practically shirtless, to match the Hawaiian setting. Also, during "Heart of the Jungle", practically 10% of Tyrone's chest is covered when he is wearing his Tarzan costume.
* In ''CodeLyoko'', the boys get a few such scenes, especially Ulrich. Most notable is the GettingHotInHere moment in "New Order", or the opening of "Bad Connection" where Ulrich is wearing just a ModestyTowel in the hallway (Aelita and Yumi at least ''pretend'' to be looking away).
* [[WesternAnimation/XiaolinShowdown Raimundo]] is shirtless in exacactly three scenes but there are still dozens of forums dedicated to those couple seconds with some very creepy comments on the pictures.
* In ''WesternAnimation/{{Bravestarr}}'', according to commentary for the pilot movie, they specifically had a scene of Bravestarr shirtless for the ladies in the animation department. {{Filmation}} would have probably have done this a lot more, if so many of their heroes weren't already [[WalkingShirtlessScene Walking Shirtless Scenes]].
* Done for comedy rather than fanservice in ''WesternAnimation/AdventuresOfSonicTheHedgehog'', where Robotnik gets far and away the most Shirtless Scenes. He's been depicted nude a few times, too, and he was in a bikini for a brief instance in "Hero of the Year", to highlight his narcissism.
** (reads the "nude" part) ...''WHAT!!?!''
*** In "Sonic Gets Thrashed", "Zoobotnik" (although in that case he was at least in a bath), and a couple of others.
* Done for comedy ''and'' {{fanservice}} in every episode of ''TheFairlyOddparents'' that features Juandissimo, who tears his shirt off with only his bulging pectoral muscles, then eventually regenerates it with magic, seemingly for the sole purpose of doing it again.
* ''WesternAnimation/FamilyGuy'': News anchor Tom Tucker in Meg's fantasy in "The Kiss Seen 'Round The World" (also a spoof of the infamous "pool scene" in ''Fast Times At Ridgemont High'').
* ''WesternAnimation/KingOfTheHill'': John Redcorn.
* An episode of ''{{Jimmy Two-Shoes}}'' has [[DrillSergeantNasty Molotov]] without his shirt on for a scene with no in-story explanation. The actual explanation was probably to highlight his strength over Jimmy.
* The fight between Shane and Killbane in ''[[WesternAnimation/AdventuresOfTheGalaxyRangers Galaxy Rangers]]'' episode "Mindnet."
* ''WesternAnimation/JonnyQuest'' TOS. Johnny and Race got to be shirtless quite a lot during the series. Dr. Quest and Hadji also doffed their tops a few times.
* In episode 3 of ''WesternAnimation/YoungJustice'', Aqualad is shirtless while swimming. He doesn't put his shirt back on until the end of the episode, which pleased many fangirls.
** In episode 9, a berserk amnesiac Superboy tears off his shirt before going on a rampage.
* ''WesternAnimation/CodenameKidsNextDoor'': Numbuh 4, or Wally Beetles, despite being 10 years old, has quite a few moments where he's seen shirtless. Though those moments had enough poularity that quite a few fan artists like to draw him shirtless very often, and even sometimes poking fun at those moments.
* ''WesternAnimation/{{Recess}}'': T.J. Detweiler (despite being nine years old) was given a shirtless scene in "The Big Prank", when he has to be King Bob's "fanner boy", leaving him walking around in nothing but his boxers and hat. Considering that he's underage and pretty chubby, it can be considered FanDisservice.
* In the "This Year's Model" episode of ''WesternAnimation/{{Daria}}'', during the open modeling class, Claude from the Amazon Modeling Agency has the boys take their shirts off and then instructs the girls to rub the boys' naked chests.
* Total Drama's guys tend to get shirtless. Among the most notable: Justin, Alejandro, Trent, Duncan, Cody, Noah (in his swimsuit) and Geoff.
* Lance has several of these in ''{{Sym-Bionic Titan}}''. It's {{Fanservice}}, although to be fair, it's usually in the privacy of his own room.
* Dipper gets one in ''WesternAnimation/GravityFalls'', in the episode "Dipper vs. Manliness".
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[[folder:Real Life]]
* [[http://www.buffnakedbutlers.co.uk/ Buff Naked Butlers]] provide shirtless guys for Parties and events in the UK
* Vladmir Putin engages in this occasionally, and may have a few fangirls of his own.
** ThatOtherWiki has got a picture of this. [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Vladimir_Putin_beefcake-1.jpg You can check it out for yourself.]]
* Mussolini tried it too.
* The tabloids enjoyed doing this to Tony Blair in his time as Prime Minister, as he's actually quite good looking ''until he reveals his giant man boobs.''
* Then there's that famous picture of Obama...
** A September 2009 issue of ''Newsweek'' cover featured a Sarah Palin photo that presented her in a less-than-presidential way. Palin and many ''Newsweek'' readers were pissed, one who's comment was published in a later issue of the magazine; he asked whether ''Newsweek'' would choose to feature a picture of a shirtless Obama"... and they did exactly this, about 20 pages over.
* There is a Boston University hockey fan who goes by "Sasquatch" who fires up the crowd by removing his shirt and dancing to "Iron Man". Of course, one doesn't get the name "Sasquatch" if you have a smooth chest and a six-pack...([[http://www.boston.com/sports/colleges/mens_hockey/articles/2007/02/11/hockey_and_the_beast____a_legend/ link, mercifully pic-free]]).
** At a ''hockey'' game? And here I thought the Green Bay Packers' "Bikini Girls" were insane...
* Matthew [=McConaughey=] hardly ever wears a shirt. Exquisitely mocked by Matt Damon on ''David Letterman'': "Ah, Mr. Soderbergh! Today's scene I think would be a good opportunity for me to take my shirt off." If there weren't already three quotes up top, this would be ''perfect''.
* Bear Grylls from ''ManVs.Wild'' finds an excuse to take off his shirt, and sometimes his pants, in just about every single episode, sometimes multiple times per episode. Yes, even in arctic conditions.
** And, to keep it in the Discovery Channel family, Mike Rowe of ''Dirty Jobs''. [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6C-Z-SSjYIw Here he takes a mudbath. Shirtless goodness starts at 4:30]]
** ''Series/MythBusters'' has indulged in this as well. Every single male MB has appeared stripped to underwear/swimtrunks at least once on the show. (Not counting at least three episodes where Jamie goes shirtless but has pants on.)
* DMX would remove his shirt towards the end of his concerts, to the delight of the female fans.
** Fat Joe's infamous MTV beach concert.
* [[http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v482/80sFreakLurker/Others/Shirtless.jpg This picture]] of RobinWilliams from TheSeventies. Kinda a case of sexiness ValuesDissonance, at least for most people.
** And after his heart surgery in 2009, he's been very willing to flash the scar on his chest. Despite his good humor about it, [[TearJerker it's less fanservice as it is a haunting reminder of his mortality]].
* In most college towns, you know it's spring when you see shirtless boys running about and if you're driving [[DistractedByTheSexy being careful not the crash into something...]]
* The majority of modern gym classes in your average school will require students to change into a different uniform. While the uniform itself usually has a shirt, the boys will generally be shirtless for at least a little while changing.
* Ask Nathan Gunn, American baritone, the very definition of "barihunk". Also, you can try Simon Keenlyside or Rod Gilfry.
* In Rio de Janerio, it's very common for guys to go without their shirts. The shirtless guys are very popular at parties and nightclubs and are always surrounded by friends and girls.
* [[TupacShakur 2Pac]] did this a ''lot''.
* It's very common for gay bars and clubs to employ shirtless bartenders and to hold "go shirtless" nights.
* Some men consider going without a shirt to be a lifestyle and actually live it. [[http://shirtlessmenworld.net/index here]] [[http://www.zimbio.com/Bare+Chested+Shirtless+and+Free and here]]
* EdwardNorton seems to have a topless scene in most films he stars in... ''AmericanHistoryX'', ''Primal Fear'', ''Film/TheIncredibleHulk''. Not that anyone is complaining...
* Andrew Martinez a.k.a The Naked Guy strolled around the campus on UC-Berkeley nude. Except for a pair of sandals.
* The [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E7k6Do-9cFA greeters]] at Abercrombie & Fitch.
* [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EXFyLARoB2A Soccer star Christiano Ronaldo usually has his shirt off when photographed.]]
* Many people have speculated that there may be a government mandate requiring WillSmith to remove his shirt in every movie. No one seems to have a problem with it, either.
* [[ManlyGay Gay Pride parades]]
* During the 18th and 19th centuries when duelling was popular among gentlemen, some of them noticed that your chances of surviving a fight were better if you didn't get shreds of dirty cloth in your sword cuts or bullet wounds, so they would duel shirtless (and in at least one case, ''nude'').
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