History Main / SplittingPants

* The very first strip of the now defunct webcomic ''Webcomic/RosiannaRabbit'' has Rosianna tear her panties when she bends over to pick some money. The humiliation of accidentally exposing her buttocks and being laughed at for her misfortune drives her to [[DrivenToSuicide leap to her doom]], only to [[BungledSuicide humiliate herself further when she ends up hanging by her torn underwear and more people laugh at her]].

* The very first strip of the now defunct webcomic ''Rosianna Rabbit'' has Rosianna tear her panties when she bends over to pick some money. The humiliation of accidentally exposing her buttocks and being laughed at for her misfortune drives her to [[DrivenToSuicide leap to her doom]], only to [[BungledSuicide humiliate herself further when she ends up hanging by her torn underwear and more people laugh at her]].

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* There's a blooper in the ''Series/DoctorWho'' episode "The Horns of Nimon" where the co-pilot overacts so hard when he's killed by the Nimon that you can see his trousers rip.

* ''WesternAnimation/FiremanSam'': In the Series 3 episode "[[Recap/FiremanSamS3E2 Spot of Bother]]", Trevor reaches down to tocuh his toes for a stretching exercise, and splits the seam of his trousers.

* In the ''WesternAnimation/{{Recess}}'' episode "Mikey's Pants", [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin Mikey's pants get ripped]], and his friends try to help him hide the tear, in order to save him from the humiliation of having Ms. Finster take him inside to sew up the pants. In the end, T.J., Vince, and Gus intentionally rip their own pants to cover for him.

* In Captain Falcon's ending in ''[[VideoGame/FZero F-Zero GX]]'', this happens to him when he rescues a baby from being hit by a train.

* In the ''WesternAnimation/Rugrats'' episode "Babies In Toyland" Chuckie's snowsuit rips, revealing his Reptar underpants.

* The [[https://www.mariowiki.com/File:WWGIT_Box_NA.jpg boxart]] for ''VideoGame/WarioWare: Get It Together!'' depicts Wario doing the splits on two separate Joycons, revealing underwear emblazoned with his [[BroughtToYouByTheLetterS W emblem]].

* ''WesternAnimation/TheCasagrandes'': In "Taco the Town", when Hector and Rosa start selling tacos at their convenience store, they make two lines (one for tacos and one for produce) to [[RightOnQueue make the lines less long]]. Vito, who wants to buy both, tries to do the splits so he'll be in both lines but ends up ripping his pants.

* In ''Animation/PleasantGoatAndBigBigWolf: Dunk for Future'', right at the beginning of the training montage that has the goats prepare for the big game, Paddi has enough trouble getting his sports shirt on [[BigEater after having eaten so much]] that it causes his pants to rip.

* This ends up setting off the plot of the ''WesternAnimation/MiraculousLadybug'' fanfiction ''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/12442945/1/Ripped Ripped]]'' as Marinette ends up having to wear a pre-Ladybug outfit to school, resulting in the increased muscle mass she'd gotten since becoming a Hero causing her to split her pants in front of Adrien when she drops her pencil while speaking to him and allowing Chloé([[EntertaininglyWrong thinking the incident occured due to Marinette being overweight]]) to decide to have her father declare a Healthy Fitness Day for Parisian schools to increase her rival's humiliation.

* This ends up setting off the plot of the ''WesternAnimation/MiraculousLadybug'' fanfiction ''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/12442945/1/Ripped Ripped]]'' as Marinette ends up having to wear a pre-Ladybug outfit to school, resulting in the increased muscle mass she'd gotten since becoming a Hero causing her to split her pants in front of Adrien when she drops her pencil while speaking to him and allowing Chloe ([[EntertaininglyWrong thinking the incident occured due to Marinette being overweight]]) to decide to have her father declare a Healthy Fitness Day for Parisian schools to increase her rival's humiliation.

* ''WesternAnimation/KimPossible'': The Season 2 episode "[[Recap/KimPossible/S2E5CarTrouble Car Trouble]]" has this happen to Ron in place of his usual losing his pants RunningGag. While he and Kim are fleeing from a [[SentientVehicle self-driving car]], Ron points out that [[TemptingFate he just jumped two fences without ripping his pants]], only to instead rip them on a nearby bush.

* This ends up setting off the plot of the ''WesternAnimation/MiraculousLadybug'' fanfiction ''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/12442945/1/Ripped Ripped]]'' as Marinette ends up having to wear a pre-Ladybug outfit to school, resulting in the increased muscle mass she'd gotten since becoming a Hero causing her to split her pants in front of Adrien when she drops her pencil while speaking to him and allowing Chloe ([[EntertainglyWrong thinking the incident occured due to Marinette being overweight]]) to decide to have her father declare a Healthy Fitness Day for Parisian schools to increase her rival's humiliation.

* WesternAnimation/FantasticFourWorldsGreatestHeroes: In the episode "Trial By Fire", [[ItMakesSenseInContext a group of aliens kidnap Johnny and put him on trial for offending them]], leaving Ben Grimm as the only member of the team that can assist to a [[CharityBall children's hospital fundraising charity ball]]. His wide frame becomes his own worst enemy, he breaks a door with his shoulders, rips the pocket of his pants when he reaches for a pair of notes left by Reed, then finally rips the back side of his suit and pants when picking up said notes.