History Main / TanLines

* This happens to [[K-ON! Azusa]] everytime there's a BeachEpisode. It's [[LampshadeHanging lampshaded]] by every one.

* Kagura of ''AzumangaDaioh'', during the summer arcs (she's on the swim team and wears a one-piece for the rest of the year, so it shows up when she wears a bikini).

Can be a form of FetishFuel if on a woman and they come out rather... minimal.

* This happens to [[''{{K-ON!}}'' Azusa]] everytime there's a BeachEpisode. It gets [[LampshadeHanging lampshaded]] every time.

* This happens to [[''{{K-ON!}}'' Nakano Azusa]] everytime there's a BeachEpisode. It gets [[LampshadeHanging lampshaded]] every time it happens.

* [[{{K-ON!}} Azusa Nakano]], everytime there's a BeachEpisode. It gets [[LampshadeHanging lampshaded]] every time it happens.

* [[K-ON! Azusa Nakano]], everytime there's a BeachEpisode. It gets [[LampshadeHanging lampshaded]] every time it happens.

* Azusa Nakano of {{K-ON!}}, everytime there's a BeachEpisode. It gets [[LampshadeHanging lampshaded]] every time it happens.

* Chika from ''AiYoriAoshi'' normally lives at the beach, so she has them following the
bathing suit area.
* Azusa Nakano of ''K-ON!'', everytime there's a BeachEpisode. It gets [[LampshadeHanging: lampshaded]] every time it happens.

* Chika from ''AiYoriAoshi'' normally lives at the beach, so she has them following the bathing suit area.

Can be a form of FetishFuel if on a woman and they come out rather...minimal.

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* [=CollegeHumor=] [[http://www.collegehumor.com/article:1735099 presents a few other variations]]..

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* In ''PoliceAcademy 5: Assignment Miami Beach'', Harris is tanning on the beach. Nick writes "DORK" in sunblock on his chest. When he wakes up and walks on the crowded beach, HilarityEnsues.

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* ''{{King of the Hill}}'' is notorious for having almost all the white male characters having untanned portions of skin when they take off their shirts. Boomhauer, on the other hand, consistently has a dark tan.

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* There's a classic ''MadMagazine'' cover where two boys are showering and have the usual tan from swimming, i.e., white butt and tanned everywhere else. Alfred E. Neuman's tan, however, is reversed.

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* In ''TheSagaOfTuck'' the protagonist ends up with some nice tan lines caused by strappy swimsuit. "He" has to go to lengths not to let others see them.

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* ''KingOfTheHill'' is notorious for having almost all the white male characters having untanned portions of skin when they take off their shirts. Boomhauer, on the other hand, consistently has a dark tan.
* In ''RocketPower'', former new guy Sam had one when he moved to Ocean Shores, even though his body should have evened out by now.
* Owen and Harold from ''TotalDramaIsland'' have tanned arms, legs and face, but has pale upper arms and stomach. Ezekiel has much of the same, except his legs are pale.
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* Owen and Harokd from ''TotalDramaIsland'' have tanned arms, legs and face, but has pale upper arms and stomach. Ezekiel has much of the same, except his legs are pale.

* Owen from ''TotalDramaIsland'' has tanned arms, legs and face, but has pale upper arms and stomach. Ezekiel has much of the same, except his legs are pale.

ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin, TanLines occur when the human body gets tanned in areas of exposed skin but the places previously covered during the tan looks noticeably lighter. They are usually seen as a way to make a character look funny after a bad or flawed tan job. Depending on where the tan lines are, it can turn into a Farmer's Tan, or a Trucker's tan.

A farmer's tan means tan face, neck, and both arms (comes from being out in the field while wearing a t-shirt or overalls). A trucker's tan means tan face and one arm (comes from the sun shining through the windshield on the face, but with the pale arm inside the cab and the tan arm out the window).

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* The girl on the Coppertone suntan lotion has a white butt but tan everywhere else.

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* In the obligatory swimsuit episode of TenchiUniverse, Kiyone develops a classic farmers tan while working as a life-guard. When she shows off her swimsuit at the swimsuit contest later in the episode, she's initially embarrassed by the farmers tan- until the crowd goes wild, all of them finding it sexy.

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* There's a classic Mad cover where two boys are showering and have the usual tan from swimming, i.e. white butt and tanned everywhere else. Alfred E. Neuman's tan, however, is reversed.

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* A strip from Perry Bible Fellowship shows a guy getting a white silhouette of his secret girlfriend where she's blocked him from getting tanned. I think you know where I'm talking about.

* In the early 1950s a [[http://www.feralchildren.com/en/showchild.php?ch=gazelle story began to circulate]] about a boy in Syria who had allegedly been [[WildChild raised by gazelles]]. The story was debunked partly because photos of the nude boy showed him with a farmer's tan.

* In ''RocketPower'' former new guy, Sam has one when he moved to Ocean Shores, even though his body should have evened out by now.
* Owen from ''TotalDramaIsland'' has tanned arms, legs and face, but has pale upper-arms and stomach. Ezekiel, has much of the same, except his legs are pale.

* Owen from ''TotalDramaIsland'' has tanned arms, legs and face, but has pale upper-arms and stomach.

* In ''RocketPower'' former new guy, Sam has one when he moved to Ocean Shores, even though his body should have evened out by now.

* ''KingOfTheHill'' is notorious for having almost all the white male characters having untanned portions of skin when they take off their shirts.