History Main / TheissTitillationTheory

** Apparently the author designed Gaap like this just to mess with an employee who enjoy doing cosplays of his characters.
* In ''MacrossFrontier'', [[IdolSinger Sheryl]]'s stage outfits fit the trope enough. However, this is only an illusion as most of the time she's actually wearing a holographic body suit.

** Though the underboob never popping out is understandable, considering [[spoiler: part of her hollow mask covers them]]

* Several female superheroes fall under this. Notable examples include Starfire whose outfit is part lingerie, part bondage gear and [[http://media.photobucket.com/image/Power%20Girl/fairygrl_2006/powergirl.jpg Power Girl]] and her infamous boob window.

* Subverted in ''Vampirella'' - not very surprisingly, the iconic costume DID have a nasty tendency to fall off, and the filmers had to adapt it into a more practical form.

* Non-fiction example: in the documentary series ''Harlots, Housewives and Heroines'' about women in the 17th century, Dr Lucy Worsley tries on the style of gown worn by the ladies at Charles II's court.
-->'''Dr Lucy Worsley:''' Now in contrast to the other one, it feels decadent and luxurious, and it also feels -- although it's comfortable -- it also feels like it could quite easily just sort of fall off. \\
'''Dr Joanna Marschner:''' Well, I think that's most of the point, actually.

* In the BBC's impressive library of music film, there is a late 1970's performance of Meatloaf and Karla de Vita performing ''Paradise by the Dashboard Light'' sometime around 1979, from music show ''TheOldGreyWhistleTest.''This is an enegetically acted song. What makes this clip especially mesmerising is that Karla is performing in a filmy black top slashed to below the navel in front and open at both sides. She gets within millimetres of inadvertent exposure several times, but perhaps due to strategic tape never quite gets there.

* Jessica Albert from ''VideoGame/DragonQuestVIII''. Her breasts are [[http://www.dqshrine.com/dq/dq8/dq8-40.jpg so large]], and [[http://media.giantbomb.com/uploads/0/4547/304451-jessica_7_large.jpg her top is so low]], one would think her nipples were glued to the neckline, with how they never explode out--even with her [[http://i1202.photobucket.com/albums/bb369/diony69/Jessica%20Albert/vlcsnap-2012-04-01-16h59m29s28.png idle stretching]], her [[http://i1202.photobucket.com/albums/bb369/diony69/Jessica%20Albert/tumblr_lzv5qluESL1qzlgbao1_250.gif bouncing]], or her [[http://i1202.photobucket.com/albums/bb369/diony69/Jessica%20Albert/vlcsnap-2012-04-01-17h07m52s162.png bending over]]. The "Sex Appeal" (as her skill in the game is) of Jessica's dress is that she is essentially naked from the nipple up. As such, her top attracts much attention and many camera shots in the game.
* The entirety of the female cast of ''SoulCalibur''--with the ''possible'' exception of [[LadyOfWar Hilde]]--are participants in this trope, thanks to the implementation of female-focused clothing damage in ''Soul Calibur IV''. In addition to, you know, the huge quantities of cleavage and the rather [[FetishFuel unusual designs]] that were carried on from earlier games.
** The award goes to resident FetishFuel {{Stripperiffic}} MsFanservice, Ivy Valentine, who, with the exception of ''V'', loses more and more of her already amazingly revealing default costume. By the time ''[[{{Pun}} IV]]'' rolled around her dominatrix outfit has been diminished into ''strips'' of leather held to together by ''strings''. (She was covered move in ''V''; the developers likely realized by then that if they made her outfit any ''more'' revealing, they'd probably have to change the game's ESRB rating.)
* Yoshino "Haru" Harusawa of ''[[VideoGame/DevilSurvivor Shin Megami Tensei: Devil Survivor]]'' wears an outfit that would do Theiss proud. Looking at her sprites, it's a wonder she isn't having a wardrobe malfunction every few seconds. Needless to say she's a popular character.

* ''FinalFantasyVII'': Tifa Lockhart runs around kicking ass in a white tank top, leather mini-skirt, and combat boots. Then there're her [[MostCommonSuperpower assets.]]

* ''GaiaOnline''--

* {{Invoked}}/{{Parodied}} on ''WesternAnimation/AdventureTime''--[[ValleyGirl Lumpy Space Princess]] is normally naked, being a sort of [[SiliconBasedLife purple cloud-creature]], but puts on a transparent dress ([[ImprovisedClothes made from a used plastic bag]]) when she wants to seduce [[KidHero Finn]]. [[SarcasmMode Somehow, she fails]].

** The award goes to resident FetishFuel {{Stripperiffic}} MsFanservice, Ivy Valentine, who, with the exception of ''V'', loses more and more of her already amazingly revealing default costume. By the time ''[[{{Pun}} IV]]'' rolled around her dominatrix outfit has been diminished into ''strips'' of leather held to together by ''strings''.

The theory acknowledges that this possibility is entirely imaginary: the [[MagicSkirt true magic]] of these outfits is that no matter what SheFu the wearer attempts, she is ''never, ever'' going to [[NippleAndDimed expose a nipple]]. Not in this time slot. Having said that, the TTT takes advantage of an odd side effect: a particularly sexy outfit actually ''out-titillates'' frank nudity. Evidently, [[WantingIsBetterThanHaving a woman who is not yet naked is more interesting than a woman who already is]].

* The strangest invocation of this trope has to be in the gag manga ''Kidou Senshi Gundam-San''. [[MobileSuitGundam Char Aznable]] says this is [[http://manga.animea.net/kidou-senshi-gundam-san-chapter-0.1-page-12.html why he wears his iconic mask]].

* Averted in {{Oglaf}} with Vanka of Brogoria. She wears a very low-cut tunic that shows AbsoluteCleavage, but it often slips and exposes her breasts. Also possibly averted in [[http://oglaf.com/hefty-grogol/ this comic]], depending on whether those are flesh colored pants or not-actually-pants-at-all.

* A lot of jokes were made ''in-story'' about how ComicBook/LadyRawhide managed to keep her breasts from falling out of her costume, and eventually, [[WardrobeMalfuction it actually happened]] in one story.

* The reboot of ''MortalKombat.'' Most female fighters' outfits start off this way, and get only worse as battle damage sets in (to the point where the only thing that could possibly be keeping some of them on is glue or magic, and the only thing keeping them from flashing is Barbie-doll anatomy.)

** One of the best examples of it at work is Theiss' own creation in the ''Star Trek'' episode "What Are Little Girls Made Of?" In that episode, a female android named [[http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/4/45/ST_-_What_Are_Little_Girls_Made_Of.jpg Andrea]] has a costume the upper portion of which is merely two crossing strips of material. Off the set, public modeled displays of this costume ''never'' failed to get a dramatically appreciative reception from at least the men.

** [[ChristmasCake R]][[HotMom u]][[EvenTheGirlsWantHer b]][[ShopKeeper y]] is wearing what appears to be a strategically-tied ''bedsheet'' with [[VaporWear no bra]]. The jury's out on whether it's being held up by her rack or by the sheer force of her hotness.

* In an anime known for little fanservice, Momo's swimsuit from the first two OVAs of {{Girls Und Panzer}} also qualifies. One wonders how she avoids a wardrobe malfunction.

** Some Harris (or was it already Dynamite?) story boldly declared the costume is a symbiont like the Venom thingie. Don't think to much about that.

* ''GaiaOnline''--
** [[ChristmasCake Ru]][[EvenTheGirlsWantHer b]][[ShopKeeper y]] is wearing what appears to be a strategically-tied ''bedsheet'' with [[VaporWear no bra]]. The jury's out on whether it's being held up by her rack or by the sheer force of her hotness.
** Sam. They don't make cover-alls in her size.

ImpossiblyLowNeckline ("What's holding it ''up''?"), AbsoluteCleavage and {{Sideboob}} ("What's keeping those two strips in place?"), GodivaHair ("All she has to do is turn her head a ''little''...") and {{Underboobs}} ("That shirt should ride up!") are common forms of this[[note]]The answer to these questions is "Glue and a prayer"[[/note]].

* Yumi Komagata from ''RurouniKenshin'' wears a top so low that it should not be physically possible to keep up, and indeed constantly looks like it's about to fall down. WordOfGod says that he's gotten letters from female fans attempting to {{cosplay}} as Yumi asking how she does it.

* ''Anime/PrincessTutu''. Princess Kraehe wears a black tutu which looks like it might fall off at any second. Episode 13 of ''PrincessTutuAbridged'' even has the cast trying to figure out how it stays up at one point.
* ''GetsumenToHeikiMina'' has Ootsuki Miina has an ImpossiblyLowNeckline that her transformation has got to include double sided tape to keep those puppies from popping out.

* In one ''DetectiveConan'' chapter, [[http://tinypic.com/r/2cp4vba/7 a woman dressed in what looks like a dress made out of a really long scarf]] appears. AbsoluteCleavage included.

* An InUniverse example occurs in ''Manga/CentaurNoNayami'', in a village populated by mermaids and mermen, a pair of teenage boys are more enthralled by a magazine featuring a girl in a bikini. One of them explicitly says it's different when they're covered up.

* With the amount of bouncing and jumping around ElviraMistressOfTheDark does, it's a wonder her boobs never fell out of her dress. That's because she's a [[IncrediblyLamePun master (mistress?) of suspense]].

** Some Harris (or was it already Dynamite?) story boldly declared the costume is a symbiont like the Spawn thingie. Don't think to much about that.

* Pretty much the entire cast of ''DisgaeaHourOfDarkness'', males included. The archers are only kept decent by the camera angles.
* ''DeadOrAlive [[BeachEpisode Extreme Beach Volleyball]]'': Unrealistic clothing physics are the only thing that keep this from being an {{H-Game}}.