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* ''LightNovel/HaruhiSuzumiya'': When the SOS Brigade [[AmateurFilmMakingPlot makes a film for the school festival]], one of the scenes has Mikuru's character throw into a lake and then nursed back to health by Itsuki's character, who puts her in bed now wearing a nightshirt. Kyon is not happy with the implications, and he nearly goes ''berserk'' when he realizes that Haruhi got Mikuru drunk so she'd go along with the scene.

* ''LightNovel/HaruhiSuzumiya'': When the SOS Brigade [[AmateurFilmMakingPlot makes a film for the school festival]], one of the scenes has Mikuru's character throw into a lake and then nursed back to health by Itsuki's character, who puts her in bed now wearing a nightshirt.

-->'''Max''': Am I wearing boxers? Just so you know, I prefer briefs. For their security, and peace of mind.

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* In the 1910 book ''Literature/TheManInTheMirror1910'' by Hudson Douglas has TheProtagonist Baxendale meet with Prince Juric to scope out one of Princess Ingrid's pretty servants. The Prince has thoughts of wooing this lovely lady, but needs to know if her demeanor is true, or merely a facade. Baxendale's tongue gets lubed with a goodly amount of booze, which ultimately makes him pass out. He awakens in another room of the palace, so thoroughly dressed and groomed that he doesn't recognize his own reflection in a mirror.

* ''Film/{{Hannibal}}'': Clarice is rendered unconscious by a gunshot wound and then taken by Habbinal, and wakes up wearing an evening gown (specifically a SexyBacklessOutfit with AbsoluteCleavage) instead of the casual clothes she was wearing.

* ''Disney/{{Mulan}}'': Shortly after burying the Hun army with a snow avalanche, Ping rescues her captain from a plummeting doom. This effort, plus a wound received in combat, causes Ping to lose consciousness. Ping awakens in a camp tent mostly undressed, with sarashi-like bandaging around the torso, done by the Chinese army medic. The first face Ping sees is that of Captain Li Shang, who has learned from the medic that Ping is a girl posing as a male conscript. Ping's reflex to pull a ModestyBedsheet to cover herself confirms her deception.

* ''Franchise/StarWars'' ''Film/TheEmpireStrikesBack'' has Luke Skywalker lose consciousness on the icy plains of Hoth. Han Solo finds him, and keeps Luke warm until an Alliance patrol can ferry them back to base. Luke awakens in a bacta tank (basically, an aquarium with an air supply) mostly undressed except for a modesty diaper.

This trope often overlaps BatheHerAndBringHerToMe (when the villains orders an unconscious character to be bathed), DudeShesLikeInAComa (if the one doing the undressing takes advantage of the situation or [[EatingTheEyeCandy stares too much]]), GoGoEnslavement (if the character is changed into an embarrassing and revealing outfit), IntimateHealing (when a character has to strip another before cuddling for warmth) and MuggedForDisguise (when a character renders another unconscious with the intention of taking their clothes and pose as them).

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* ''Anime/BurstAngel'': After Meg and Jo escape an R.A.P.T. ship by diving into the ocean, they end up on an island and Meg strips off hers and Jo's clothing and [[HangingOurClothesToDry leaves them out to dry so they won't get sick]].

* In ''Anime/WeissKreuz'', Sakura Tomoe was introduced waking up covered only in ModestyBedsheet in a middle of an ice rink after an organ trafficking ring kidnaps her and removed her kidney.

* During one her storylines in ''ComicBook/WonderWoman vol 1'', ComicBook/{{Huntress}} is escaping Arkham Asylum and succumbs to the effects of being shot with a very potent hallucinogenic by Professor Fether. After her JourneyToTheCenterOfTheMind, Helena wakes up in the flat of her fellow inmate she escaped the Asylum with, Gary Minelli. She also finds herself nude and unmasked and confronts him wearing a ModestyBedsheet, although she's more worried about her SecretIdentity being compromised than her modesty.

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* ''Franchise/StarWars'' ''Film/TheEmpireStrikesBack'' has Luke Skywalker lose consciousness on the icy plains of Hoth. Han Solo finds him, and keeps Luke warm until an Alliance patrol can ferry them back to base. Luke awakens in a medical tank (basically, an aquarium with an air supply) mostly undressed except for a modesty diaper.

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* ''VideoGame/KnightsOfTheOldRepublicIITheSithLords'': After the [[PlayerCharacter Exile]] blacks out after the attack on the Ebon Hawk, he/she awakens in a Kolto tank in Peragus wearing their undergarments and have to explore the mining station [[NoGearLevel without any gear or clothes]] for a while.

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* ''WebComic/DragonMango'':

* ''WebComic/GirlGenius'':

* In the final arc of the ''Manga/RurouniKenshin'' manga, Enishi kidnaps Kaoru and she awakens in his remote Island base wearing only a robe because he used her clothes to dress up a [[DeathFakedForYou fake doll corpse]] in order to make Kenshin think she's dead.

* ''LightNovel/SkyWizardsAcademy'': After Yuri is [[CurbStompBattle curb-stomped]] by a hooded [[spoiler:Real]], Kanata takes her injured and unconscious body to the room where the E601 members are staying. Later, Yuri is sleeping in bed, while the girls are asking Kanata for details about what happened, when Yuri suddenly awakens and bolts up, startling the girls who [[CoverInnocentEyesAndEars rush to cover Kanata's eyes]], which causes Yuri to take notice of her nudity and that the ModestyBedsheet that was covering her fell off when she sat up and she has a NakedFreakOut while covering herself back. Kanata tells the flustered girl not to panic as it was the girls who undressed her because they couldn't let her remain in those tattered clothes, but when she asks if he saw her just ''now'', he avoids answering and just laughs awkwardly before making a hasty exit.

The reason for their unconscious state varies, but it's common for the character to be ill or injured and to fall unconscious, only to be found and rescued by someone and have their clothing be removed in order to get treatment. Or if they almost drowned and their clothes are wet and their clothes need to be removed to avoid CatchYourDeathOfCold, maybe even having to resort to IntimateHealing. The act of stripping itself normaly occurs offs-screen.

* ''ComicBook/WonderWoman1987'': Sangtee Empire pumps KnockoutGas into Diana and Natasha's sabotaged space craft before boarding, stripping them, dressing them as slaves and shipping them off to "Hope's End" for trespassing. The gas didn't work very well on Diana so they resorted to shooting her in the head at point-blank range which did knock her for a loop.

* ''Film/KnightAndDay'': After being sedated by Roy, June wakes up in a bikini on a tropical island. She confronts him, pointing out that he must have done this to her at one point.
* ''Film/TheLegendOfZorro'': Alejandro is awakened by a maid in a hotel and is [[WhatDidIDoLastNight perplexed to find he's naked]]. She explains she had to remove his wet clothes since he went swimming at their fountain after he got drunk. Alejandro uncomfortably [[HandOrObjectUnderwear covers himself with his hands]] as she explains since she's also obviously EatingTheEyeCandy, until Padre Filipe walks him and sternly tells her he will be expecting her at confession.

* ''ComicBook/WonderWoman1987'': Sangtee Empire pumps KnockoutGas into Diana and Natasha's sabotaged space craft before boarding, stripping them, dressing them as slaves and shipping them off to "Hope's End" for trespassing. The gas didn't work very well on Diana so they resorted to shooting her in the head at point blank range which did knock her for a loop.

* ''Literature/HisDarkMaterials'': In '' The Amber Spyglass'', after Lyra and Will start to sleep, Mary Malone removes their dirty and tattered clothing and clothes them into linen.

* PlayedWith in the pilot episode of ''Series/{{Eureka}}''. Carter is [[SleepsInTheNude sleeping naked]] in a room in Beverly's inn and awakes to find his clothes are gone. He wraps himself in a ModestyBedsheet and goes in search of Beverly and is uncomfortable to find out she went into the room while he slept naked to take his clothes in order to wash them.

* ''Series/APassionForRevenge'': While [[BelligerentSexualTension arguing with Samuel]], Andrea accidentally she falls off her horse and bumps her head, passing out and is taken by Samuel back to his room. While she's out, she has an Erotic Dream about him and wakes up in a rush and is mortified to find herself in his bed in only her underwear and is thoroughly peeved at Samuel for supposedly undressing her. It was actually Soledad who undressed her and he just came in to check on her, but he has no time to explain it as she starts [[TantrumThrowing throwing things at him]].
* ''Series/PrettyLittleLiars'': In "Game On, Charles" when The Liars get [[KnockoutGas gassed]] and kidnapped by A, they [[WakingUpAtTheMorgue wake up later in a morgue-like room]] with a ModestyBedsheet draped over their naked bodies, looking like they are corpses. Spencer theorizes A took photos of them like that to send to their families so that they would stop looking for them.

* ''Theatre/CanCan'': The first act ends with [[TheProtagonist Aristide]] being dramatically rejected by Pistache and his career being derailed by a manufactured scandal. The second act begins with him waking up in an [[WakingUpElsewhere unfamiliar bedroom wearing]] in an artists' studio loft, wearing unfamiliar nightclothes and [[WhatDidIDoLastNight no memory of the intervening period]]. The artists explain that they rescued him after [[DrowningMySorrows he got blind drunk]] and picked a fight with an entire nightclub full of people who already had a grudge against him.

** In "[[Recap/SmallvilleS04E03Facade Facade]]", Dr. Fine gasses Lois after she notices Lois had been investigating her kryptonite platic surgery operation. When Lois wakes up, she finds she's been stripped down to her underwear and is [[StrappedToAnOperatingTable strapped in Dr. Fine's plastic surgery machine]]. Clark arrives shortly after and frees her from it.

This trope can be done for several reasons, such as putting the character in a vulnerable state, adding UnresolvedSexualTension and ShipTease between the unconscious character and their undresser (FlorenceNightingaleEffect may be in effect) or for pragmatic reasons such as riddling them of any equipment or {{MacGuffin}} they previously had on them.


SisterTrope to ShamefulStrip (A conscious character is forced to undress against their will) and TakeOffYourClothes (When a conscious character is ''asked'' to remove their clothing for similar innocent reasons). See also SleepsInTheNude for characters that ''prefer'' to sleep unclothed out of their own volition.


This trope often overlaps BatheHerAndBringHerToMe (When the villains orders an unconscious character to be bathed), DudeShesLikeInAComa (If the one doing the undressing takes advantage of the situation or [[EatingTheEyeCandy stares too much]]), GoGoEnslavement (If the character is changed into an embarrassing and revealing outfit), IntimateHealing (When a character has to strip another before cuddling for warmth) and MuggedForDisguise (When a character renders another unconscious with the intention of taking their clothes and pose as them).

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* A big question in ''Videogame/TheLegendOfZeldaOcarinaOfTime'' is how Link changed his clothes (or pierced his ear!) during his seven-year sleep in the Sacred Realm. [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HrZW5vIx8N0 This fan video]] by Laura Kerger is based on the idea that Rauru did it. Rauru also decided that Link should have pierced ears, apparently.

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** After stopping war clanks alone, Gil collapses and later [[http://www.girlgeniusonline.com/comic.php?date=20080407#.XaJE7kZKiUk wakes up naked]] in Mamma Gkika' bar after being treated. Not realizing it, he gets out of bed in front of Zeetha and walks around nude for a while, until she points how his state of undress and he has a NakedFreakOut.

-->'''Kat:''' Hey! What happened to my clothes? Did you see me naked?
-->'''Dr. Monstreau:''' A villain my dear, does have certain responsibilities.
-->'''Grunge:''' [[DudeShesLikeInAComa Dude!]]

-->'''Marty:''' Where are my pants?!
-->'''Lorraine:''' Over there... on my hope chest.

--> '''Em:''' Who, um ... who undressed me?
--> '''Smith:''' Don't worry, the med-chamber did it. It removed your old clothes, cleaned you up, treated your wounds, fed you intravenously, handled your waste and fixed your hair. It even put on your new clothes for you.

-->'''Quigley:''' For your generosity, madam, we are indebted.
-->'''Iori:''' Oh, you paid your debt last night when I stitched that head of yours. I haven't had my hands all over a man so pretty since...

* ''WesternAnimation/SupermanTheAnimatedSeries'': In "[[Recap/SupermanTheAnimatedSeriesS1E4FunAndGames Fun and Games]]", ComicBook/LoisLane answer her door wearing a bathrobe and receives a box with a CreepyDoll that sprays KnockoutGas on her and she blacks out. When Lois wakes up, she's dressed like an old-fashioned cupie doll in Toyman's warehouse.

* Happens to Susan Murphy/Ginormica twice in ''WesternAnimation/MonstersVsAliens'', done first by the government and then by Galaxhar. Both times she wakes up in a different outfit to the one she was wearing before rendered unconscious. An impressive feat considering it's difficult enough to undress and redress a regular human unconscious and Susan is a [[AttackOfThe50FootWhatever 50-Foot tall]] [[GiantWoman giant]].

* Happens to Susan Murphy/Ginormica twice in ''WesternAnimation/MonstersVsAliens'', done first by the government and then by Galaxhar. Both times she wakes up in a different outfit to the one she was wearing before rendered unconscious.

* In [[http://freefall.purrsia.com/ff1700/fc01689.htm this]] ''Webcomic/{{Freefall}}'' strip, to sneak Florence out of the hospital, Sam removes her hospital gown and dresses her up in Mr. Kornada's clothes, leaving a [[http://freefall.purrsia.com/ff1700/fc01693.htm confused Florence to awaken]] wondering why she's wearing his pants.

* ''Discworld/CarpeJugulum'': Waking up after being knocked unconscious in a fight with vampires, witch Agnes Nitt demands to know [[ItMakesSenseInContext who put the poppy seeds down her bra]] and threatens that if it wasn't a woman who took her stockings off, somebody is going to be in real trouble.

* ''FanFic/SuperSentaiVsSuperSentai'': After being dropped into the seam Youhei rescues the unconscious Miki and has to take her off her wet clothes for her health. He actually dwells on the idea of her waking up to him undressing her and [[NotWhatItLooksLike misinterpreting things]] but does it anyway.

* ''Fanfic/WereInHyruleStupid'': This ''[[VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaOcarinaOfTime Ocarina of Time]]'' SelfInsert CrackFic has it PlayedForLaughs in ''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/658797/6/We-re-In-Hyrule-stupid the sixth chapter]]''. Everyone except Nicole and Link have awkwardly [[ShapeshiftingExcludesClothing grown out of their clothes]] during the PlotRelevantAgeUp, and Nicole explains that she randomly woke up and, after changing her own clothes, noticed that Link looked uncomfortable and decided to change him as well.