History Main / WhoWearsShortShorts

* Sharla from ''VideoGame/XenobladeChronicles1'' starts with the [[http://youtu.be/ZeDaBS28nRw?t=6m30s latest combat Daisy Dukes]] as her default equipment.

* ''Manga/DeadlineSummonner'' has Mamoru Onodera's Werewolf who favours this, alongside a [[HellBentForLeather leather jacket,]] [[{{Stripperific}} skimpy top,]] and [[CollaredByFashion a collar,]] with plenty of spikes to go around.

* In ''Manga/DailyLifeWithMonsterGirl'', since [[HarpingOnAboutHarpies Papi]]'s talons makes her unable to wear pants, she usually sports shorts.

* ''Anime/DanganRonpa3'': Like in [[{{Franchise/Danganronpa}} previous installments]], Aoi Asahina wears shorts as opposed to almost every female character in the franchise. The only other girl who wears shorts is Ruruka Andou. However, unlike Andou, Asahina actually wears a uniform...which she combines with shorts. Yes, she combines a suit with shorts, tights and sneakers. Initially, anyway. She later falls into the ShortTank category not long after the beginning of the series.

* ''Franchise/LyricalNanoha''

* ''Anime/SailorMoon''

* ''Comicbook/{{Supergirl}}'': TheSeventies' Supergirl costume included [[https://usercontent1.hubstatic.com/7294390_f120.jpg red hot pants.]] It is one of her most well-remembered costumes.

* ''Comicbook/YoungAvengers'' has Miss America Chavez, who almost always wears tiny shorts as part of her various CivvieSpandex ensembles.

* This is part of Cure Western's outfit in ''FanFic/PrettyCureHollywoodStars'', resulting in at least one comparison to Misty from Anime/{{Pokemon}} (see above). The rolled-up jean shorts carry over to her Super Cure form, and Super Cure Western even pairs them with Grade B ZettaiRyouiki and, in the last episode, [[TightsUnderShorts gold tights]]!

* LightNovel/HaruhiSuzumiya Flanderizes this in the ''Franchise/PrettyCure''-style reboot, ''FanFic/SOSPrettyCure'', and it even features in her Cure outfit, along with Grade A ZettaiRyouiki!

* ''VideoGame/{{Fallout 3}}'' has a Raider outfit of this type added with ''The Pitt''.

* Yuna, everyone's favorite BadassAdorable summoner in ''Videogame/FinalFantasyX'', comes back to ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyX2'' as an ActionGirl, leaving her classic white top and long blue skirt for a hotter {{Fanservice}} AbsoluteCleavage shirt and tiny jean shorts underneath her [[ShowgirlSkirt half-skirt]] [[BuffySpeak thing]].

* Poison from ''Videogame/FinalFight'' (and later ''Videogame/StreetFighter'') wears an absolutely tiny pair of these. Notably she's a hermaphrodite/pre-op transexual [[FlipFlopOfGod (in most translations)]] which does raise the question of trouser space...

* ''Videogame/MightyNo9'': Beck appears to, given that he's technically entirely composed of Xels.

* Sharla from ''VideoGame/{{Xenoblade}}'' starts with the [[http://youtu.be/ZeDaBS28nRw?t=6m30s latest combat Daisy Dukes]] as her default equipment.

* Creator/MelissaGeorge in ''Film/{{Triangle}}'' wears shorts. What's notable about this example is actually how ''little'' Fanservice there is in the film.

* Creator/MelissaGeorge in ''Film/{{Triangle}}'' wears shorts.

* Maybe ''you'' fellow Troper, if you plan on getting some naughty views....

* Standard in women's volleyball and handball.

** Rebecca gets some daisy dukes in her cowgirl outfit in ''VideoGame/ResidentEvil0''.

* During a period of time in ''ComicBook/ArchieComicsSonicTheHedgehog'' where the main characters were forced to go to school, Bunnie Rabbot wore some of these.

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** The HardDrinkingPartyGirl Polly has two casual outfits, in both of them, she wears short shorts, in one it's white denim te other are black jeans.

* ''WebAnimation/HomestarRunner'''s "creepy pants" are a pair of hot pink/purple shorts of the 'Daisy Duke' variety (an American form of shorts made by cutting the legs of snug jeans, sometimes so much so that the white pocket liners can be seen). It is later revealed that he was out of his mind on Strong Sad's anti-depressants at the time.

* In ''Webcomic/ElGoonishShive'', Grace wears these under her pants during her birthday party. The pants were sized to fit her [[GenderBender male form]] and when she [[http://www.egscomics.com/index.php?id=800 changed back to female]] the pants slipped off giving her the appearance of [[http://www.egscomics.com/index.php?id=809 wearing no pants at all]] given the length of her shirt.
* In ''Webcomic/HowToRaiseYourTeenageDragon'', [[http://teenagedragon.webcomic.ws/comics/91/ Acinonyx wears them]] as well as many other female characters.

* In the ''Literature/WhateleyUniverse'', one of the many problems with the new costume of THE CRIMSON COMET!!! Granted, she just got the superpowers and the curves a couple weeks ago and she hasn't gotten over it yet.

* On ''WesternAnimation/TotalDrama'', Heather, Katie, and Sadie all wear very short shorts. Later, Jasmine and Stephanie were designed with shorts.
* ''WesternAnimation/SymBionicTitan'''s Ilana wears these on occasion as part of her UnlimitedWardrobe.
* Lola Bunny wears a pair of short gym shorts as part of her original IconicOutfit.

--->'''Chief Wiggum:''' ''[[[WolfWhistle whistles]]]'' Look at all them hot pants.
* [[https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/dolly_gnome_1383.png Dolly Gnome]] from ''WesternAnimation/GnomeoAndJuliet''.
* Raf from ''WesternAnimation/AngelsFriends''.
* In ''WesternAnimation/WinxClub'' Stella's first fairy form has orange shorts.
** In a sense, Bloom and Flora wear shorts under their skirts, thereby avoiding [[PantyShot Panty Shots]].
* In ''WesternAnimation/RegularShow'', use of Death Kwon Do requires cutoff jeans and a mullet. (In fact, anyone can use Death Kwon Do immediately just by wearing them.)

* In ''WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic'', Princess Ember's armor seems to include this ([[OffModel aside from when she's green]]), though it can be hard to notice due to the anatomy of dragons as well as the fact that that part of her armor extends several times longer to her tail. It is easiest to notice when she is sitting up after Spike saves her from drowning.
* ''WesternAnimation/TheMagicSchoolBus'':
** Phoebe's regular outfit incorporates oversized red short overalls.
** In ''WesternAnimation/TheMagicSchoolBusRidesAgain'', Dorothy Ann's swimsuit incorporates light blue shorts.

* In his debut episode on ''Series/SEALTeam'', Thirty Mike spends some time in full combat gear - except that, in place of camouflage pants, he’s wearing tan short shorts.

* The TropeNamer would be the 1957 song [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UcvjXAtzaMU "Short Shorts"]] by the Royal Teens. You may know it via PopculturalOsmosis as "that song from the [[Memes.{{Advertising}} Nair commercials]]".
** Or an episode of ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons''.
** The song had a ShoutOut in Sheb Wooley's "Purple People Eater".

* Rin Kagamine from Music/{{Vocaloid}}.

* 3OH!3 brings up the trope again in "Starstrukk":
-->Nice legs, Daisy Dukes
-->Makes a man go ''[whistle]''!
* Extremely prevalent among [[KoreanPopMusic K-pop]] girl groups, especially Music/GirlsGeneration.

* 69 Boyz & Duice's "Dazzey Duks".
* Music/PixieLott. Every second outfit she wears involves a pair of these.
* Music/MileyCyrus, as evidenced in many candids.
* Music/KylieMinogue's famous gold hot pants from "Spinning Around".
* Male example: 2D from Music/{{Gorillaz}} rollerblades while wearing a pair of ridiculously tiny jogging shorts in the video for "Humility"--seriously, they're so small that it almost looks like 2D's skating around in his underwear. [[MrFanservice Quite a few viewers (mostly the female ones) were pleased with this.]]

* Another male example: [[Music/NineInchNails Trent Reznor]] during 'The Self-Destruct Tour' in the 1990s.

* Felicity Shagwell in ''Pinball/AustinPowers'' proudly flaunts her leather short shorts.

* ''Franchise/{{Pokemon}}'':
** ''VideoGame/PokemonGoldAndSilver'' has male examples in Youngsters, (a.k.a. the shorts-obsessed kids) who wear their shorts somewhere halfway down the thighs (other generation Youngsters have approximately knee-length shorts) and Bugsy, the Gym Leader of Azalea Town, whose short shorts only add to his already very [[ViewerGenderConfusion girly looks]]; for females, there's Whitney and Clair.
** ''VideoGame/PokemonBlackAndWhite'': Hilda, the female protagonist, has quite short shorts, as does Flying-type gym leader Skyla.
** ''VideoGame/PokemonBlackAndWhite2''[='s=] version of Elesa.
** ''VideoGame/PokemonXAndY'' gives us Diantha.
** ''VideoGame/PokemonSunAndMoon'': the female Team Skull Grunts, as befitting their urban gangster image; Sina (originally from ''X and Y'') switches to wearing short shorts in ''Sun and Moon''.
* Rottytops from ''VideoGame/{{Shantae}}'' wears a pair of daisy dukes with a skull shaped belt buckle. As Rottytops is also a zombie, her shorts allow her to easily detach one of her legs from her body and use it as a weapon.
* The respective best endings in ''VideoGame/MetroidFusion'' and ''[[VideoGame/MetroidZeroMission Zero Mission]]'' feature Samus Aran in blue and orange short shorts and tanktop. These designs were used again as [[PaletteSwap alternate costumes]] in ''VideoGame/SuperSmashBrosForNintendo3DSAndWiiU''.
* Matsu from ''VideoGame/SengokuBasara'' wears very short shorts (which are slitted up the sides to boot).

* Scharlachrot from ''VideoGame/ArcanaHeart 3''.

* Desdemona in ''VideoGame/CityOfHeroes''.
* The Soviet commando, [[ColdSniper Natasha]], from ''VideoGame/CommandAndConquerRedAlert3''. [[ExposedToTheElements In the Russian winter]].
* Akari Ichijou of ''VideoGame/TheLastBlade'' wears a variation of a {{Miko}} outfit that includes these.
* SAXTON HALE of (the {{backstory}} comics of) ''VideoGame/TeamFortress2'' is [[TestosteronePoisoning so manly]] that he rarely wears much more clothing at all!
** In-game, the Heavy can wear short shorts. (And this was after the devteam specifically asked to not make short shorts for the Heavy.)
* ''VideoGame/BlazBlueChronoPhantasma'':
** Bullet wears uncomfortably tight-looking [[MemeticMutation hottopantsu]] that resemble a belt more than anything else, which makes the actual belt look redundant. In addition to Ragna calling it "butt floss" due to how gratuitous it is, this is also what inspired Taokaka to call her "Butt Lady".
** In a ''Chronophantasma Extend'' gag reel, Bullet's pelvic region is covered by the game's logo after the aforementioned hotpants are confiscated. Even Luna gets the point how revealing Bullet's attire is.
--->'''Luna:''' Ragna doesn't call you "butt floss" for nothin'.
** While she wears a DangerouslyShortSkirt under normal circumstances, Makoto has a pair of spandex shorts after Amane [[FinishingMove Astrals]] her.
* Minogame from ''VideoGame/{{Hellsinker}}'' wears a kind of very short brown jeans shorts. One interesting thing to note is that while Minogame is a {{Hermaphrodite}} he is always referred to as male.

* ''VideoGame/{{Mega Man ZX}}'' has Aile and Grey(The latter being one of the few male examples of this trope.).
* For ''VideoGame/FireEmblemAwakening'', all of the series' previous protagonists got redesigns for their DLC appearances. ''[[VideoGame/FireEmblemGaiden Gaiden]]'''s female protagonist, Celica, received an outfit with a pair of shorts so short that even with the in-game picture cutting off just ''barely'' past the waist, it still shows bare thighs. [[http://images4.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb20130506005540/fireemblem/images/4/4d/Celica_%28FE13_Artwork%29.png (full version here.)]] Not entirely surprising given that the artist commissioned for her redesign [[BleachedUnderpants normally does erotic doujinshi.]]
* Ms. Fortune of ''VideoGame/{{Skullgirls}}'' when it comes to playable characters. Patty from The Last Hope when it comes to non-playable characters in ''Skullgirls''.
* ''[[VideoGame/FridayThe13thTheGame Friday the 13th: The Game]]'' has Tiffany Cox, who has short shorts so short ''half of her butt'' is exposed.
* ''VideoGame/{{Fallout 3}}'' has a Raider outfit of this type added with ''The Pitt''.
* The Great Khan outfits in ''VideoGame/FalloutNewVegas'' all feature this when worn by a female character.
** Both 3 and New Vegas feature the Raider Badlands Armor, which appear to also be homaging Tomb Raider's outfit.
* Shows up quite a bit in ''Franchise/ResidentEvil'', especially with the [[AndYourRewardIsClothes unlockable bonus outfits]].
** Claire in ''VideoGame/ResidentEvil2'' has some iconic pink short shorts over thigh length lycra. In ''[[VideoGame/ResidentEvilCodeVeronica Code: Veronica]]'', Claire gets an alternate costume with hot pants and no lycra, and in ''[[VideoGame/ResidentEvilTheDarksideChronicles Darkside Chronicles]]'' and ''[[VideoGame/ResidentEvilRevelations2 Revelations 2]]'' (an alternate costume in the latter) Claire gets the classic daisy dukes.
*** ''VideoGame/ResidentEvil2Remake'' ditches Claire’s shorts shorts in favor of practical jeans. Though the short shorts return with as a alternate “classic” outfit.
** Rebecca gets some daisy dukes in her cowgirl outfit in ''VideoGame/ResidentEvil0''.
** ''VideoGame/ResidentEvilRevelations'': In an early scene set in the mountains, Jessica Sherawat is wearing fur hat, fur jacket, fur boots... and short shorts over purple tights. [[ExposedToTheElements She complains about the cold]], and her partner Chris tells her "You should have worn your [[BoringButPractical thermal underwear]]." The kicker: this is nowhere ''near'' the least practical thing she wears in the game. (Not after you see her "wetsuit"...)
** Sherry in ''VideoGame/ResidentEvil6'' can wear her original outfit from ''VideoGame/ResidentEvil2'' as an unlockable bonus. SheIsAllGrownUp, but the outfit is about the same size as it was before.
* Poison from ''Videogame/FinalFight'' (and later ''Videogame/StreetFighter'') wears an absolutely tiny pair of these. Notably she's a hermaphrodite/pre-op transexual [[FlipFlopOfGod (in most translations)]] which does raise the question of trouser space...
* ''Videogame/MightyNo9'': Beck appears to, given that he's technically entirely composed of Xels.
* ''Videogame/The3rdBirthday'' has Aya's Swimsuit outfit, consisting of little more than a bikini top and short shorts. The outfit's description even [[LampshadeHanging lampshades]] the impracticality of the outfit, given that the entire game takes place during the winter.
* ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaOcarinaOfTime'': Saria differs from the other female Kokiri natives in that she wears shorts in lieu of a skirt. That's just one way in which she differs from other Kokiri--[[spoiler:she just so happens to be one of the Seven Sages]].
* Ashley in ''VideoGame/UntilDawn'' wears jean shorts over black tights. At a mountain lodge in the [[CanadaEh Canadian Rockies]] in the dead of winter.
* ''VideoGame/GrandTheftAutoV'':
** Michael's daughter Tracey wears a pair of denim shorts as part of her beach outfit.
** Franklin's childhood friend Tonya Wiggins also wears a pair of denim shorts.

* Ramona Flowers, love interest of ''ComicBook/ScottPilgrim'', frequently wears short shorts, [[TightsUnderShorts often with brightly colored tights underneath]].

* ''ComicBook/RedRobin'' villain the Wanderer pairs incredibly short shorts with the rest of her revealing outfit. She kills via skin contact and appears to have an impressive healing factor so her outfit at least makes some semblance of sense.

* Creator/DCComics' Dolphin

* During a period of time in ''ComicBook/ArchieComicsSonicTheHedgehog'' where the main characters were forced to go to school, Bunnie Rabbot wore some of these.

* ComicBook/RobynHood suffers from progressive ClothingDamage over the course of ''The Hunt'' mini-series. By the time she reaches the final showdown, her tights have been reduced to an extremely abbreviated pair of shorts.
* ''Franchise/WonderWoman'':
** ''ComicBook/WonderWoman1942'': During the decades long transitional period between wearing flowing culottes and wearing swimsuit style briefs Wonder Woman's running shorts spent quite a while being quite short near the end of the period in which she was clearly wearing shorts.
** Bobby Strong, one of the Holliday Girls, wears high waisted hot pants.
* ''ComicBook/BlackCanary'': During the ''DC YOU'' ongoing, it became common for Dinah to wear short-shorts and would frequently fight in them. After ''DC Rebirth'', this became her default look, alongside a corset top and her usual jacket/fishnets, in order to maintain her classic aesthetic with a Burnside-like improvisation.

* In ''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/10181533/18/Reinforced-Magic Reinforced Magic]]'' a unicorn who assumes a humanoid form after Harry makes her his familiar wears short shorts coupled with a [[BareYourMidriff short sleeveless vest]].
* ''Fanfic/UnbreakableRedSilkenThread'': Heather still wears them as part of her regular outfit, just like back on Total Drama.

* Alice in the first ''Film/ResidentEvil'' film, though the shorts are partly concealed by the red dress she's wearing.
* [[Creator/ZooeyDeschanel Trillian]] the first time we see her in the main story, in ''Film/TheHitchhikersGuideToTheGalaxy''.
* Worn by Candice during her fatal gymnastics practice session in ''Film/FinalDestination5''. Justified as most other gymnasts were wearing this as well during the same scene.
* The title character of ''Film/TamaraDrewe''. As a disapproving older woman notes, "She poured herself into those shorts. She'll give herself thrush." No one remembers the movie; everyone remembers the trailer that primarily featured this sequence.
* Felicity Shagwell in ''Film/AustinPowersTheSpyWhoShaggedMe''. They're skin-tight.
* Half of the scenes featuring Steve Christy in the original ''Film/FridayThe13th1980'' has him wearing shorts shorts, an ascot and [[WalkingShirtlessScene not much else]].
* In ''Film/TheMaster'', many of the navy men in the beginning of the movie. They were very much out of uniform.

* ''Film/TheGreatOutdoors'' features a female character wearing these in a bar, where she gets goosed with a pool cue wielded by one of the main male characters and, of course, romance ensues. Making the scene more remarkable is the woman is played by Creator/LucyDeakins, best known for chase tween roles in films like ''Film/TheBoyWhoCouldFly'', leading to some {{Fanservice}}.

* Creator/MelissaGeorge in ''Film/{{Triangle}}'' wears shorts.

* Several women in ''Film/TheBroadwayMelody'' are shown wearing this backstage, making this OlderThanTheyThink.
* Harley Quinn's shorts in ''Film/SuicideSquad2016'' seriously didn't leave much to the imagination. Margot Robbie claimed this was done to keep Harley's sense of "style" while keeping the outfit manageable. ("We tried the court jester costume," the actress said, "we tried the corset and skirt, we tried leather pants, we tried literally every type of costume possible for her," but it seems all those options just didn't work.)
* A male example is seen in ''Film/MiamiConnection'' with one guy in a jersey and a pair of tiny white shorts.
-->'''[[Podcast/RiffTrax Mike Nelson]]:''' Welp, gotta return these shorts to John Stockton.\\
'''Kevin Murphy:''' ''Wow!''

%%* Desiree in ''Film/GatorBait''.
* Diana spends almost the entity of ''Film/SistersOfDeath'' in short shorts. The only times she isn't, she either wearing a bikini or a negligee.
* Oliver, played by Creator/ArmieHammer, wears a very short pair of these while frolicking in the Italy countryside in ''Film/CallMeByYourName''.
* ''Film/JuliaX'': After returning home and cleaning up, Julia changes into an extremely abbreviated pair of cutoff shorts and stockings.
* In ''Film/EvenLambsHaveTeeth'', Sloane and Katie escape from their abductors wearing what they had been forced to wear, which is tank tops and very short shorts. These are the outfits they wear throughout their RoaringRampageOfRevenge.
* ''Film/HeadlessHorseman'' has Candy, who enters the picture by stepping out of a tow truck wearing extremely short Daisy Dukes and a halter top.
* In ''Film/TheBurning'', Michelle and most of the senior female campers get around in very short shorts.
* WalkingSwimsuitScene Jenny in ''Film/Seven1979'', who occasionally puts on a pair of extremely abbreviated denim cutoff over her bikini bottoms: seemingly just so she can take them off again later.
* In ''Film/{{Sheitan}}'', the lustful Jeanne struts around in an extremely abbreviated pair of denim cutoffs. In the middle of a French winter.
* ''Film/IceColdInAlex'' is set in North Africa in World War Two. Most of the men wear long shorts, which were standard issue for British troops. Captain van der Poel wears short shorts.

* In his debut episode on ''Series/SEALTeam'', Thirty Mike (Tim Chiou) spends some time in full combat gear - except that, in place of camouflage pants, he’s wearing tan short shorts.

* In his debut episode on ''Series/SEALTeam'', Thirty Mike spends some time in full combat gear - except that, in place of camouflage pants, he’s wearing tan short shorts.

Hot pants, mini shorts, or [[Series/TheDukesOfHazzard daisy dukes]]? Whatever you call them, it can be a great way to ShowSomeLeg without having to worry about a PantyShot. This trope became popular in RealLife around [[TheFifties the mid-1950s]], and even more so during TheSeventies with the introduction of hot pants, and even though it has never been at the height of fashion, it's never really gone away, either. Though it's mostly a female trope, we're seeing more and more male characters slipping in, after major {{aver|tedTrope}}sion or even {{inver|tedTrope}}sion from most of TheNineties through most of TheNewTens.

* On ''Toys/{{Lalaloopsy}}'', Pickles B.L.T. has her very short shorts on the first time when she's athletic, but she also wears a belly shirt a lot [[BareYourMidriff to reveal her belly button]].

* On ''WesternAnimation/TotalDrama'', [[AlphaBitch Heather]], [[ThoseTwoGuys Katie]], [[HeterosexualLifePartners and]] [[FatGirl Sadie]] all wear very short shorts. Later, [[AwesomeAussie Jasmine]] and [[CompetitionFreak Stephanie]] was designed with shorts.

** In the Ministrife update, we also get to see an alternate-timeline God-Tier Tavros, who shares the Page class and thus the boy booty shorts. Depending on whether you see him as {{Adorkable}} or just [[{{Pun}} a dorky bull]]...

* ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons'':
** Someone wondered where the police were, and were informed by the Mayor they were investigating a boat crash carrying hotpants. Cut to the entire force, including Chief Wiggum asking 'Who wears short shorts?'
** And of course the finale to "El Viaje Misterioso de Nuestro Jomer" mentioned in the music section.
--->'''Chief Wiggum:''' Look at all them hot pants.

* Speaking of Valentine, Faye's trademark yellow outfit in ''Anime/CowboyBebop'' probably counts.

%%* ''Series/BlueWaterHigh'' is another Australian offender.

* In his debut episode on ''Series/SEALTeam'', Thirty Mike spends some time in full combat gear, except in place of camouflage pants, he’s wearing tan short shorts.

* WalkingSwimsuitScene Jenny in ''Film/Seven1979'', who occasionally puts on a pair of extremely abbreviated denim cutoff over her bikini bottoms: seeming so she can take them off again later.