History Main / WhoWearsShortShorts

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, it was by no means uncommon with males in certain past decades (particularly athletic shorts in TheSeventies and TheEighties), and more recently 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.

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.

* 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...

For added sexiness, combine with ZettaiRyouiki and/or ShesGotLegs. If you don't want to be too revealing, [[TightsUnderShorts just add tights.]]

* This trope was fairly common in the 70s and 80s, with both women and men in the Western world frequently sporting inseams of less than 4 inches.
* Male examples are abundant in Australia and New Zealand, with examples including shorts brands such as [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bIu5D-6NzLM Stubbies]], as well as the [[https://www.google.com/search?q=australian+football+league&tbm=isch uniforms of the Australian Football League]].

* Male examples are abundant in Australia and New Zealand, with examples including shorts brands such as [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bIu5D-6NzLM Stubbies]], as well as the uniforms of the Australian Football League.

* This trope was fairly common in the 70s and 80s, for both women and men in the Western world. In Australia and New Zealand, it still is.

* Alice in the first ''Film/ResidentEvil'' film, though the shorts are partly concealed by the red dress she's wearing.

* ''VideoGame/XenobladeChronicles''

* ''VideoGame/{{Xenoblade}}''

* Some of the Cures have worn this from time to time in the ''Franchise/PrettyCure'' franchise. For example:

* 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/BlazBlueChronoPhantasma''

-->--''VideoGame/BlazBlueChronoPhantasma'

-->-- ''VideoGame/BlazBlue: Chronophantasma''

* Music/TearsForFears: In a RareMaleExample, there are promotional images of Curt Smith wearing [[https://64.media.tumblr.com/c1f146aa18dbadc62da4f4cb88b7ec10/tumblr_mpsoveKtTQ1sr0850o1_1280.jpg short]] [[https://i.imgur.com/dw8OeLi.jpg shorts.]]

* Showed up frequently in CountryMusic in the early 2010s, particularly in the "bro-country" genre, which leaned heavily on party-hard lyrics. The idealized woman in a bro-country song was usually portrayed as wearing Daisy Duke-style jean shorts. It became such an omnipresent trope that, when the country duo Maddie & Tae spoofed the genre with their single "Girl in a Country Song", the second line went "[[RealityEnsues it's gettin' kinda cold]] in [[ExposedToTheElements these painted-on cut-off jeans]]" -- and the video had them forcing the ''men'' to wear them.

** Alyssa Zaidelle from ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyXIII-2''.

* Akasha Bloodriver from ''Manga/RosarioToVampire'' is shown to wear this under her gown when she removes the latter right before [[spoiler:her sacrificial attempt to go Medieval on Alucard's ass.]] OfCorsetsSexy also comes into play.

* On ''WesternAnimation/MissionHill'', Jim returns from Japan with the latest thing there, brightly colored short shorts with Franchise/HelloKitty style decorations. Andy thinks they're ridiculous, but is soon the [[IncrediblyLamePun butt]] of scorn from the hip crowd because he isn't wearing them. When he finally comes around, he finds they're no longer hip, as they've gone mainstream and worn by the middle-aged.

* ''Fanfic/YetAgainWithALittleExtraHelp'': Who wears [[InstantAwesomeJustAddDragons Shadow's]] short shorts? CRYPT! And subsequently gets his ass kicked by her.

'''Austin:''' Those are skin-tight. How do you get into those pants, baby?\\