History PlayingWith / ModestyShorts

** Alice's [[NoFourthWall contract]] says she has to fight in a miniskirt, but it [[LoopholeAbuse doesn't say anything about what else she wears]].

* '''Exploited''': Alice is forced to wear a miniskirt for the fighting tournament, so while she's in the ring Bob sneaks into her locker room to [[PantyThief steal her unattended panties]].

** Alice is a backup dancer in the big musical, so Bob sneaks into her dressing room before the show and switches her shorts with a tiny g-string, knowing it's [[SexSells sure to help ticket sales]].

* Alice is wearing boxers. TheReveal is that Alice is becoming Albert, or alternately, that Alice ''was/is'' Albert. (depending on what direction he or she is transitioning, either wearing the boxers as a step toward more masculine dress/a secret, or alternately because they are the only underwear that conceal an externally male appearance under the skirt)

* '''Enforced''': Alice is designed as a serious ActionGirl and the writers don't want to have her end up as MsFanservice, so when the plot calls for her to fight in a miniskirt they give her a chance to put shorts on underneath since it's more realistic than using MagicSkirt.

%%* '''Plotted A Good Waste''': ???
%%* '''Played For Laughs''': ???
%%* '''Played For Drama''': ???

* '''Implied''': Bob [[AllMenArePerverts waits under a staircase hoping to get a peek up Alice's skirt]], but when Alice finally does climb the stairs he just looks disappointed.

* '''Conversed''': While playing ''[[PantyFighter Bikini Battle VII]]'', Alice asks Bob why none of the game's miniskirted fighters bothered to wear shorts.
* '''Deconstructed''': Alice was originally wearing shorts under her skirt, but she found the shorts uncomfortable so she took off the shorts underneath.
* '''Reconstructed''': Alice was afraid that people see her panties, so she puts shorts on under her skirt.

%%* '''Implied''': ???

* '''Discussed''': ???
* '''Conversed''': ???

'''Basic Trope''': A girl wears shorts under her skirt to avoid giving {{panty shot}}s.

* '''Lampshaded''': After Alice wins a tough fight with a spectacular high kick, her teammate Bob points out it's a good thing she thought to wear shorts or the [[{{Macekre}} whole scene might have been cut]].

** Alice's short get caught on a branch and they're ripped off.
** Bob pulled off Alice's shorts.

** Alice doesn't wear shorts [[GoingCommando or panties]] under her skirt.
** Alice might be wearing shorts under her skirt, but the audience never gets to find out because the skirt [[MagicSkirt everything is always covered]].

* '''Invoked''': ???
* '''Exploited''': ???

* '''Averted''': PantyShot.

'''Basic Trope''': A girl wears shorts under her skirt to avoid giving [[PantyShot panty shots]].

'''Basic Trope''': A girl wears shorts under her skirt to avoid giving {{PantyShot}}s.

** Alice's [[TheRival rival]] Brenda has a very similar fighting style and, but as soon as their [[DesignatedGirlFight obligatory fight]] starts, it becomes highly apparent that Brenda is [[SensibleHeroesSkimpyVillains much less concerned]] with showing off her panties.

** Alice's [[TheRival rival]] Brenda sabotages her shorts, causing them to fall off in the middle of the fight in the hopes that [[DefeatByModesty Alice will to give up]] rather than [[GoingCommando risk exposing herself]].

* '''Zig Zagged''': [[InevitableTournament A team of miniskirted heroines are all participating in a fighting tournament]] on live television, so Alice protects her modesty by wearing shorts instead of panties under her skirt. Beatrice sees her first match and suddenly realizes that because she didn't wear shorts, there's no way she can fight without flashing her panties to the camera. So Alice takes off her shorts and gives them to Beatrice, who puts them on over her panties right before her round starts. But Alice's shorts don't quite fit Brenda, and halfway through the match they [[WardrobeMalfunction split wide open]] and Beatrice ends up flashing her panties after all. Afterwards, Alice comforts Beatrice and says she'll just use the [[CrazyPrepared spare pair of shorts she brought just in case]]. They hurry to the locker room and discover that the villainous Catherine saw the whole thing and stole Alice's spare shorts, in the hopes of forcing her to forfeit the match. Just then Alice notices a pair of shorts in another locker, and realizes that Dorothy must have forgotten to change into them before her match. They both rush back to warn her, only to see that Dorothy is already in the ring and about to start fighting in her hot pink [[GoofyPrintUnderwear daisy-patterned]] [[ThongOfShielding g-string]]. But before she can embarrass herself, her opponent Eve opens the match with a flying kick and shows everyone that she forgot to put on not just her shorts, but [[GoingCommando her underwear too]]. Eve is disqualified for violating the tournament's dress code, and Dorothy later reveals that she didn't forget her shorts after all, but decided that a thong would [[DistractedByTheSexy distract the opponents]] better.

* '''Zig Zagged''': ???

* '''Parodied''': ???

** Brenda [[BadGuyWins defeats]] Alice, then takes her shorts and starts wearing them herself as a trophy.

** Bob steals Alice's shorts right before the big game, forcing her to wear her normal panties instead.
** Brenda sabotages Alice's shorts, causing them to fall off in the middle of the fight in order to [[DefeatByModesty force Alice to give up]] rather than [[GoingCommando risk exposing herself]].
* '''Double Subverted''': Upon realizing she forgot to put her shorts on, Alice puts them on under her skirt, and over her panties.

** Alice's [[TheRival rival]] Brenda wears a very similar outfit, but as soon as their [[DesignatedGirlFight obligatory fight]] starts, it becomes highly apparent that Brenda is [[SensibleHeroesSkimpyVillains much less concerned with modesty]].
** Catherine disguises herself as Alice, but a sudden PantyShot reveals that her costume isn't quite perfect.
** Alice is going commando.

* '''Lampshaded''': After Alice wins a tough fight with a spectacular high kick, her teammate Bob points out it's a good thing she thought to wear shorts or the [[Macekre whole scene might have been cut]].

* '''Inverted''': Alice's shorts are being worn over a skirt, I know, doesn't really make sense.

** Alice is wearing only panties under her skirt.

* '''Lampshaded''': After Alice wins a tough fight with a spectacular high kick, Brenda points out it's a good thing she thought to wear shorts or the whole scene might have got cut.

* '''Downplayed''': ???
* '''Justified''': The shorts under the skirt are extremely short.

'''Basic Trope''': A girl wears shorts under her skirt to avoid giving any {{PantyShot}}s.
* '''Straight''': Alice is playing tennis in a skirt, but nobody sees anything embarrassing because she's wearing shorts underneath it.

** Alice's shorts are long enough to be clearly seen even while she's standing up straight.

* '''Enforced''': ???
* '''Lampshaded''': ???

'''Basic Trope''': A girl wears shorts under her skirt.
* '''Straight''': Alice kicked a ball while wearing a skirt, but everyone saw that she was wearing shorts underneath it.
* '''Exaggerated''': The shorts are long enough that they can even be seen when Alice is standing up straight.

* '''Subverted''': Alice is wearing only panties under her skirt.

* '''Averted''': PantyShot
* '''Defied''': Alice's short get caught on a branch and they're ripped off.
** Bob pulled off Alice's shorts

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* '''Deconstructed''': Alice was originally wearing shorts under her skirt, but she found the shorts uncomfortable so she took off the shorts underneath and only left her skirt and panties on.