Line #17 MagicPants/AnimeAndManga


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7	* Jiro, the title android in ''Anime/AndroidKikaiderTheAnimation''. His [[TransformationSequence transformation]] from [[HenshinHero "human"]] form to [[PersonOfMassDestruction "robotic superweapon"]] shows not only his clothes but his ''face'' being shredded, revealing the "real" Jiro underneath. But after the MonsterOfTheWeek has been defeated, the next shot of Jiro is almost always his unscathed human form. I'd love to have his tailor. (The skin and clothes are actually made by {{nanomachines}} out of random particles in the area, so...)
8	* ''Anime/ArabianNightsAdventuresOfSinbad'': Even though Shera was cursed when she was a baby wrapped in blankets, she's wearing clothes fit for her age and height when she gets turned back into human.
9	* Whenever ''Anime/AstroBoy'' gets in a fight all his clothes usually end up getting shredded aside from his iconic belt, briefs and red boots. Note that this doesn't apply to the original manga where these were explicitly part of his body, whereas in later versions he is said to be designed to emulate humans perfectly.
10	* ''Manga/AyakashiTriangle'': When absorbing Shirogane turns Suzu into a CatGirl, she grows a ears that knocks off her hairclip, but a tail that goes ''through'' her clothing. [[https://twitter.com/yabuki_info/status/1562387953527431170 The author explains]] Suzu actually merges her [[SelfDuplication omokage]] with the ayakashi, which she wears over her physical body like a costume.
11	* In ''Manga/BlackBloodBrothers'', when the "Old Blood" vampire Cain Warlock transforms into his [[WolfMan blue wolf]] form, his clothes are torn to shreds and he triples in size, but those trousers remain unscathed.
12	* ''Manga/BlackClover'' has occasional ClothingDamage, but always of the "just enough to remain decent" variety. Particularly noticeable with some of the [[spoiler:elf-possessed Royal Knights]] fight Mereleona -- all of their clothes are in tatters afterward, but notice how unlike her male counterparts, Puli somehow avoided getting any on her chest area.
13	* In ''Manga/BlueExorcist,'' being WreathedInFlames never seems to damage [[AntiAntiChrist Rin]]'s clothes. Interestingly, in the anime he once burned off ''other'' people's clothes by accident. Possibly {{Justified\|Trope}}: people he likes are generally FriendlyFireProof, so apparently he can mentally prevent ClothingDamage.
14	* When Chrono of ''Manga/ChronoCrusade'' transforms from his SleepModeSize into his true form, he goes from wearing a red coat over a 1920's-esque outfit into a badass jacket ([[ShirtlessScene sans shirt]]) and pants. When he returns to his childlike form, his usual outfit reappears. (This causes a very interesting sight to happen later in the manga -- when part of his coat is blown away before his transformation is triggered, after his switch back to his child form part of his coat is in tatters. Which causes one to wonder...how can his coat can be damaged by ''bullets'', but [[FridgeLogic doesn't get destroyed when he grows an extra foot or two and gains abs and a six pack]]?)
15	* Allen Walker, the protagonist of ''Manga/DGrayMan'', has a left arm made of [[EmpathicWeapon Innocence]]. When he activates it, it becomes a huge, armored claw that goes all the way up to his shoulder, even though he usually wears long sleeves. [[LampshadeHanging Lampshaded]] in one of the manga volumes, where he [[FourthWallMailSlot answers a reader's question]] about it.
16	-->'''Allen:''' I have no idea. I'm just glad it doesn't rip.
17	* In ''Anime/DigimonFrontier'', the TransformationSequence involves clothes shredding, the better to facilitate a ''Anime/SailorMoon''-esque naked transformation. Clothes are always returned upon demorphing. Explained by the fact that in the Digital World, your appearance is based on your picture of yourself. That's why, in other seasons, the Digidestined's clothes automatically changed when they entered the Digital World no matter what they were wearing before.
18	** In ''Anime/DigimonTamers'' the final evolution's TransformationSequence -- Biomerge Evolution -- does not show what happens to the human partners' clothing during the process. Perhaps this has the same explanation as "Digimon have no gender" being the reason that the human partner has no naughty bits during the sequence -- Digimon also technically don't wear "clothes".
19	* In ''Anime/DogDays''[='=] second season, when several characters are [[FountainOfYouth de-aged]], their clothing doesn't shrink with them. [[CoolBigSis Yukikaze]] remedies the situation by using one of her ninjutsu to alter the outfits, but when everyone is returned to normal, they remember this a few seconds too late and everyone ends up shredding their now child-sized outfits.
20	* This trope is inconsistent, but present, in the ''Franchise/DragonBall'' anime series.
21	** In ''Manga/DragonBall'', Goku {{lampshade\|Hanging}}s this in his first fight against Piccolo Jr. when the latter grew to [[AttackOfThe50FootWhatever gigantic proportions]], with Goku asking how his pants grew with him.
22	** Many characters, most notably Goku during his first fight with Vegeta, suffer ClothingDamage after getting smacked around by enough energy blasts. Even if the rest of their outfit is torn or blasted to shreds, their pants will ''always'' remain more or less intact. Humorously inverted when Goku fought the Pilaf Machine as a child where a flamethrower from Shu's machine burned off ''only'' Goku's pants while his shirt remained intact.
23	** Averted with Great Ape transformations unless the user is wearing special armor which is mentioned below. When Goku and Gohan transformed into Great Apes, all their clothing got destroyed which also included their pants.
24	** In ''Anime/DragonBallZ'', Freeza's army, including the Saiyans, [[JustifiedTrope wear special armor]] that is ''literally'' one size fits all. Even when Vegeta transforms into a Giant Ape inside them, they still fit. Bulma later replicates this armor. This is pushed a bit far in the Bardock special, characters that are clearly wearing cloth material in addition to their spandex or whatever bodysuits still have it on them in Oozaru form, but despite being stretched out so much, it ''still'' wears as loosely as it did on their normal sized form.
25	*** The Metamoran Fusion Dance comes provided with a jacket and pants, always the same style no matter what were the fusees wearing. The only exception to this rule seems to be when both fusees are nude.
26	** In ''Anime/DragonBallGT'', Goku's Super Saiyan 4 state always has his pants in a good condition, despite the fact that Goku has a child body with child clothes and the transformation makes him grow into an adult. The first time Goku reached the state, his clothes were previously destroyed because he had turned into a giant ape... and the pants reappeared anyway. Vegeta keeps the same pair of pants he was wearing when he makes the [=SSJ4=] transformation, and when he accidentally returns to normal his shirt ''[[https://youtu.be/EykCdV40j2Y grows back]]''. The pants are apparently just a part of the transformation, which would seem ridiculous if using ki for a wardrobe change hadn't been in place since the first season of Z, if not before.
27	* Kenshiro from ''Manga/FistOfTheNorthStar'' will often activate his BattleAura when facing foes he particularly despises or has difficulty defeating, causing his jacket and undershirt to either explode or burn away. He seems to have an infinite supply of these jackets and undershirts, as they are always replaced without explanation by the beginning of the next episode -- and sometimes, by the beginning of the next ''scene''. Notably, this is the only ClothingDamage Kenshiro ever seems to suffer, as no matter how many times the former items are destroyed, he never loses even a fraction of his trousers or shoes.
28	* In ''Manga/FullmetalAlchemist'', Major Armstrong's shirt tends to ''explode'' with alarming regularity and he is seen shirtless for several scenes after he rips his shirt (and the gag/fight is over). His ''pants'' are far more durable.
29	** In the anime, Edward Elric is constantly doing that to his trademark coat and, sometimes, even his shirt. And he doesn't take it off, he ''rips'' it off, as seen in the first chapter. He can make new ones with alchemy.
30	* ''Manga/{{Gigant}}'': Chiho gets a device that can grow her body even to the size of buildings. However, it doesn't affect her clothes so they always rip even from a slight growth. Subverted when she was being escorted to the battle against 3 God of Destructions, we are told she was given a special elastic suit made from NASA. However that also immediately rips when she starts to grow.
31	* In ''Manga/HunterXHunter'', While Gon ends up [[ClothingDamage shredding his clothes]] after his [[spoiler: forced transformation into a really ripped and bulky adult]], his child-sized shorts magically remained intact when it should have ripped after stretching to fit an adult torso.
32	* ''Manga/InuYasha'':
33	** In the "pants are indestructible" vein, whenever Inuyasha transforms into his [[SuperpoweredEvilSide full demon mode]], usually his shirt has already been shredded in the process of gaining a life-threatening injury or will be completely destroyed in the ensuing battle -- but his pants remain untouched, never even getting a bit ragged around the edges. Incidentally, he also regains his shirt (fully intact) after every battle with no explanation as to how it got there/was repaired.
34	* In ''Anime/{{Kemonozume}}'', the Flesh Eaters usually keep just enough of their clothes intact when they transform, and they still fit when they revert. [[spoiler:However, when Kazuma transforms near the end, he is left totally naked.]]
35	* ''Anime/MagicalProjectS'' in an episode, both Sasami and Pixy Misa [[OvernightAgeUp age to teenagers]] and grow and become very tall, yet their clothes remain the same. Oddly enough, when the potion's side-effects kick in [[FountainOfYouth and they turn into babies]], Sasami's clothes look huge on her while Misa's change along with her.
36	* In the second season of ''Manga/MagicKnightRayearth'', the trio discuss what happens to Fuu's glasses whenever they transform. They're not entirely certain, but the glasses always come back afterwards, and her vision isn't impaired during her transformed state.
37	** Whether [[InvoluntaryShapeshifting young mermaids exposed to water]] have this or not varies according to the demands of the plot: most of the time they do, but one episode was based around Nagasumi drying off Lunar's tail so she could change back, leaving his hands on her bare ass [[MistakenForCheating at the worst possible time.]]
38	* ''Manga/MyHeroAcademia'': Usually the characters have [[MySuitIsAlsoSuper special suits]] that are designed to work with their powers, but there are exceptions. Yaoyorozu's [[ThePowerOfCreation creation]] tends to cause a {{Fanservice}}y amount of ClothingDamage when she makes large objects, for example. Izuku's full power occasionally shreds his sleeves and pant legs, sometimes his shirt, but always keeps enough of his pants intact. Likewise Mirio's {{Intangibility}} is supposed to phase him right through normal clothes, [[NakedPeopleAreFunny and sometimes it does]], but other times he somehow retains his pants.
39	* ''Manga/{{Naruto}}'':
40	** The later stages of the title character's [[SuperpoweredEvilSide transformation]] constantly burn his skin ([[HealingFactor while it constantly regenerates]]), but leave his clothes undamaged; the one exception is when he was wearing a BadassLongRobe before one transformation, and it inexplicable disappeared by the time he got out of it.
41	** Suigetsu's clothes [[ElementalShapeshifter changed into water with the rest of his body]], though his {{BFS}} doesn't (and when he fuses with a body of water [[FullFrontalAssault the clothes apparently dissolved into the water]]).
42	** Choji's clothes grow with him when [[SizeShifter he turns giant]].
43	** When Itachi was [[spoiler:hit by [[ShockAndAwe Kirin]]]] for some reason his BlackCloak completely disappeared but what he was wearing under it didn't move at all.
44	** Orochimaru (and temporarily, Sasuke) can shed his skin to regenerate, and like Pepper from ''Urusei Yatsura'', the clothes are treated like they were part of his body.
45	** This becomes a plot point when Darui fights Kinkaku and Ginkaku: Kinkaku [[spoiler:undergoes a tailed beast transformation]], which resulted in the weapon he was using being unreachable and thus eliminating the possibility of [[HoistByHisOwnPetard using it on him]] [[spoiler:as happened to Ginkaku.]]
46	** Impure World Resurrection revives the dead as a RevenantZombie that [[PullingThemselvesTogether regenerates]] from all injuries. Both the initial resurrection and regeneration affect the clothes (specifically [[JacobMarleyApparel whatever they were wearing when they died]]) as if they were part of the body.
47	* ''Manga/NegimaMagisterNegiMagi'':
48	** [[WingedHumanoid Setsuna]] appears to go between releasing her wings by [[SexyBacklessOutfit lifting the back of her shirt]] to having them appear directly through the cloth without tearing (possibly justified in that pactio-registered outfits can revive). [[Creator/KenAkamatsu Akamatsu]], given the time, will occasionally illustrate her wings visibly appearing under the cloth, but falls into this when rushed (he focuses the camera at angles where the viewer can't tell). One scene shows that the clothing worn by Setsuna's tengu tribe leaves the back bare, so there's nothing in the way of the wings.
49	** Kotaro tends toward this as he transforms into his beast form (pants perfectly intact).
50	** When the cast use [[OvernightAgeUp age-changing pills]], their clothes do not transform. When Evangeline aged back to her younger form on Negi's "date" during the Mahora Fair she had to adjust her dress to fit. When Konoka aged up to 20 her pants needed to be unbuttoned and her shirt was skin tight, when Chisame aged down her pants (and panties) fell off under her shirt (which was now as long as a dress). Negi and Kotaro are never shown aging up, but they change their clothes when they do. Making this a subversion, except... For whatever reason Chachamaru's robotic ears change style to her younger models from the Mahora Fair arc. However Akamatsu's WordOfGod says [[BellisariosMaxim we shouldn't think about this too much]], the age pills are magic that work on robots.
51	** Then there's Takane, who, tired of ClothingDamage, starts wearing literal magic clothes that double as armor. However, they have the glaring flaw of having NoOntologicalInertia (as she experienced by fainting after a fight with Negi), and are of little use against [[AntiMagic Asuna]]... proving that in some cases, regular pants are superior.
52	* In ''Manga/OnePiece'', many characters have eaten one of the fabled "Devil Fruits", which grant superhuman powers to the eater. "Zoan" Fruits grant the ability to turn into animal forms, "Paramecia" Fruits do all sorts of crazy stuff (like the main character's rubber body), and "Logia" Fruits allow the user to transform into natural elements. With the exception of one [[NonSerialMovie possibly non-canonical movie]], one character with an age-controlling Fruit and another character with rejuvenating powers, in every instance the user's clothes change size or transform in tandem with whatever powers their user has, even if they're new clothes. FridgeBrilliance comes into play, as both Jewelry's and Ain's powers revolve around manipulating the target's age. Clothes don't change size with age.
53	** The creator of the series, when asked how come when one of the characters (a woman that could extend any part of her body as a hard as metal spike) used their powers, they didn't shred their clothes in the process. He stated that if he had done it realistically, the manga would have had too much unnecessary nudity (not to be confused with ''[[{{Fanservice}} necessary]]'' nudity, see below)
54	** In Little Garden, most of the crew are turned into wax sculptures by Mr, and are freed by Usopp's flaming slingshot attack. Zoro and Vivi kept their clothes and were just singed, Nami on the other hand [[{{MsFanservice}} lost her shirt]].
55	** In Skypeia, Sanji gets [[ShockAndAwe electrocuted]] by Eneru frying his shirt, but his pants stay intact. This one of the few times he gets any ClothingDamage.
56	** Robin has come to rely on this a bit after the Time Skip. Before she would only use her power to temporarily create copies of her body parts on nearby surfaces to create individual parts like arms, eyes, or legs, which always remained bare. After the Time Skip, she learned how to create [[SelfDuplication complete copies of herself]], and also somehow gained the ability to create extra outfits with which to clothe those copies. Though this makes sense given Oda's reasoning in the entry above.
57	** King of the Beast Pirates takes it to a somewhat silly extreme, since his attire is full-body covering and a strange mix between business wear and a leathery BDSM outfit, which manages to wrap around ''perfectly'' when he uses his Zoan power to turn into a gigantic pterodactyl, still covering everything (including wings, beak, and head protrusions).
58	* Extreme example in ''Manga/PandoraHearts'': When Alice turns into her Black Rabbit form, not only do her clothes change size with her, but her miniskirt turns into a pair of pants! (Could be [[JustifiedTrope justified]] by magic.)
59	* ''Anime/PokemonTheSeriesBlackAndWhite'': Each time Ash's Krookodile evolved, its sunglasses became bigger with each evolution, going from small as a Sandile to normal-sized as Krokorok and finally ginourmous as Krookodile.
60	* Applied inconsistently throughout ''Manga/RanmaOneHalf''. Sometimes characters have their clothes on and intact when they transform back from their cursed state, but usually not, often causing people to realize that they turned back to humans but can't go anywhere because they're in public. The only one who always transforms back with his clothes is Genma, since presumably none of the audience wishes to see a fat middle-aged man naked.
61	** This is especially noticeable in the case of Pantyhose Taro. All of the others transform into small animals (pig, cat, etc.) and their clothing either vanishes or crumples to the floor. However, Pantyhose Taro transforms into a multi-story bull/yeti/crane/eel/octopus chimera, and he ''always'' rips his clothes to tiny little shreds when he does yet they're always still there when he transforms back.
62	** The people of Mt. Phoenix, when in their natural state, wear open clothes and boots that allow for their wings and talons to stretch out unimpeded. But if they transform to human, they add jackets and normal boots, which are ripped apart when they revert to their true forms. It doesn't seem to bother them.
63	** Ranma himself deserves a mention. Unlike the others he changes genders instead of into an animal, causing his normal clothes to be too big and hang loosely when turned into his smaller girl form; it takes the space of a panel for "her" sash to tighten around her waist and for the rolled-up sleeves to adjust to her shorter arms. Conversely, ''almost'' any fitting clothes he gets put in while a girl end up streching as they are too small (but not small enough that they'll rip) if he returns to normal --the exception being a steel corset that was forced on female Ranma by a domineering governess, and which was small (and inflexible) enough that it crushed male Ranma's torso quite painfully and effectively locked him in female form for the duration of the ordeal.
64	** The legendary (and semi-sentient) [[PoweredArmor "Battle Dougi"]], essentially an elaborate Chinese-style blouse with long black leggings, will [[TransformationSequence destroy its owner's clothing when invoked]]. Which is a problem for said owner if the Dougi is [[ClothingDamage subsequently damaged, because she'll be wearing nothing underneath]].
65	* Tsuna from ''Manga/Reborn2004'' burns off all of his clothes save his boxers every time he gets hit with the Dying Will Bullet. Why only his boxers aren't burned off remains a mystery...
66	* In an early episode of ''Anime/RevolutionaryGirlUtena'', Utena rips off the (sleeveless) dress that she's wearing to reveal her usual (longsleeved) [[CustomUniform uniform meant for boys]] underneath. This is blatant enough to be (and knowing ''Utena'' probably ''is'') a LampshadeHanging.
67	* ''Manga/RosarioPlusVampire'' does a LampshadeHanging on it in one of the {{Omake}}. Given that nearly everyone in the manga is some sort of monster taking on human form, Magic Pants must be part of the school dress code.
68	** There's also at least one scene where you can see her tail pushing the [[PantyShot top of her undies]] down from where it's sprouted, apparently around the base of her spine.
69	* Escanor of ''Manga/TheSevenDeadlySins'' changes height and build depending on the time of day, so if he's still wearing the civilian outfit he was wearing at sunrise at midday, his taller, much more muscular dayform will rip his shirt to shreds, while his pants will merely get ripped up without compromising his modesty despite his legs getting larger and thicker as well. The suit of armor issued to him as a Magic Knight is literally magical and changes size with him.
70	* ''Anime/{{Scryed}}'' has a couple of takes on this. Some of the time, armor-like Alters just layer on top of clothes, but in the case of Kazuma's Shell Bullet arm, his actual arm is deconstructed and rebuilt (or just outright vaporized). When he changes back, the clothing on that arm is still there. Could be justified by the fact that they psychically rearrange matter to accomplish these feats and just instinctively know how to put things back together.
71	* ''Manga/TokyoMewMew'', aside from the whole MagicFromTechnology thing (being injected with Red Data Animal DNA actually turns one into a MagicalGirl [[TransformationSequence with all consequences]]), includes two characters whose cat genes cause them to turn into actual cats. When they regain their human forms, their clothes are intact. Furthermore, in the cat form, one of them winds up wearing an item not present in their regular costume at all.
72	* The main character of ''Ultimate Girls'', Silk, learns the hard way that this trope does ''not'' apply to her universe the first time she transforms into a 100 foot tall warrior justice and is naked upon reversion because her clothes were shredded in the magical girl style transformation. She and her fellow Ultimate Girls must from then on make a point of stripping prior to transforming.
73	* ''Manga/UndeadUnluck'' averts and justifies the trope concerning Andy, who due to the fact he's unable to die and uses dismemberment as part of his fighting style, often ends up nude for much of the early chapters since clothes don't regenerate with him. After joining the Union, he's able to get [=UMA=] [[LivingClothes Clothes]], the LivingPersonification of clothing, to be his uniform by wishing for clothes that regenerate with him and come to him when called, which then plays it straight.
74	* Pepper of ''Anime/UruseiYatsura'' has the power to shed all of her skin at will. Her clothes are treated as if they were part of her skin, as when she uses the power both her and the shed skin are fully clothed.
75	* The anime version of ''Manga/ViolinistOfHameln'' is particularly JustForFun/{{egregious}} about this, especially in the second season. Every time Hamel [[spoiler:transforms into a demon]] his clothes explode off him dramatically, and they're almost always completely intact when he changes back. Made even more painfully obvious when his all-black outfit that Flute made him apparently becomes ''his trademark'' that people recognize him by in his travels. What the hell...?
76	* The adult manga ''Manga/WolfGuyWolfenCrest'': the main character Inugami once [[https://xfs-s122.batcg.org/comic/00004/images/85/86/8586b80534043497a3309e7f949019986334ffcc_135240_728_1109.jpg?acc=ZDd4CtpDm7fiudqS7mxXOA&exp=1685936990 takes on a grenade explosion]] at ''point blank''. [[NighInvulnerability Being a werewolf]], he survives the blast, but his shirt is destroyed... ''[[https://xfs-s109.batcg.org/comic/00004/images/85/22/852217d5b281e314d7978c4211486b3b6924a78b_101905_728_1193.jpg?acc=bm8tQj3T2J1JH-e5AH1pfg&exp=1685937200 but his pants don't even have a scratch on them.]]''
77	* In ''Anime/XamdLostMemories'', turning into a Xam'd apparently rips through your clothes, yet when you turn back, the clothes are fully intact. Somehow. The similar Humanform Weapons also seem to tear through their clothing but we never really see what happens when they turn back to human (IF they even can).
78	* Lampshaded by Yusuke in ''WebVideo/YuYuHakushoAbridged''. "His pants know just when to stop ripping, don't they."
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