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| 10 | [[quoteright:350:[[VideoGame/TheSims4 https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/simschangeclothes_1.jpg]]]] |
| 11 | [[caption-width-right:350:Something he learned from Characters/{{Superman|TheCharacter}}.]] |
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| 13 | ->''"Dave is so fast, he can wake up, instantly recognize he's not wearing shades, and put them on in between animation frames."'' |
| 14 | -->-- '''Creator/AndrewHussie''' on [[Webcomic/{{Homestuck}} Dave Strider]] |
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| 16 | Some characters wear [[LimitedWardrobe the same wardrobe]] through an entire adventure, getting it suitably burned and torn (or not at all) in the process. Then there's those blessed with living in an RPG, ''The Sims'' world, film, magic act, or TV show where Changing Clothes Is a Free Action. |
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| 18 | Say you've got a globetrotting heroine who's a MasterOfDisguise with an UnlimitedWardrobe in a PeriodPiece who loves dressing in the local couture. All she may need is ten seconds behind an object (or a [[SexySilhouette backlit screen]] for [[{{Fanservice}} extra points]]) to change clothes. Or perhaps a crew of adventurers who [[OutrunTheFireball run through]] lots of StuffBlowingUp and get tons of ClothingDamage, all amid breakneck action, and scene and location changes. Yet in the midst of all that, the heroes will ''somehow'' find the time to change into something else that's equally [[ImpossiblyCoolClothes impossibly cool]]. |
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| 20 | In its most extreme form the characters will suddenly switch outfits from one scene to the next, with no indication (even a passing mention) of there having been time passing. |
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| 22 | This trope is OlderThanTelevision, since a "quick change" is a classic bit of spectacle from theatrical works where a performer changes clothing impossibly quickly. Entire shows are made up of performers playing [[ActingForTwo an entire cast]] through a series of quick changes, while the technique is also a staple of [[StageMagician magic shows]]. |
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| 24 | This is played literally in video games where you can change your character's clothes, armor, weapons and accessories in the blink of an eye. Though for balance issues many games won't let you switch outfits -- or '''armor''' -- mid battle. At least, not without spending the [[ExperiencePoints XP]] to buy that special Feat or Spell. |
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| 26 | InstantCostumeChange is the subtrope commonly used by {{Superhero}}es in the typical "change out of my civvies into my [[SpandexLatexOrLeather spandex]]" phone booth scene. |
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| 28 | InstantArmor is another subtrope, when the costume change is motivated by a substantial protective value. |
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| 30 | If the subject didn't expect the costume change (or didn't expect the final result), then it's an InstantCosplaySurprise. |
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| 32 | Compare FlungClothing and ConvenientColorChange. See also TalkingIsAFreeAction for another action that can't be bothered to be restrained realistically by time. NoPeekingRequest for when a character has to request another to look away so they can change. Closely related to TransformationIsAFreeAction, as well as the HyperspaceWardrobe. Can overlap with ToTheBatpole but not a GilliganCut. |
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| 34 | !!Examples: |
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| 38 | [[folder:Advertising]] |
| 39 | * Advertising/TheManYourManCouldSmellLike is capable of changing his clothes in an instant, without moving his arms or legs -- among one of his [[TheAce many, many impressive feats.]] |
| 40 | [[/folder]] |
| 41 | |
| 42 | [[folder:Anime & Manga]] |
| 43 | * The fact that Tokiko of ''Manga/BusoRenkin'' can change her clothes very rapidly is explicitly mentioned in her character profile. |
| 44 | * In ''Anime/CodeGeass'', several people in a crowd of a million throw [[SmokeOut smoke bombs]]. By the time the smoke has cleared, every one of them are wearing [[ImpossiblyCoolClothes Zero outfits]]. |
| 45 | * In the eighth ''Anime/DragonBallZ'' movie (the first of the three original movies featuring Broly) Goku starts out wearing a suit rather than his trademark orange gi, as Chichi is taking him with her to talk with a prestigious school in hopes that Gohan will be able to attend. When he takes off to King Kai's planet after being warned of a new danger, he realizes he's still in different duds that his usual ones. One quick backflip into the air and when he lands he's back in his more familiar outfit. |
| 46 | * This is essentially [[ActionGirl Erza's]] ability in ''Manga/FairyTail'', where said clothes (for the most part) are different forms of armour and with various types of weaponry. It thus makes the whole RunningGag about the amount of luggage she takes with her when travelling [[FridgeLogic all the funnier.]] |
| 47 | * Used in the ''Anime/GenesisOfAquarion'' episode "Cosplay of the Soul" when Pierre changes rapidly between costumes of his teammates, defying multiple laws of physics and logic in the process. |
| 48 | * In the ''Manga/HetaliaBloodbath2010'', Hong Kong promptly took off his maid outfit he was forced to wear, much to China's [[PleasePutSomeClothesOn shock.]] |
| 49 | * ''Manga/{{Inuyasha}}'': Played straight by Sango at least once in the anime where she changes from her normal clothes to her armor in a second, while leaping. Usually she averts it though, either having some time to change, fighting in her kimono or already wearing her armor since the beginning. |
| 50 | * Being a MasterOfDisguise it is fair game for ''Franchise/LupinIII'' to employ this trick from time to time. A particular example occurs in ''Anime/LupinIIIEpisode0FirstContact''. After some mafia thugs drop a grenade in Lupin's room, he changes from wearing only underwear to being fully clothed (in a suit and tie, no less) before the smoke has even settled, and barrels out of the gap in the wall the grenade left. |
| 51 | * ''Literature/Overlord2012'': Narberal has a quick change crystal built into her robe that instantly lets her change her outfit. |
| 52 | * Characters in ''Manga/RanmaOneHalf'' will often shed (or put on) disguises in the span of one panel with no breaks in the action. Sometimes, mid-leap, mid-dialogue, or ''mid-attack''. Or do the same to ''[[InstantCosplaySurprise other people]]''. It's such a common gag, that in one occasion Rumiko Takahashi switched it up by having Ranma hop in from off-panel while ''still'' putting on a disguise that she didn't have on two panels before. |
| 53 | * Happens in ''Franchise/SailorMoon'', overlapping with TransformationIsAFreeAction, when the girls change from their normal clothes to their [[{{Superhero}} Sailor Senshi]] clothes. A straighter example usually happens when the bad guy reveals themselves to the VictimOfTheWeek. |
| 54 | * In ''Manga/SoulEater'', when Medusa attacks the DWMA on the night of its anniversary to get to the Kishin, Stein takes the students, who were all dressed up for the anniversary party, underground immediately. When they got there, everyone was wearing their usual clothes, and not the party clothes. |
| 55 | ** In the first episode, Blair jumps out of a bathtub, and when she lands, she's fully clothed (well, [[{{Stripperiffic}} "fully clothed" for Blair, anyway]]). Justified by magic [[spoiler:which could also explain how [[MagicPants her clothes disappear and reappear when she turns to or from a cat]]]]. |
| 56 | * PlayedForLaughs in ''Manga/SpyXFamily'' when Loid & Yor pull off ''two'' of these on the way to Anya's school interview in the span of seconds to replace their soiled dresswear, with their {{Crazy Prepared}}ness terrifying the headmaster. |
| 57 | * Happens in ''Literature/SwordArtOnline'' since characters there are trapped in an [[AbsurdlyHighStakesGame online game]]. One scene in particular comes to mind, in which Asuna misunderstands Kirito's intentions before they become a BattleCouple. She scrolls through a menu, selecting items and causing her clothes to [[{{Fanservice}} instantly disappear]]. |
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| 60 | [[folder:Comic Books]] |
| 61 | * ''ComicBook/TheAtom'': There's a reason the Atom is usually seen around a foot or so tall at most. His costume is made of "white dwarf molecules" that are invisible (and somehow intangible) when stretched thin enough to cover his normal size, but become visible when he shrinks, hiding his normal clothing underneath (though this explanation poses problems of its own, since his costume is the same skintight spandex that most of his peers wear, leading one to wonder how his ''full size'' trademark brown suit fits under it). |
| 62 | * ''ComicBook/TheAwesomeSlapstick'': When Steve Harmon turns into Slapstick, his clothes disappear into an interdimensional pocket. |
| 63 | * ''ComicBook/{{Captain Marvel|MarvelComics}}'': [[Characters/MarvelComicsCarolDanvers Carol Danvers]]' powers include, [[MostCommonSuperPower amongst other things]], clothes changing, usually with a single panel showing a line of energy between half-civies half-costume. |
| 64 | * ''ComicBook/TheCreeper'': [[Characters/BatmanSupportingCast The Creeper]] had a device inserted in his body that allowed him to swap his normal appearance with that of his Creeper persona. Except it's not just that it puts his clothes (such that they are) on, they also apply makeup that's actually a part of his physiology. Goon attempted to remove his wig and yellow skin make-up, only to find that impossible because apparently, the device saved that costume as an entire physical state of his body. |
| 65 | * ''ComicBook/TheFlash'': This isn't hard for the Flash to pull off, what with his SuperSpeed. He actually keeps his suit in a ring with an ejection mechanism. |
| 66 | * ''ComicBook/GreenLantern'': The trope is justified considering any of the Green Lanterns can simply use their power rings to instantly change their clothes into their Corps uniforms. |
| 67 | * ''ComicBook/LadyDeath'': This is explicitly a power of Lady Death according to WordOfGod, allowing her to [[RefugeInAudacity change her lingerie between comic panels]]. |
| 68 | * ''ComicBook/MegaManArchieComics'': Rock/Mega can switch from civilian mode to armor in an instant. |
| 69 | * ''ComicBook/MortadeloYFilemon'': In the Spanish series, this is Mortadelo's specialty. He holds an [[HyperspaceWardrobe indeterminate number of disguises]] under his coat and can instantly put them on in between comic panels. |
| 70 | * ''ComicBook/{{Shazam}}'': Part of the magic of the series is that the champions' superhero outfits appear automatically when they transform, and the clothes they were wearing before (along with wallets, keys, [[LongRunnerTechMarchesOn phones]] and [[DisabilityNegatingSuperpower Freddy's crutch]]) rematerialize when they transform *back*. |
| 71 | * ''ComicBook/SpiderMan'': [[Characters/MarvelComicsPeterParker Spider-Man]], during a time when he was wanted by the police after being framed for murder in ''ComicBook/{{Identity Crisis|1998}}'' and had set up four different alter egos (All with different "Superpowers" and known collectively as "The ''ComicBook/{{Slingers}}''), once did this while fighting Bloodscream and Roughhouse (two of ComicBook/{{Wolverine}}'s rogues), changing costumes so fast the two bad guys actually ''thought'' they were fighting four different guys! |
| 72 | * ''ComicBook/{{Supergirl}}'': Characters/{{Supergirl|TheCharacter}} takes advantage of her superhuman speed to change instantly. One example of her changing clothes between panels is provided in the first issue of her ''[[ComicBook/Supergirl1972 first solo book]]'', where she quickly takes off her Supergirl uniform and puts civilian clothes on as someone is opening her bedroom's door. |
| 73 | * ''ComicBook/{{Superman}}'': Characters/{{Superman|TheCharacter}} is able to change at SuperSpeed. Spoofed (somewhat) in a ''ComicBook/SupermanBatman'' annual. Lois Lane thinks she's figured out the two heroes's identities, but then Superman uses Super {{Ventriloquism}} to distract her, then changes himself (and Batman) into pajamas via SuperSpeed and claims that they just woke up. Bruce, who isn't accustomed to the speed, gets [[VomitDiscretionShot motion sick]] (and Clark takes advantage of the situation to put him in a pink bathrobe and GoofyPrintUnderwear). |
| 74 | * ''ComicBook/WonderWoman'': Characters/{{Wonder Woman|TheCharacter}}, especially in the Golden Age when she actually had a secret identity, could change from her Diana Prince USAAF uniform to her Wonder Woman suit and back again essentially instantaneously even within the same panel due to her super-speed. |
| 75 | ** ''ComicBook/WonderWoman2006'': Diana picks up a secret identity again, and rather than relying on her super-speed she can now change costumes instantaneously using magic, which handily allows her to not have to worry about hiding away the clothing she wears in her secret identity. |
| 76 | * ''ComicBook/XMen'' |
| 77 | ** [[Characters/MarvelComicsJeanGrey Jean Grey]] is able to change into multiple outfits within a matter of seconds. Due to her Phoenix powers, she can alter the molecules of her costumes at a whim. Both Jean and her KidFromTheFuture [[Characters/XMen80sMembers Rachel Summers]] have also done this with multiple other people's clothes at the same time, when the X-Men need to become inconspicuous by changing into civilian clothes. In Rachel's case, she almost collapsed from the effort because at the time she didn't have Phoenix powers, just "ordinary" telekinesis. |
| 78 | ** [[Characters/MarvelComicsIceman Bobby]] even says all he has to do is ice up and put on his boots at one point. Early on (we're talking [[UsefulNotes/TheSilverAgeOfComicBooks really early on]]) that used to be the extent of his costume. If the ice was melted/broken by a bad guy, Bobby was in his boxers and his big yellow boots. |
| 79 | ** The implausibility of this trope is {{lampshade|Hanging}}d in an issue of ''[[ComicBook/XMen X-Men: First Class]]''. ComicBook/BlackWidow and Dum Dum Dugan change from their civvies into their ComicBook/{{SHIELD}} duds in the span of a single panel, while Characters/ScarletWitch [[LeaningonTheFourthWall wonders aloud how that's even possible]]. |
| 80 | [[/folder]] |
| 81 | |
| 82 | [[folder:Fan Works]] |
| 83 | * In ''Series/BuffyTheVampireSlayer''/''Characters/{{Supergirl|TheCharacter}}'' fic ''Fanfic/TheVampireOfSteel'', Supergirl is watching over Buffy and goes from her "Linda Danvers" clothes to her Supergirl uniform over the span of seconds when she sees a couple of vampires accosting the Slayer. |
| 84 | * In [[https://mikemaihack.deviantart.com/art/Supergirl-Batgirl-Comic-256351755 this]] ''ComicBook/{{Supergirl}}''/''ComicBook/{{Batgirl}}'' fancomic, Kara does this ''every panel'', much to Babs' annoyance. |
| 85 | * In ''Fanfic/KyonBigDamnHero'', Kyon can create the illusion of having done this just by selecting the appropriate menu on his PDA. Still only an illusion, though. |
| 86 | * ''Fanfic/WithStringsAttached'' |
| 87 | ** George. As long as he's already stored a piece of clothing in his [[BagOfHolding closet]], and as long as his ring doesn't stick, he can switch from item to item, or outfit to outfit, in the blink of an eye. |
| 88 | ** Paul can too, thanks to the little illusion he wears in place of clothes. |
| 89 | * Justified in ''Fanfic/WithThisRing'' since Paul keeps most of his possessions in his ring's subspace pocket, and can extract them instantly -- even [[PoweredArmor armouring up]] mid-step. |
| 90 | [[/folder]] |
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| 92 | [[folder:Films -- Animation]] |
| 93 | * ''WesternAnimation/TheHunchbackOfNotreDameDisney'': While preparing to execute Quasimodo and Phoebus for trespassing into the Court of Miracles, Clopin changes outfits from a skeleton costume to a replica of Judge Frolo's robes to a shirtless executioner's outfit in the blink of an eye. |
| 94 | * Played for laughs in ''WesternAnimation/TheLEGOBatmanMovie'', as the Bat-Family is escaping Arkham. Robin rips his orange prison jumpsuit off ''as he is running'' to reveal his Robin-costume, without a single pause or stumble. |
| 95 | -->'''Robin:''' RRRRRRRRRRRRRRIP! |
| 96 | * Justified in ''WesternAnimation/{{Megamind}}'', when Megamind uses a disguise, it is a holographic projection, so it can change forms instantly. |
| 97 | * ''WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyEquestriaGirls'': |
| 98 | ** In ''[[WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyEquestriaGirlsRainbowRocks Rainbow Rocks]]'', this is undeniably true for Rarity. All it takes for her is to lean behind a rack of clothes to don a ''Sgt. Pepper'' outfit, and a cut to Applejack talking to change into full Music/DaftPunk gear. |
| 99 | ** This continues in ''[[WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyEquestriaGirlsFriendshipGames Friendship Games]]'', as Rarity makes entire racks of potential costumes for Pinkie, RD, AJ and Fluttershy. When she rolls Pinkie's rack to her, Pinkie pops out of it wearing a pirate's bandana and eyepatch -- despite there not being a pirate costume on the rack. She also yanks a form-fitting soccer outfit onto Rainbow Dash in one head-to-toe pull -- and the skirt RD was wearing obligingly disappears. |
| 100 | * Pirate Captain and his crew in ''WesternAnimation/ThePiratesInAnAdventureWithScientists'' are able to slip into disguises in a couple of seconds while other people's backs are turned. |
| 101 | * ''Animation/WhiteSnake2019'': When Blanca sneaks into The General's boat disguised as a maid, she changes out of her maid uniform into her white robes instantly by [[FlungClothing flinging the whole uniform into the air in a single pull]]. |
| 102 | [[/folder]] |
| 103 | |
| 104 | [[folder:Films -- Live-Action]] |
| 105 | * ''Film/TheAddamsFamily'': Gomez is wearing a black suit during the party scene, and is shown dancing with Morticia while dressed like that. When the Mamushka dance starts shortly afterwards he is wearing a bright red costume, even though it seems like he wouldn't have had time to leave the room and change. (Gomez has [[UnlimitedWardrobe a ridiculous number of costume changes]] in these films in general. The rebooted live-action TV series from the 90s continues the gag to the point where his many, many costumes must have taken up much of the show's budget, and his actor mentioned having 20 costume changes in a day in one interview.) |
| 106 | * Justified/played straight with the eponymous heroine of ''Film/{{Barbarella}}'' who not only spends the movie going through an UnlimitedWardrobe, but gets put into dozens of situations that justify the wardrobe change. |
| 107 | * Film/{{Beetlejuice}} can switch costumes in the blink of an eye -- one of the perks of being a poltergeist/ghost/bioexorcist. |
| 108 | * A humorous example occurs in ''Film/BlazingSaddles'', when Lili von Schtupp pulls a curtain shut for an instant and re-emerges wearing something "more comfortable", which is an outfit just as elaborate as the one she was previously wearing. |
| 109 | * ''Film/CasinoRoyale1967'' doesn't even pretend to logic or continuity - early on, David Niven's Bond is visited by a host of intelligence heads, and while talking with them goes through no less than three costume changes. Later on, Peter Sellers's Bond leaves the casino in a tuxedo and is suddenly in full formula racing gear to give chase to the bad guys. |
| 110 | * In ''Film/TheCourtJester'' Hubert Hawkins wears a white and gold outfit for his knighting ceremony and is then forcibly escorted by guards to the lists for the tournament. At the tournament, he has changed into a silver outfit that goes underneath his armor. At the end of the tournament, Hawkins is arrested and dragged off to court. When we next see him in court, he no longer has his armor, which makes sense, but he has somehow changed from his silver outfit to a swashbuckling outfit of a white tunic and black leggings. Did the guards really let him stop at his room and change clothes before going to court? |
| 111 | * In ''Film/TheDarkKnight'' when his party is crashed by the Joker, Batman manages to change into his costume (including his eyeliner) and get back in the space of a couple of minutes. It's a lot more enjoyable to watch that scene if you imagine Bruce Wayne hurriedly applying his makeup while the Joker threatens Rachel. |
| 112 | * Subverted and spoofed in ''Film/DeadpoolNoGoodDeed''. Wade Wilson witnesses a robbery and then rushes into a phone booth to change into his Deadpool costume. But by the time he finishes changing, the robber has already shot his victim and escaped. Deadpool soon admits he probably should have just called 911. |
| 113 | * In ''Film/DemolitionMan'', Simon Phoenix changes from something that looks like a cross between scrubs and prison fatigues to a pair of overalls and a bright orange mesh shirt (...it was TheNineties) between scenes with no explanation ''while on the run from the cops''. [[FanWank Maybe it was part of his cryo-conditioning?]] |
| 114 | * Played for laughs in ''Film/DuckSoup''. After Firefly becomes a general, his outfit changes between EVERY scene. Even when he's under attack barricaded in a small house. |
| 115 | * Creator/CindyCrawford is shown changing her shirt in ''Film/FairGame1995'' [[GoingCommando and she isn't wearing a bra]]. |
| 116 | * ''Film/{{Hellzapoppin}}'' is a plotless ZanyCartoon of a movie - in an early scene, the starring comedy team of Olsen and Johnson walk through a series of rooms, and through each door are in different outlandish costumes. |
| 117 | * The Creator/{{Laurel and Hardy}} feature ''Way Out West'' spoofs this trope. Ollie, after stripping down to his undershirt (don't ask), asks the villainess to use "her boudoir." He then shoos Stan out of the room so he can dress ("can't I ever have a ''little'' privacy?"). Stan returns to the main room and Ollie enters the room a few seconds behind Stan. |
| 118 | -->'''Stan:''' How'd you get dressed so quick?\ |
| 119 | '''Ollie:''' None of your business! |
| 120 | * ''Franchise/MarvelCinematicUniverse'': |
| 121 | ** In ''Film/CaptainAmericaTheWinterSoldier'', Black Widow manages to go from a modest business outfit into her usual SpyCatsuit after a scene transition, even though she and her associates were rushing to board a rescue chopper during the same cutaway and probably couldn't take the extra time to let her run to her locker and change. She's just ''that'' good, folks. |
| 122 | ** In ''Film/AntMan1'', some ants bring the Ant-Man suit to Scott Lang's jail cell and signal that he has ten seconds before the guard comes back. Scott manages to put on the majority of the suit (unitard, boots, belt, gloves) in six seconds, spends four seconds fiddling with the helmet, and shrinks down right as the guard walks by his cell. |
| 123 | * PlayedForLaughs and used realistically in ''Film/TheMaskOfZorro''. When Zorro and Elena are sword-fighting, they both simultaneously realize "Hey, the other person actually knows what the hell they're doing with that thing," they both simultaneously pause, admire each other, take a step back, remove their movement restricting clothing (his hat and cape, her robe), and resume their fight, all in the space of ten seconds. |
| 124 | * ''Film/MenInBlack3''. How does Agent J don his black shades when his hands are tied behind his back? Simple: cut away, cut back, and he's wearing them. |
| 125 | * Played straight and exaggerated for comedy in ''Film/ModestyBlaise''. Modesty is a master of disguise and quick clothes changes, but here she doesn't just change her entire outfit, as well as her hairstyle and hair colour, from scene to scene (whether she'd realistically have the possibility or not) but quite often the change takes place between cuts within a scene. In at least one case there isn't even a cut; her hair just instantly blinks from blonde to dark while we're watching. |
| 126 | * PlayedForLaughs in the third ''[[Film/TheNakedGun Naked Gun]]'' movie. Jane, having [[ReadyForLovemaking dressed up for a sexy night]] with her husband, storms into the bedroom after an argument with him -- and then storms back out not five seconds later in full traveling clothes. |
| 127 | * In ''Film/ThePresidentsAnalyst'', an American and Soviet secret agent, old friends, meet in New York City looking for the same guy. As they talk shop their costumes change five times -- presumably it takes place over days, but they're in a single sustained conversation through the scene. |
| 128 | * In ''Film/ScottPilgrimVsTheWorld'', at one point, Scott goes into the bathroom to change, and walks out half a second later, before the Series/{{Seinfeld}} laugh track has finished. Given that he appears to live in a video game, this may be justified. He also empties his bladder in a second at one point. |
| 129 | * In ''Film/SherlockJr'', Creator/BusterKeaton performs an on-camera quick change that involves literally jumping through a hoop. |
| 130 | * Parodied in ''Film/{{Sky High|2005}}'' when the superhero students' studies include doing this... to get into their gym clothes. One of the teachers has this as a RunningGag: he'll change his clothes in seconds at the drop of a hat, even if he spilled just a drop of punch on his tux. |
| 131 | * ''Film/Supergirl1984'': The titular heroine walks behind a tree and emerges with a school uniform and different-coloured hair. |
| 132 | * Just flat-out ignored in ''Film/SupermanTheMovie'': when Superman flies to the rescue of a crashing helicopter, his Clark Kent suit fades into his Superman costume. |
| 133 | * Also played for laughs in ''Film/TommyBoy'', when Richard enters an airplane toilet to change and emerges in another outfit within three seconds. Tommy is briefly flabbergasted as to how Richard did it. |
| 134 | * In ''Film/UndercoverBrother'', the title character changes his clothes while '''jumping through a window'''. At other times he, Sistah Girl and Penelope Snow change their outfits by having their outer tearaway clothing ripped off of them (or ripping it off themselves). |
| 135 | [[/folder]] |
| 136 | |
| 137 | [[folder:Literature]] |
| 138 | * {{Justified|Trope}} in ''Literature/JessicasGhost''. Jessica can instantly change her clothes at will because she's a ghost. |
| 139 | [[/folder]] |
| 140 | |
| 141 | [[folder:Live-Action TV]] |
| 142 | * An {{Expy}} of Lady Gaga does this repeatedly on an episode of ''Series/ANTFarm''. In the [[TheTeaser Cold Opening]] alone, she changes outfits 3 times, each one equally outlandish. |
| 143 | * One episode of ''Series/{{The Avengers|1960s}}'' had a villain who changed outfits every time he was off camera. This gets really ridiculous in the fight scene at the end of the episode, where the focus changed from him to the hero and back every ten seconds or so for the entire thing. |
| 144 | * ''Series/{{Batman|1966}}'': All Bruce and Dick had to do was slide down the Batpoles and it was "Holy costume change, Batman!" |
| 145 | * ''Series/BuffyTheVampireSlayer'' has "[[MusicalEpisode Once More, with Feeling]]" (Season 6, Episode 7). Sweet the dancing demon can change his suit color at eye-blinking speed, and being cool at that. In the following episode, Willow also uses magic to change her wardrobe. |
| 146 | * ''Series/{{Community}}'': |
| 147 | ** In the episode "[[Recap/CommunityS1E14InterpretiveDance Interpretive Dance]]" Troy wears breakaway pants over his dancing tights. |
| 148 | ** In a later episode, Chang is off camera for maybe two seconds before they cut back to him in a speedo, greasing up. |
| 149 | * ''Series/{{Conan}}'': When he goes into a mock-awards show segment, Conan O'Brien has a prop man come onstage with a one-piece formal wear jacket/shirt/tie that's open on the back, and slips it on over his suit. |
| 150 | * ''Series/CSIMiami'''s Calleigh Duquesne definitely fits this trope. Although to be fair, the hottest chick on any TV series is likely to have an UnlimitedWardrobe, if a [[FanService Fanservicey]] one. |
| 151 | * Played with in the twelfth season of ''Series/DoctorWho'', when a four-story arc of continuous action was [[RealLifeWritesThePlot filmed out of order]] and Sarah was given a completely different costume in the fourth story to the one she'd been wearing at the end of the first and throughout the second. Towards the end of the third story (the last to be filmed), the Doctor finds some explosives in a locker...and Sarah's costume from the next story, which he casually hands to her before they walk away. When they arrive at their next location, Sarah is suddenly wearing the new outfit. |
| 152 | * ''Series/TheFlash2014'': |
| 153 | ** Justified in the case of Barry and other speedsters, as they can easily change clothes with their super speed. However, one episode has Cisco needing to go and help Ralph when the latter gets into trouble. In one scene, he is wearing his normal clothes, in the next, he jumps through [[ThinkingUpPortals one of his portals]] fully suited up with no explanation as to how he was able to do so that fast, and Barry couldn't have changed his clothes for him because he's in prison at the time. At least the scene after that still has him in the suit without the jacket, but the sudden change in clothes in the previous scene is still jarring. |
| 154 | ** This is probably why Killer Frost's GoodCostumeSwitch is just a light blue jacket, rather than the dark blue jacket, dress, and boots she wore in the previous season. Whenever Caitlin changes into Killer Frost, she can easily put the jacket on. One episode has her putting on a black leather jacket instead, likely because the blue jacket wasn't nearby and there wasn't enough time for her to find it since the city was being threatened by a metahuman with nuclear powers that he couldn't control. |
| 155 | * Parodied in ''Series/TheGoodies'' who just walk through the Quick-Change Cabinet (an invention of Graeme) that changes their clothes into whatever costume is required. |
| 156 | * Subverted in ''Series/TheGreatestAmericanHero'' when Ralph sees a crime and hides to take off his street clothes to use his super suit. Unfortunately, he can't change fast enough and the bad guys are getting away, leaving him yelling, "Wait, I'm not done!" Fortunately, his girlfriend manages to delay the crooks long enough for Ralph to swing into action. |
| 157 | * On an episode of ''Series/HowIMetYourMother'', Ted and Marshall head over to Barney's (who's supposed to be out) to watch ''Franchise/StarWars''. Barney opens the door to their knock, disheveled, out of breath, and sweaty. When they explain why they're there, Barney closes the door, and opens it less than one second later, suited up and looking dapper. In that time, he not only got dressed, but stashed the girl (Robin) in the Stormtrooper suit. |
| 158 | * Creator/SuzyEddieIzzard {{lampshade|Hanging}}s this in her show ''Sexie'', when she talks about how there are no transvestite superheroes because they would take twenty minutes to change. |
| 159 | * Parodied in an early episode of ''Series/LoisAndClark''. Clark Kent sprints into a bathroom stall to change into his costume only to smash his foot through the door as he struggles to put his boots on. |
| 160 | * ''Series/MimpiMetropolitan''. Played for laughs in episode 4. The moment he is told that he have a job to do in his love interest Melani's office, Bambang quickly changes all his clothes just by walking off-screen for a few seconds. |
| 161 | * The ''Series/MythBusters'' took a look at this one when they did their episode on superhero myths. They discovered that it is indeed possible to change clothes in a phone booth, but not easy; Kari was the only one to pull it off in under a minute. |
| 162 | * ''Series/TheProfessionals''. Played for laughs in "Blood Sports" when Bodie and Doyle have to interrupt their cricket game to rush off on their latest assignment. As Doyle DrivesLikeCrazy we see Bodie in the backseat getting thrown back-and-forth as he tries to change out of his cricket whites. |
| 163 | * One episode of ''Series/{{Psych}}'' has a character who manages to change his clothes into a more elaborate get up in about twenty seconds. Immediately {{lampshade|Hanging}}d. |
| 164 | * Played for laughs in ''Series/{{Scrubs}}'' where the Janitor switches into his white coat in a matter of seconds, in the episode where he acts as Chief of Medicine while Kelso's gone. The weird and funny thing is how the characters literally see him change through his clothes, with the camera cutting to their bewildered faces while so. This is a recurring ability of the Janitor's, also done when he was given a blue uniform to replace his grey one. He also shows the ability to change rather quickly (and don a fake mustache) in an attempt to convince JD and Turk that he has a twin brother. At one point he also has to jump out a window and on to the roof of an ambulance to get into position. They still don't fall for it. |
| 165 | * ''Series/{{Smallville}}'' Season 11 features this, not just predictably and justifiably with Superman, but also with Nightwing. In the span of one panel that couldn't have taken more than 5 seconds, she goes from her underwear to full costume (including mask and ''lipstick''). |
| 166 | * Played with, along with everything else, in the 200th episode of ''Series/StargateSG1''. Early in the episode, Mitchell claims that the next trip through the gate will be his 200th; moments later, after the team is in completely different clothes, Teal'c says "I have been reflecting while changing into our gear...", which [[LampshadeHanging hangs a lampshade]] on this trope. Later, Harriman, the gate technician, is invited on a mission with SG-1. He leaves the command room, disappears for a split second while walking down the hallway, and comes into the gate room wearing the same outfit as the rest of the team. |
| 167 | * ''Series/{{Supernatural}}'': |
| 168 | ** In the episode "[[Recap/SupernaturalS02E22AllHellBreaksLoosePartTwo All Hells Breaks Loose, Part Two]]" (S02, E22), Jake is able to find a whole new outfit while camping outside an abandoned ghost town. He has exchanged his ACU for a black hooded sweatshirt, tan jacket, jeans, and brown boots. He also has found a tent somehow. |
| 169 | ** In the season eight episode "[[Recap/SupernaturalS08E07ALittleSliceOfKevin A Little Slice of Kevin]]" (S08, E07), Castiel walks into a motel bathroom covered in dirt, unshaven, and still wearing [[spoiler:his mental patient scrubs]] under his trench coat. In approximately twenty seconds he walks back out, shaved and immaculate in a suit and tie again. Justified as his angelic abilities give him rather vaguely specified control over his outfit and hygiene. |
| 170 | * In the Creator/MrT TV series ''TAndT'', T plays a private eye who dresses in a suit. OncePerEpisode he has to go "street" to get the 4-1-1 on the situation of the week. He always takes the time to go to the boxing gym and change into his streetwear (which is more like the Mr. T we know). |
| 171 | * On ''Series/WhoWantsToBeASuperhero'', of course. One challenge started with the contestants having to find a place to hide, change into their costumes without being seen and re-emerge within a certain time frame. Of course, none were "actual" superheroes so it wasn't instant, but some were actually quite clever and quick. Gladiator even [[CharlesAtlasSuperpower shoved some port-a-poties around]] to hide where he got changed. Unfortunately, two contestants missed the "without being seen" angle, one changing in a small nook that was completely open to view, one [[TooDumbToLive putting her costume parts on over her civvies right in the middle of the public square]]. |
| 172 | * ''Series/{{Wonder Woman|1975}}'': Despite the spinning, thunderclap, and lights, Wonder Woman's transformation generally took no plot time and was strangely unnoticed even in public areas. |
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| 175 | [[folder:Music Videos]] |
| 176 | * Music/MichaelJackson in the music video of ''Music/{{Bad}}''. After Michael gets bullied by his friends for not being bad enough and a "sissy", he yells back at them and suddenly in a blink of a second he is no longer wearing a casual sweater, but stands there in a leather suit with a whole bunch of dancing buddies who also seem to have come up from nowhere. |
| 177 | * [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HMUDVMiITOU The video]] for "Turn Down for What" by DJ Snake and Li'l Jon features this. The protagonist, having smashed his way into a woman's apartment through the roof, explodes her clothes off her by pelvic-thrusting in her direction. She then stumbles backwards into her indoor clothesline and emerges wearing another outfit. No, it doesn't make any more sense in context. |
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| 179 | |
| 180 | [[folder:Mythology & Religion]] |
| 181 | * OlderThanFeudalism; ''Literature/TheAchilleid'' tells us that Achilles changed out of a dress in and into armor so quickly that no one in the room had time to notice he did it, [[ExaggeratedTrope including himself]]. |
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| 184 | [[folder:Tabletop Games]] |
| 185 | * Played with in ''TabletopGame/{{Continuum}}''. Spanners have the ability to teleport and travel through time, and can selectively choose what comes with them. This leads to the main rulebook and only splatbook having, between them roughly a chapter on the mechanics of using this trick (and a series of mannequins) to perform quick changes. |
| 186 | * ''TabletopGame/DungeonsAndDragons'': |
| 187 | ** Aversion in the {{Trope Namer|s}} where there are rules in place to calculate how long taking your armor off takes; useful if you ever fall into the sea or river. |
| 188 | ** Played straight with certain items and spells; for example, a magic ring that can store an entire outfit, including armor and weapons, and swaps it with your current clothes and gear at a moment's thought. |
| 189 | ** That can be a secondary use for some transformation spells like "Alter Self". You can merge your current clothes and equipment into the new form (which can look like your regular appearance, in fact) and then dress differently. Then, by dismissing the spell any clothes added after the transformation just fall, and you're back in full gear. |
| 190 | * ''TabletopGame/{{GURPS}} Supers'' has the perk Skintight, which makes your super-suit fit so well, you can wear it under your normal clothes and no one will notice. |
| 191 | * In the sidebar example power "Instant Change" in the ''TabletopGame/HEROSystem'' Fifth Edition book, it recommends that the power (which allows a hero to instantly go from street clothes to his superhero outfit) function as a Zero Phase Action (essentially a free action) instead of the Half Phase action that it should, according to the rest of the rules, take. |
| 192 | ** Even without Instant Change, a half-phase action to change outfits corresponds to a few seconds of real time. |
| 193 | *** A segment, on which you take your phase, is supposedly one second long. So, depending on how you interpret it, a costume change could take anywhere from 6 seconds (normal humans get one phase per turn, 12 seconds/segments) down to half a second for the very fastest characters (who get phases every segment), or for everyone if you assume that your entire action takes place in a segment and the rest of the time you're standing around looking dumb. For gameplay purposes, the latter interpretation is less realistic but makes the bookkeeping of what-happens-when a '''lot''' easier. |
| 194 | * In ''TabletopGame/MagicTheGathering'', there is an official ruling that taking off your pants is faster than using a [[{{Mana}} mana source]]. For those not versed in ''Magic'' Rules minutiae, using a mana source is the fastest thing one can do at any time. The reason for this ruling is the card [[http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?multiverseid=8904 Hurloon Wrangler]], from the joke set ''Unglued''. The card has the unique ability "Denimwalk", which makes it unblockable if the defending player is wearing any denim. Therefore, in response to its attack, the defender may remove his pants, making the creature blockable. |
| 195 | * High-speed costume changes are a cornerstone of superheroes, to the point that ''TabletopGame/MutantsAndMasterminds'' has a feat that makes changing costume a free action. The Feat comes in two ranks, the second allowing a hero to change to ''any'' costume in a free action. |
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| 198 | [[folder:Theatre]] |
| 199 | * When ActingForTwo, or rather Two Dozen, the ability to perform quick changes is frequently required. This is a time when it would be really ''nice'' for it to be a genuinely free action, instead of one that gets fast when you practice it. |
| 200 | ** Also important when playing a single character who has scenes that are close together but require different clothes. Most actors develop quick-change skills, as well as wearing tear-away clothes and double dressing. |
| 201 | ** Such actors tend to quickly lose whatever notion of modesty they may have had, since they seldom have time to get to a dressing room, and instead just rip off their clothes the instant they're no longer visible to the audience. For particularly quick changes, they may even need ''helpers''. |
| 202 | * Near the end of ''Theatre/{{Aladdin}}'', Jafar's wish to become sultan is marked with his robes and hat disappearing in a puff of smoke and a white version of his attire taking its place. When he wishes to become a genie, the same puff of smoke appears and he's suddenly in a bright red version of his attire, all done without Jafar seemingly moving at all. |
| 203 | * ''Theatre/BullshotCrummond'' has this trope PlayedForLaughs in a scene where the BigBad hires a Mafia hitman to kill Crummond, with the same actor being used to play [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sPSjJOBRudE both characters talking to each other]]. |
| 204 | * In ''Theatre/HarryPotterAndTheCursedChild'', the point where characters leave the non-magical world to enter the wondrous Platform 9 3/4 is marked with the ensemble cast ripping off their ordinary attire to reveal wizarding robes underneath. |
| 205 | * In ''Theatre/LoveNeverDies'', during Meg's final number "Bathing Beauty", the character changes bathing suits in seconds ON STAGE. What with the distractions caused by the backing dancers and the all forgiving ModestyTowel, it sometimes takes a second for the audience to realise the change has even occurred. |
| 206 | * Similarly, in ''Our House'', the Music/{{Madness|Band}} musical, the main character switches costume near-instantly in the middle of a song, hidden for a couple of seconds at most by backing dancers with umbrellas. Particularly neat because the show tells two AlternateUniverse storylines simultaneously, ''Film/SlidingDoors'' style, and the costume change signifies a jump from one story to the other. |
| 207 | * Done brilliantly in ''Theatre/{{Spamalot}}''. The Lady of the Lake comes on stage wearing a blue dress. Arthur drops to a knee and proposes marriage. She says she'll have to think about it. *{{beat}}*. Then she shrugs, in full view of the audience, and her blue dress turns into a white wedding gown. |
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| 210 | [[folder:Video Games]] |
| 211 | * ''VideoGame/AdventureQuestWorlds'' allows you to switch armor, weapons, gear and even ''classes'' this way, but only when you're out of combat. |
| 212 | ** Played straight in ''VideoGame/AdventureQuest'', though, where you can change armor, weapons, and shields as many times as your want during combat (as long as it's your turn, though), while changing pets, drinking potions, or using items wastes a turn. |
| 213 | * Happens in ''VideoGame/AnimalCrossing'' for both the player characters and the animal villagers, where they spin around with accompanying sparkles and a sound effect. |
| 214 | * In ''VideoGame/ANNOMutationem'', Ann immediately has her [[StylishProtectionGear combat suit]] equipped whenever she enters a major area, regardless of the casual clothes she's wearing prior. |
| 215 | * In ''VideoGame/ApexLegends'', helmets, armor, and backpacks instantly swap the moment a character picks them up. This is most relevant during heated early-game fights right after dropping, where changing armor mid-fight can give players an instant precious few [[ArmorAsHitpoints shields]] before they go down proper. |
| 216 | * In ''VideoGame/AzureStrikerGunvolt'', before his boss fight, [[spoiler:Asimov]] somehow changes from his longcoat to a more compact battlesuit in a blink of light. |
| 217 | * In the ''Franchise/BaldursGate'' games, the essential time to change clothes is "not actually in combat". Imoen can use stealth and then pull on a suit of mail fast enough that she doesn't actually stop hiding. Minsc can do it with ''plate mail''. And he's a) the size of a house and b) [[LargeHam the largest ham in video game history]]. |
| 218 | * The largely-ignored Capcom game ''VideoGame/BeatDownFistsOfVengeance'' for the Platform/{{P|layStation2}}S2 actually requires you to change clothes in order to lower the levels of the "enemy detection meters", one for gang members and one for police (they usually run independently of each other). Of course, buying clothes costs money, but changing clothes (either at the clothing store or in the closet of your home-base bar) is free. Ironically, simply changing to a different COLOR of the same outfit will still lower your detection meters despite looking almost exactly the same as the outfit you just changed out of. |
| 219 | * In ''VideoGame/BioShockInfinite'', Booker [=DeWitt=] can pause to change his gear at any point, letting him go from gaining invincibility from eating food to setting mooks on fire with melee attacks. |
| 220 | * In ''VideoGame/BreathOfFireDragonQuarter'', most of your combat actions cost points called AP, so that, for example, walking closer to a foe may leave you without enough AP to attack it. Yet strangely, using items -- including ''changing your armor'' -- cost no points. |
| 221 | * In all the ''Franchise/{{Castlevania}}'' titles for the Platform/NintendoDS, (and probably most of the others since ''[[VideoGame/CastlevaniaSymphonyOfTheNight Symphony of the Night]]'') all equipment can be changed in the pause menu instantaneously. To top it off, the pause menu can be accessed any time, so the player can, if he's so inclined, change armor, switch weapons, and eat a plate of spaghetti all in mid-double-jump during a boss fight. |
| 222 | * ''VideoGame/CityOfHeroes'' doesn't have combat or stat related gear, but a character can still have up to 10 different costumes (and can give those costumes different colors depending on whether or not they're in Supergroup Mode), all of which are available at the click of a button. They even recently added different emotes you could use while changing your costume (such as a huge lightning bolt, a puff of smoke, spinning in place, and more). To top it all off beyond ridiculous levels, you can even buy a booster pack that allows your costume slots to have different sizes and even GENDERS. |
| 223 | * ''VideoGame/CocoppaDolls'': Everyone would do the Fashion Check anywhere and anytime when there’s a [=CocoDoll=] nearby. Justified, since they need the Tokimeki that bad. |
| 224 | * Humorously done in the ''VideoGame/DisneysMagicalQuest'' series. Since Mickey's abilities are based on his current outfit, he can change outfits at any time to switch abilities. When this happens, all movement on the screen stops while Mickey summons a curtain around him while he changes. Once he's done changing, the curtain disappears and the action resumes. This means that Mickey Mouse literally stops time just to change into a firefighter's outfit. |
| 225 | * ''VideoGame/DragonAgeOrigins'' ''forces'' you to invoke this during the Human Noble prologue as [[spoiler:you wake up completely undressed with one of Arl Howe's goons taking aim at you with a crossbow]] and have to equip your armor and weapon ''immediately''. |
| 226 | * Some of the ''VideoGame/DragonQuest'' games allow you to switch weapons and armor mid-battle... as long as you've got them in that character's personal inventory. So, for instance, you could use a whip to take out a boss's groupies, then switch to your sword once you've whittled their numbers down. |
| 227 | * ''VideoGame/DungeonsAndDragonsOnline'', as another ''D&D'' game, also follows suit. Weapons, clothing, and robes/outfits can be changed with only a tiny amount of lag time, but swapping armor takes a prohibitive few seconds and can be interrupted by getting hit. There is a feat that permits faster armor changing, but it's almost definitely a [[UselessUsefulNonCombatAbilities Useless Useful Non-Combat Ability.]] |
| 228 | * Throughout ''Franchise/TheElderScrolls'' series, bringing up the menu pauses the game world. Here, you can change clothes, switch weapons, ready spells, gulp down food/potions, read a book, etc. all while the game world is frozen around you. The only thing you can't do is change weapons mid-swing. |
| 229 | * The ''VideoGame/EpicBattleFantasy'' series averts this - swapping a character's equipment during battle will take up their turn. |
| 230 | * In the original ''VideoGame/{{Fallout}}'' games, 4 action points (2 with the proper Perk) buys you unlimited inventory time: using medicine, swapping or reloading weapons, even switching armour. |
| 231 | ** ''VideoGame/{{Fallout 3}}'' and ''VideoGame/FalloutNewVegas'' allow the player to switch apparel like clothes or armor instantly, but changing weapons triggers the "ready weapon" animation. |
| 232 | ** ''VideoGame/{{Fallout 4}}'' makes it so you can't change out of clothes or your power armor while in your PoweredArmor. Everything else is played straight, though. Low on health? Go into your inventory, eat a few steaks, some ancient food and down a fifth of whiskey while the deathclaw that was about to eat you watches. |
| 233 | * ''Franchise/FinalFantasy'': |
| 234 | ** During one sequence in ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyVI'', Locke automatically switches costumes whenever he gets his hands on one. All it takes is a quick twirl and he's completely changed in a matter of ''seconds''. |
| 235 | ** The power of the crystals in ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyV'' grant this to the protagonists in the form of the game's JobSystem. They can't switch classes in-battle like the girls of ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyX2'', but, when felled, their crystal shards power fails and they revert to their standard Freelancer class, only to switch back to the class they changed to when resurrected. They can all instantaneously change the weapon they are currently wielding so long as they have access to the Item command; changing loadouts, however, can only happen outside of battle. |
| 236 | ** In ''VideoGame/CrisisCoreFinalFantasyVII'', there is an optional spy hunting sequence where Zack has to find Wutai spies in Midgar. When discovered, a chase would ensue and during a 1 second period where they are off camera while running, they will change from civilian clothes to full Wutai soldier Armor. |
| 237 | ** This is explicitly so in ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyX2'', where changing the spheres lets you take another action immediately after, even with the long TransformationSequence. You can also turn off the {{Transformation Sequence}}s, allowing you to change clothes nigh-instantaneously. |
| 238 | ** ''VideoGame/LightningReturnsFinalFantasyXIII'' marks the return of a job class system again with a customizable VirtualPaperDoll system and a fact that Lightning spends tons of time-fighting [[OneManArmy ''alone'']]. Naturally, she has to change her clothes a lot. |
| 239 | ** Equipment macros run ''rampant'' in [=MMORPGs=], to the point where players are expected to actually gear swap for most of everything. Case in point: High-end players in ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyXI'' change their entire wardrobe every 3-5 seconds at worst, mostly due to swapping in [[LimitBreak Weaponskill]] gear to fire one-off, then it's back to TP gear. This led to the line (specifically referencing Red Mages, but can be applied to any job): "Every fight is a fashion show". |
| 240 | ** Equipment can also be changed in the middle of battle in ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyXII''. Due to the removal of typical random battles, this means you can switch weapons and armor in the middle of battle, and even in the middle of an attack. If you don't mind being in the menu for most of the battle, you can get away with all kinds of crazy things, like: |
| 241 | *** Attacking faster than usual by switching to a new weapon and switching back after an attack is finished (to reset the animation and start the next turn faster); |
| 242 | *** Equipping armor so, for example, when the help message at the top of the screen says the enemy is using a Thunder spell, you quickly don the Thunder-proof armor; |
| 243 | *** Protecting the whole party with one piece of equipment. Since attacks that affect the whole party hit characters one-at-a-time instead of all at once, you can pass one piece equipment between characters as the animation for the spell starts on the next target. |
| 244 | * In-between ''VideoGame/GoldenSun1'' and ''[[VideoGame/GoldenSunTheLostAge The Lost Age]]'', Felix manages to change his cape and pants. [[spoiler:IN THE MIDDLE OF THE OCEAN.]] |
| 245 | * ''VideoGame/GrandTheftAuto'': |
| 246 | ** Played straight in ''VideoGame/GrandTheftAutoViceCity'', where collecting a clothing pick-up - sometimes ''in the street'' - near-instantly changes Tommy Verceti's clothes. Stops the cops recognising you too, even if you're in plain view of one when you make the change, at least provided you only have one or two wanted stars. |
| 247 | ** Averted by contrast in ''VideoGame/GrandTheftAutoSanAndreas''. CJ must go into a changing room in a clothes shop, or into his wardrobe at home, to change clothes, and it does take a little time. |
| 248 | * Done in ''Franchise/DotHack'' as well. In the first series, it is possible for you to completely change your equipment on-the-fly to adapt to changing battle situations, even in the middle of battle (it doesn't make sense, considering this is supposed to be a real-time battle oriented MMO, but sometimes it's required anyway). The GU series subverted this by having your character ''forcibly'' pause momentarily when switching weapons (except when using the Skill Trigger, and even then it is only for what is essentially ''switching weapon/job class on the fly'' ), and switching armors in mid-battle is not allowed, so strategic planning becomes more crucial than tactical modifications. |
| 249 | ** Case in point are specific enemies in the first series that are [[FragileSpeedster speeding]] [[GlassCannon mages]], capable of nuking you while they are running away and then some. By the time they reach that point, savvy-players always keep a set of blades for Kite that contains paralysis/sleep spells [[CrazyPrepared just in case]] (the mook in question is severely weak against paralysis) this happens, and have their (''two or three'') main weapon for everything else. |
| 250 | * In ''VideoGame/{{Hitman}}'', 47 changes clothes insanely fast, and doesn't have to switch his gear to the new clothing either. It takes a few seconds, meaning if the coast isn't clear you can be caught unawares by guards, though. |
| 251 | * In ''VideoGame/HorizonZeroDawn'', Aloy can change between her assortment of very complex outfits instantly, as with her HyperspaceArsenal, from the menu. This allows such situations as seeing that a machine is about to lob fireballs for you and quickly changing to fire-resistant clothing in preparation. |
| 252 | * In ''Videogame/LANoire'' you can change clothes from the pause menu at any time, even right in the middle of a shootout or fistfight, or while driving. Since [[ClothesMakeTheSuperman some of the suits give you buffs]] (shoot more accurately, carry more ammunition, punch harder, take more damage before getting knocked down), this comes in handy. |
| 253 | * In ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfHeroesTrailsOfColdSteel II'', Rean is talking to various opponents during a truce period, and some of them change from casual outfits to their combat outfits between cuts during the conversation. Most obvious with Duvalie, who is wearing a different dress at the end of the conversation than she was at the start of it. |
| 254 | * In ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfKyrandia, Book Two: Hand of Fate'', Zanthia has a magical wardrobe gem that allows her to change clothes instantly. She finds lots of excuses to use this over the course of the game. |
| 255 | * ''Franchise/TheLegendOfZelda'': |
| 256 | ** In ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaOcarinaOfTime'', Link has three different tunics and three different pairs of shoes, which he can mix and match freely. Changing clothes does not happen in realtime; the player pauses, selects the new clothes, then unpauses, resulting in an instantaneous change. This is especially useful when, say, the moment after you jump into a pool in the Water Temple, you still haven't changed into your iron boots yet. You'll be wearing them before you hit the water. If you had changed into them beforehand, of course, you couldn't have jumped at all. |
| 257 | ** Due to the inconvenience of pausing and unpausing the game to fiddle with a menu just to swap your footwear (and the fact that you only have one different pair of boots to put on anyway), the iron boots have been made into a button-assignable item in later games (as well as the 3DS remake ''Ocarina of Time 3D''), meaning that a mere press of their button will cause the boots to appear and disappear from Link's feet. Clothes are still changed in a menu. |
| 258 | ** Similar to the ''Ocarina of Time'' example above, Link in ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaBreathOfTheWild'' can change into his myriad of outfits instantaneously from the pause menu. This can lead to situations like changing Link's clothes while he's clinging to a sheer cliff hundreds of feet up, or most egregiously, changing into his female disguise right in front of the guards to Gerudo Town. |
| 259 | * In ''VideoGame/LoveNikkiDressUpQueen'', Nikki gets challenged to fashion battles half a dozen times a day, even by people who are running off to job interviews, in the middle of gym class, or ''actively encouraging'' her to run after a thief. |
| 260 | --> '''Innocent Passerby''': Humph! You don't know what you're doing! Hurry and put on running gear, so you can catch the bad guy! |
| 261 | --> *commence fashion battle* |
| 262 | * In ''VideoGame/MarioAndLuigiDreamTeam'', while you can't switch gear mid battle, you can switch badges whenever you like in your turn. |
| 263 | * In ''VideoGame/MassEffect1'', it is fully possible to change your armor (and the rest of your equipment) ''in the middle of battle'' or in a hazardous environment. (This is actually pretty useful if you're outside on a Level 1 Hazard planet. You can wear your normal armor until the meter is ''almost'' full, change to hazard-proof armor just long enough to let the hazard meter go down, then change back into your normal armor with no consequences.) The second game averts this by only allowing you to change your armor in the captain's quarters on the ''Normandy'' between missions. |
| 264 | * In ''VideoGame/MetalGearSolid3SnakeEater'', Snake can change his camo instantly whenever he wants. This gets kind of silly when he runs around a corner while soldiers are chasing him, ducks into some grass, then switches into green camo to become hidden before the soldiers catch up. It's even more insane when some boss battles virtually ''require'' you to constantly swap between outfits in mid-gunfight. |
| 265 | * In ''VideoGame/MightAndMagic VI'' and VII, as long as you're fighting in turn-based mode you can take off your broken armour, hand it to a team-mate with enough ranks in Repair, have him fix it and pass it back to you, and put it back on again. What's more, he can fix any of your broken rings, helms, cloaks, weapons, shields... you can, if necessary, strip down from full battle mode into your undies and get dressed again, all before the enemy can move. This turns out to be important at the end of VII [[spoiler: when you reach the Starship Lincoln. It's crashed on the ocean floor and you have to dive there. When you get inside, there's a posse of big nasty droids waiting for you, and you have only a diving suit to protect you. Which is exactly as helpful as you'd think it is when compared to your very best endgame suit of plate armour. Fortunately, in turn-based mode there's no bar to taking the suit off and putting all your best gear on, while the droids wait helplessly]]. |
| 266 | * In ''VideoGame/{{Minecraft}}'', changing armour is a simple matter of opening your inventory anywhere and dragging armour pieces into appropriate slots. That being said, opening the inventroy in Minecraft does not pause the game. |
| 267 | * ''VideoGame/MyChildLebensborn'' averts the trope. Changing the child's clothing or using the comb to change their hairstyle uses up a time unit, so neither should be done if there is a more urgent task to take care of. |
| 268 | * In ''VideoGame/NeverwinterNights'' while armor can't be changed while in combat, other clothing can. This allows players to swap out the incredibly useful belts of bludgeoning, piercing and slashing damage resistance at a moment's notice, so one can always be highly resistant to whatever weapon is attacking them a the time. In ''VideoGame/NeverwinterNights2'', one must not be in combat when they want to change their wardrobe. |
| 269 | * In ''VideoGame/NocturneRebirth'', characters can change equipment when their ATB gauge is full without using up their turn. Later bosses are balanced so that constant equipment changing is necessary to survive. |
| 270 | * In ''VideoGame/NoMoreHeroes'', at first it seems like this would be subverted by Destroyman, who has to [[NoPeekingRequest ask Travis to turn around so he can change]]. However, this is only so [[{{Jerkass}} Destroyman]] can [[CombatPragmatist get a cheap shot at him]], as he has somehow managed to change from a mailman uniform to head-to-toe spandex in about the space of a second. |
| 271 | * ''Franchise/{{Persona}}'': |
| 272 | ** ''VideoGame/Persona2'': Jun can summon his costume on command, rather than ducking into a room to change. |
| 273 | ** ''VideoGame/Persona3'' has alternate costumes for most of the party members, which can be accessed while on the battlefield. Although the characters usually complain about [[AwesomeButImpractical how hard they are to move in]], or [[{{Stripperiffic}} how embarrassing they are to wear]], but never do they complain about apparently having to change into them in front of their friends. |
| 274 | ** ''VideoGame/Persona4ArenaUltimax'': One of Yukari's victory poses has her helmet magically appear out of nowhere, she twirls her bow and then stays still for the camera, just long enough for it to capture her stance. |
| 275 | * In ''VideoGame/PokemonDiamondAndPearl'' you change into certain outfits by twirling. How this really works makes no sense when in ''[[VideoGame/PokemonHeartGoldAndSoulSilver HeartGold and SoulSilver]]'' you [[spoiler:dress up as a Rocket grunt]]. |
| 276 | * ''VideoGame/ResidentEvil4'' features no hot-swap weapon feature; instead you go to your inventory to equip any weapon (as well as arrange items, weapons, ammo, etc). Opening up said inventory causes the world to stop dead in its tracks. |
| 277 | * Technically applies to the ''VideoGame/RollerCoasterTycoon'' series as well, since you can change your employees' uniform colors (and, in the case of your entertainers, their entire costumes) while the game is paused. |
| 278 | * Averted in the ''VideoGame/SaintsRow'' games. Shopping or changing clothes while your Notoriety meter is filled and enemies are attacking will yank you out of the previous interface and back into the game to deal with the threat. |
| 279 | * ''VideoGame/TheSims'' has this. You change clothes by spinning around. Shy Sims (or well, the ones not too much exhibitionistic) will not usually change in front of other Sims, though. Also, considering the spinning goes for a few seconds which in-game are closer to minutes, it isn't that bad. They don't have to visit their dresser to do it though. |
| 280 | * ''VideoGame/SkullGirls'': Eliza's winning animation has her going into a sarcophagus and suddenly coming out with some fabulous outfit, often either a PimpedOutDress or a {{stripperiffic}} bathing suit. She also changes to a bathing suit for her crouching hard kick. Justified, as her clothes are made of blood, and therefore as malleable as the rest of her. |
| 281 | * ''VideoGame/{{Solatorobo}}'' allows you to customize your MiniMecha Dahak at any point you like, including the middle of a boss fight. Even the BigBad will wait patiently as you swap in your revive parts seconds before he kills you, then wait again as you put your attack parts back in place once your health is restored. |
| 282 | * Subverted in ''Videogame/SouthParkTheFracturedButWhole'', where whenever you change from your civilian outfit to your superhero outfit via spinning, a kid will walk by and wonder what the hell just happened. The second time it happens he brings a friend over to show him. |
| 283 | * In ''VideoGame/StarWarsKnightsOfTheOldRepublic'' and [[VideoGame/StarWarsKnightsOfTheOldRepublicIITheSithLords its sequel]], this applies in nearly all situations - weapons, armour, headgear, belts, gloves, and armbands can all be changed from the menu, and items such as medpacs or stimulants can be activated as the player wishes. Somewhat subverted when a hostile enemy is attacking - most of the same is still true, but armour cannot be changed and items used from the menu is limited to one per turn. |
| 284 | * Equipment can be generally changed on the fly in the ''VideoGame/TalesOf'' series, even in the middle of battles. This is especially useful during the [[MonsterArena arena gauntlets]], where your constantly changing opponents may warrant the use of equipment that's effective against certain enemies or provides resistance to certain elements and/or status ailments. |
| 285 | * In ''VideoGame/TimeSplittersFuturePerfect'', there is a scene where Cortez switches into an odd, futuristic lab coat-type thing just by walking into a closet. One might think that this was just a convenient time skip so the player doesn't have to wait, but the entire wardrobe swap happens while another character is talking and takes no more than a sentence. |
| 286 | * ''VideoGame/{{Torchlight}}'' conveniently pauses the game if the viewport is obscured by windows such as inventory screens, allowing you to switch gear for you and your pet. |
| 287 | * ''VideoGame/UrbanDead'', where even talking uses up AP allows survivors to change clothes for free whenever they're in buildings that allow it. |
| 288 | * ''VideoGame/{{Valis}} II'' (except in the Turbo CD version) allowed Yuko to change into a different costume while the game was paused. |
| 289 | * In ''VideoGame/WorldOfWarcraft'', you can't change your clothes in combat, although you can swap out any hand-held item. It avoids the trope entirely on that part, as swapping weapons causes a global cooldown (meaning no abilities can be used for around one second). However, somewhat of a running gag is the fact that you can switch equipment (or more likely, remove it) while falling to avoid it being damaged when you crash into the ground. |
| 290 | [[/folder]] |
| 291 | |
| 292 | [[folder:Visual Novels]] |
| 293 | * ''VisualNovel/DanganronpaV3KillingHarmony'': Being the Ultimate Cosplayer, a quick change of clothes is child's play for Tsumugi Shirogane. The kind of cosplay she can pull off borders on VoluntaryShapeshifting, given that she can change her proportions, skin color, and voice in a puff of dust and clothing. |
| 294 | [[/folder]] |
| 295 | |
| 296 | [[folder:Web Animation]] |
| 297 | * For a period of time in ''WebAnimation/RedVsBlue'' when Simmons defected to the Blue Team, he donned red armor painted blue. When he switched back to the Red Team, he changed his armor back mid-conversation. When Grif asks how he did that, he explains it being a fast changer, due to being shy about others seeing him. |
| 298 | [[/folder]] |
| 299 | |
| 300 | [[folder:Web Comics]] |
| 301 | * ''Webcomic/AwfulHospital'': The {{Mega Microbe|s}} Dr. Phage's only article of clothing is a bow tie that has a different pattern each panel. {{Justified|Trope}} since reality and perception are mutually subjective in TheMultiverse of the setting, so it's entirely possible that he's wearing the archetypal ''idea'' of a bow tie rather than any single piece of cloth. |
| 302 | * Averted and {{lampshade|Hanging}}d in ''Webcomic/{{Concerned}}''. |
| 303 | -->'''Frohman:''' Well, my boss got naked and quit, which I guess means I get an automatic promotion to...\ |
| 304 | ''[next panel, Frohman is now wearing the Combine Elite armor]''\ |
| 305 | '''Frohman: ''FROHMAN ELITE!''''' Glad I waited until I was fully in uniform to finish that sentence, even though it took several minutes to get dressed. |
| 306 | * ''Webcomic/ElGoonishShive'': |
| 307 | ** Nanase has a spell that [[http://egscomics.com/?date=2008-06-23 allows her]] [[http://egscomics.com/?date=2008-06-25 to do this]] |
| 308 | ** Later [[http://www.egscomics.com/egsnp.php?id=602 subverted]] and [[http://www.egscomics.com/egsnp.php?id=603 justified]] with Grace. |
| 309 | * In ''Webcomic/{{Homestuck}}'', changing outfits happens with a quick blur-transition due to simply being an extension of inventory shenanigans. |
| 310 | * Katia Managan of ''Webcomic/{{Prequel}}'' has the ability to change clothes virtually instantly. It's a spoof of the PlayerCharacter having the same ability in the [[VideoGame/TheElderScrollsIVOblivion source material]], as she may ''or may not'' become said PC. When she buys a new outfit and puts it on, the shopkeeper points out that it's very weird to change clothing in public, even when it's done really fast. |
| 311 | * In ''Webcomic/{{Roommates}}'' [[TheFairFolk Jareth]] can do this as an [[FlightStrengthHeart addition]] to or [[MundaneUtility creative application]] of his [[TimeMaster other]] [[SpaceMaster assorted]] [[DreamWeaver powers]]. Prone to also InstantCosplaySurprise the others. The ''Kings War arc'' revealed that this is an inherent side-effect of his magic. So when someone else wields it, that someone has even less control over his clothing changes, or the people's standing near him. |
| 312 | * ''Webcomic/SkinHorse'': Tip's clothes suddenly change [[http://skin-horse.com/comic/the-office-protocol/ between]] [[http://skin-horse.com/comic/to-incorporate/ strips]]. {{Lampshade|Hanging}}d by Tigerlily Jones. |
| 313 | -->'''Tigerlily''': Hold a tic. Weren't you in a different outfit?\ |
| 314 | '''Tip''': A '''plaid''' outfit. [[AgentPeacock I'm incapable of clashing with my surroundings]]. |
| 315 | * Jin of ''Webcomic/WapsiSquare'' is able to do this to both herself and Monica through some creative use of teleportation. |
| 316 | * Subverted in [[http://www.whompcomic.com/comic/guitarred-and-fettered/ this]] ''Webcomic/{{Whomp}}'' strip. |
| 317 | -->'''Ronnie:''' It's been 20 minutes since you said that last thing. |
| 318 | [[/folder]] |
| 319 | |
| 320 | [[folder:Web Original]] |
| 321 | * In real life it isn't, according to ''Website/{{Cracked}}'''s [[http://www.cracked.com/blog/5-video-game-strategies-that-are-way-less-useful-in-reality/ 5 Video Game Strategies that Are Way Less Useful in Reality]]. |
| 322 | * In the ''Literature/WhateleyUniverse'', at least one class ''teaches'' the art of a nigh-instantaneous costume change, and the combat finals provide bonus points for doing so successfully. |
| 323 | [[/folder]] |
| 324 | |
| 325 | [[folder:Web Videos]] |
| 326 | * ''WebVideo/DrHorriblesSingAlongBlog'' has an example of this, during the title character's efforts to hijack a courier van in the first act. He ducks behind a low wall for maybe a half-second, emerging in full costume, without stopping mid-line in the song. However, if you pay close attention to the lighting, you will see it really took him the better part of the afternoon. |
| 327 | * ''WebVideo/PlayStationAccess'': Discusses how nice it is that you can change clothes just from having the new set rendered, especially when different clothes have different benefits. You could not try this in real life, which they parodied in a skit. |
| 328 | [[/folder]] |
| 329 | |
| 330 | [[folder:Western Animation]] |
| 331 | * Done constantly in ''WesternAnimation/LooneyTunes'' shorts, and shows inspired by them like ''WesternAnimation/{{Animaniacs}}'' and ''WesternAnimation/TinyToonAdventures''. [[RuleOfFunny Rule of comedic timing is in effect.]] |
| 332 | * Roger from ''WesternAnimation/AmericanDad'' sometimes does this with his many disguises. |
| 333 | * After Rose from the ''WesternAnimation/AmericanDragonJakeLong'' episode "The Love Cruise" tricks Jake into closing his eyes by making him think she intends to kiss him, she changes from a formal dress into her Huntsgirl uniform within seconds. |
| 334 | * ''WesternAnimation/BatmanTheBraveAndTheBold'' |
| 335 | ** In the MirrorUniverse story, Batman changes from [[EvilTwin Owlman's]] outfit to his own in the space of seconds, allowing him to descend on the [[ThePsychoRangers Injustice Syndicate]] while declaring "'''I'm BATMAN!'''" How did he have time? How did he even carry his own costume with him? [[RuleOfCool Who cares?]] |
| 336 | ** Music Meister, from the MusicalEpisode, manages to change costumes ''eight'' times over the course of a single scene (singing all the while), several times with on-screen "pull off the top layer" reveals. Over the course of the episode he has a handful of other costumes as well. |
| 337 | ** In another episode, Batman switches from his Matches Malone disguise (trenchcoat and sunglasses) to his Bat costume just by swooping the coat over his head. |
| 338 | * ''WesternAnimation/GravityFalls'': In "Fight Fighters", when Mabel changes into her scout's honor/fingers crossed sweater, she manages to also change her skirt and hair band. |
| 339 | * In the ''WesternAnimation/JohnnyTest'' episode "Johnny Johnny", Johnny and Dookey slide down "Johnny Poles" that automatically change their clothes and a pair of poles created by the military that give them weapons. Indeed, there are many examples through the whole series given the quick pace. |
| 340 | * ''WesternAnimation/{{Kaeloo}}'': Done in almost every episode. Characters change their outfits or costumes between scenes, or even in the same scene, depending on RuleOfFunny. |
| 341 | * Taken to its logical extreme in the ''WesternAnimation/LittlestPetShop2012'' episode "[[Recap/LittlestPetShop2012S2E25TheExpoFactorPart1 The Expo Factor - Part 1]]: Whenever Delilah is singing, a single frame behind a changing room's curtain is all it takes to get fully dressed. |
| 342 | * ''WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic'': This trope is employed in the show every now and again, usually exaggerated or lampshaded for comedic effect: |
| 343 | ** {{Invoked|Trope}} by Rarity in "[[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS5E16RarityInvestigates Rarity Investigates!]]", where she keeps rapidly changing outfits; at one point she shows she has a stash of dresses ready to pull from to change in and out of in moments in case of a dress emergencies, and in another point of the episode she says she'll come to the bottom of a mystery "faster than my costume change!" |
| 344 | ** In "[[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS8E4FakeItTilYouMakeIt Fake It 'Til You Make It]]", Fluttershy is inexplicably able to change clothes, add makeup and put on jewelry BehindTheBlack to transform into one of her differing personas at lighting speed. At one point, she walks behind a display in one costume, and comes out in another, all without breaking stride. At the end of the episode, when Rarity [[spoiler:fires all of Fluttershy's personas one by one]], Fluttershy walks off in each costume only to immediately appear on Rarity's opposite side wearing another one, three times in a row. |
| 345 | * Sylvester Sneekly on ''WesternAnimation/ThePerilsOfPenelopePitstop'' effects this using the twirlaround method in becoming the Hooded Claw. Other times he pulls his costume from behind and swoops it over himself. |
| 346 | * ''WesternAnimation/PhineasAndFerb'': |
| 347 | ** In the episode "Rollercoaster: [[MusicalEpisode The Musical!]]", Phineas manages to change from his normal clothes to a tuxedo and top hat just by dashing behind the tree. He then gently pushes Ferb behind the tree for the same effect. |
| 348 | ** In the "Tree to Get Ready" episode, in a nod to ''Film/DuckSoup'', Phineas constantly changes military outfits during the treehouse battle. |
| 349 | * In ''WesternAnimation/ReBoot'' some characters have changed outfits in a few seconds by simply turning their Icons upside down or double clicking them (depending on the season). In games they instantly change outfits when they [[ByThePowerOfGrayskull Re]][[TitleDrop Boot]]. Since the show is InsideAComputerSystem, [[MST3KMantra nobody cares about this.]] |
| 350 | * Boris and Natasha from ''WesternAnimation/RockyAndBullwinkle'' had this as a nigh-superpower - the ability to change disguises in less than 10 seconds was their main advantage over the titular heroes. |
| 351 | * In the ''WesternAnimation/ScoobyDooWhereAreYou'' episode "A Tiki Scare is No Fair," the witch doctor is chasing Scooby, Shaggy and Velma, the latter two taking no time at all to dress up as Tarzan and Jane in a ploy to fool him. |
| 352 | * ''WesternAnimation/SpongeBobSquarePants'' does this often: |
| 353 | ** In "Party Pooper Pants" after [=SpongeBob=] digs himself back into his pineapple house (where everyone else is doing the Bunny Hop) only to be shoved back outside, the next shot that we see a few seconds later is [=SpongeBob=] wearing a bunny suit while angrily remarking that he "was supposed to lead the Bunny Hop!". |
| 354 | ** In "Le Big Switch", [=SpongeBob=] visits a fancy restaurant to work there and changes into a chef's hat and uniform within a few seconds. |
| 355 | ** Also in "Spongicus", [=SpongeBob=] manages to change from his normal clothes to Roman gladiator armor by just springing out of his seat and landing into the chariot. |
| 356 | * The Gems in ''WesternAnimation/StevenUniverse'' can easily do this because their clothes (like their bodies) are illusions that exist as a result of VoluntaryShapeshifting. |
| 357 | * The WesternAnimation/SupermanTheatricalCartoons of the 1940s would almost always carry a scene where Clark Kent, after being "KO'd" by the weeks villains, changes clothes in about 10 seconds in a phone booth. When those weren't available, he would change just as quickly in another conveniently hidden location with curiously good lighting, throwing his silhouette on a wall or screen so the animators could save on costs, no doubt. |
| 358 | * In ''WesternAnimation/{{Teen Titans|2003}}'', the villain Mad Mod was shown to often-times change clothes during scene transitions or after a quick cut-away, in a time frame that really shouldn't allow it. Of course, given that his whole schtick was that he was a reality warper (thanks to [[MagicFromTechnology a combination of holograms, elaborate machinations]] and hypnotism) it kind of made sense. Half the time it [[ActuallyADoombot wasn't even him]] considering he looked to be at LEAST in his mid-to-late sixties. |
| 359 | * In ''WesternAnimation/Thundercats2011'' {{Turncoat}} General Grune has a full ten seconds to complete an EvilCostumeSwitch, complete with an InsigniaRipOffRitual, FlungClothing and removal and replacement of a ''full suit of armor.'' While his enemies ''watch.'' He also finds time to tease his beard into a messier, [[BeardOfEvil more evil]] look. |
| 360 | * ''WesternAnimation/{{Wakfu}}'': Just before the Bontarian Gobbowl match, at the doors of the stadium, Ruel's team players get outfitted -- which is okay since the gear is mostly put above their regular clothes. But Amalia and Eva also get to change into cheerleader outfits at the same time, while in the previous scene they were [[LimitedWardrobe dressed as usual]]. [[FridgeLogic When (and where) did they do that?]] |
| 361 | * Happens many times in ''WesternAnimation/WorldOfWinx'', most notably when Stella changes into a journalist outfit in the blink of an eye simply standing on an elevated platform as the clothes instantly materialize around her. |
| 362 | [[/folder]] |
| 363 | |
| 364 | [[folder:Real Life]] |
| 365 | * [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quick-change_(performance) Quick-change magicians.]] |
| 366 | * In Music/KatyPerry's California Dream Tour, during the 3:30 minute long song 'Hot N Cold' she changes her dress six times on stage while stepping through curtains, into fabric rings, and for the last one, only obscured by a quick shower of confetti. She doesn't break rhythm or stop singing throughout. |
| 367 | ** Taught by previously mentioned Quick Change Magicians. David and Dania specifically. |
| 368 | * During the 2013 Kohaku Uta Gassen, NHK's New Year's Eve special, Music/TMRevolution and Creator/NanaMizuki [[https://www.youtube.com/shorts/E4_VnhyGXi0 change their outfits on stage]] after performing "Preserved Roses" and before they sing "Kakumei Dualism". |
| 369 | [[/folder]] |
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