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8[[caption-width-right:320: You instantly know who this is, but [[CommonKnowledge how often has he actually]] ''[[CommonKnowledge worn]]'' [[CommonKnowledge this outfit?]][[note]]Exactly ONCE, in ''Silver Blaze''[[/note]]]]
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10->''"You're Sherlock Holmes. Wear the damn hat!"''
11-->-- '''Dr. Watson''', ''Series/{{Sherlock}}'', "[[Recap/SherlockSpecialTheAbominableBride The Abominable Bride]]"
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13An outfit that, for whatever reason, is considered iconic for a certain character. This can happen even if it's not intended to be embarrassing or funny, but simply a strange fashion choice. The character might never wear it again, nor even anything like it. Maybe the wardrobe people or artists were just bored one day. There's just something unique, inappropriate or just plain odd. Very rarely, the producers are aware of it, and it may become a sort of alternate outfit if a similar situation lets the makers bring it out again.
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15It can be even more noticeable in a character who [[LimitedWardrobe rarely wears anything else]]. [[SignatureHeadgear Nice Hats]] and CoolShades are especially prone to this. Related to UnlikelySpare.
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17Sometimes the popularity of these outfits make the writers have the character wear the outfit as much as possible. Then you have ClothesMakeTheLegend, and even CostumeEvolution doesn't change the basic form too much.
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19Some works will have a BetaOutfit before the iconic one is made. Others will use ConsistentClothingStyle instead -- dress the character in similar outfits across the work, ending up with a more or less iconic fashion sense.
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21Being remembered for ''lack'' of clothing would ([[FanDisservice probably]]) be BestKnownForTheFanservice.
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23Compare IconicItem and SignatureDevice. If what the character is called is itself derived from the outfit, it's the PersonWithTheClothing. In the event of a ShallowParody, the character ''will'' be wearing that outfit, no exceptions -- that may be the only thing they get right. See IconicSequelOutfit for iconic outfits that debuted in later installments of a work or series, and IconicStarterEquipment for video games where the protagonist's most recognized appearance is the basic gear they start with.
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29[[index]]
30* IconicOutfit/AnimeAndManga
31* IconicOutfit/ComicBooks
32* [[IconicOutfit/LiveActionFilms Films — Live-Action]]
33* IconicOutfit/LiveActionTV
34* IconicOutfit/{{Music}}
35* IconicOutfit/VideoGames
36[[/index]]
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38!!Other examples:
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42[[folder:Advertising]]
43* Author Matthew Lesko wears [[Characters/BatmanTheRiddler Riddler]]-equse question mark suits to promote his ''Free Money'' book series, which are guides to US federal grant programs.
44* In addition to his beard and NoIndoorVoice, late TV pitchman Creator/BillyMays was well known for his blue button-down shirt and light tan chino pants. At his funeral, the pallbearers wore Mays's iconic outfit.
45* "What are you wearing, Advertising/JakeFromStateFarm?"
46-->'''Jake:''' Uh...khakis?
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49[[folder:Comic Strips]]
50* ''ComicStrip/{{Peanuts}}'':
51** Charlie Brown wouldn't be Charlie Brown without the zig-zagged stripe shirt. Ironically, in earlier comics he wore an plain blank shirt, but his zig-zagged has overshadowed it for good.
52** Linus has his horizontally striped shirt (usually colored red in the Sunday strips), where the black stripes are narrower than the corresponding ones on Schroeder's otherwise very similar shirt. And you can tell Linus' younger brother Rerun from him by his overalls.
53** Peppermint Patty is very distinct with her vertically striped shirt (usually colored green) and sandals. Also, she always wore shorts, even when all the other girls still wore skirts.
54** Snoopy's World War I flying ace outfit: brown leather cap, goggles and red scarf.
55** Lucy's signature blue dress persists in both her mainstream perception and in animated adaptations, despite Lucy switching to a shirt and pants in the '90s comics.
56* ''ComicStrip/LittleOrphanAnnie'''s red dress and auburn curls. [[Theatre/{{Annie}} The musical]] plays off of this by only putting her in the same outfit when she's adopted by Warbucks.
57* ''ComicStrip/CalvinAndHobbes''
58** Calvin is never seen naked without his red T-shirt, sneakers, and shorts-that-are-too-long-for-his-legs.
59** Then there's STUPENDOUS Man! See above, but add a cape and a red Luchadore-esque mask.
60** Spaceman Spiff's jumpsuit and blaster, plus goggles.
61** Tracer Bullet's Fedora, cig, and BadassLongcoat.
62* The title character of ''ComicStrip/RupertBear'' is forever best-known for wearing a red shirt as well as a scarf and pants that are both plaid yellow.
63* ''ComicStrip/ModestyBlaise'' has so many lingerie scenes that her BlackBraAndPanties have become a kind of iconic outfit for her.
64* ''ComicStrip/DickTracy'' can always be recognized by his matching canary yellow trench coat and fedora.
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67[[folder:Fan Works]]
68* In the ''Fanfic/AvengersOfTheRing'' sequel ''Methteilien'', other characters are so used to seeing Galadriel in her signature white dress that they are stunned when she appears in a quantum suit to accompany Scott Lang on a search of the quantum realm for the planned campaign against the villains.
69* ''Fanfic/BadFutureCrusaders'': Twitch, one of Lightning Dust's wing ponies, is instantly recognizable by the battered old flight cap he always wears. [[spoiler: When he's killed by a bomb blast, it's the only way to identity his remains.]]
70* In the second season of ''Fanfic/ChildrenOfTime'', Literature/SherlockHolmes consents wearing an Inverness cloak for the sake of recognition, but draws the line at the deerstalker. (In this 'verse, he's worn the deerstalker only once, on Dartmoor, and the Inverness not at all before the 22nd century.)
71* In ''Fanfic/TangledAdventuresInArendelle'' this is played with. Elsa still enjoys wearing her ice dress, but she isn't insistent on ALWAYS wearing it. And even is willing to put it aside for a while in order to make her citizens feel less threatened since it's a physical representation of her powers.
72* In ''Fanfic/InfinityTrainBlossomingTrail'', Chloe and Lexi have distinct outfits. For Chloe, it's her white beach dress with blue sealife with or without the Cloak of Marchosias. And for Lexi, it's a brilliant white suit (as he's an {{Expy}} of Specter from Anime/YuGiOhVRAINS. Both of these become popular in [[Fanfic/InfinityTrainVoyageOfWisteria the sequel]] when many denizens are celebrating the end of the Apex and a lot of couples are dressed ''specifically'' as these two.
73* ''Fanfic/MaFille'': Most illustrated depictions of Katrina have her wearing a pink top, blue skirt, light pink leggings, and pink shoes.
74* Ebony's outfit as described in ''Fanfic/MyImmortal'' makes fanart of her instant recognizable. This is partly because the outfit is so complex, and partially because the [[PurpleProse entire first paragraph]] is dedicated to describing it, which has become equally infamous in its own right.
75* Fanart featuring the ''WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic'' characters in anthropomorphic or human form have settled for some commonly accepted outfits: Twilight Sparkle in a schoolgirl outfit or a sweater-vest, Fluttershy in an oversized turtleneck sweater, Rainbow Dash in gym gear (goggles optional), Rarity in a white dress or business suit, Applejack in daisy dukes and a gingham shirt, Spike in a hoodie or t-shirt, Gilda in a bomber jacket, etc.
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78[[folder:Films — Animation]]
79* Every ''Franchise/DisneyPrincess'' has one of these. With the exception of WesternAnimation/{{Pocahontas}}, every single one of them had at least one wardrobe change during their respective movie. [[WesternAnimation/ThePrincessAndTheFrog Tiana]] sets the record with a multitude of clothing changes, plus a full-on frog transformation, while most Disney Princess media depict her in her PimpedOutDress:
80** A little jarring in the case of WesternAnimation/{{Mulan}}, whose Iconic Outfit is her matchmaker dress (which she was ''uncomfortable'' wearing), though more often she's depicted wearing her casual dress.
81** Even more for Literature/{{Rapunzel}} from ''WesternAnimation/{{Tangled}}'', whose long blonde hair is in every piece of merchandise... [[spoiler:while it being cut was what frees her from her oppressor]]. It does grow back before the beginning of [[WesternAnimation/TangledTheSeries the adaptive television series]] though.
82** The iconic dress worn by {{WesternAnimation/Snow White|AndTheSevenDwarfs}}, even though it's her peasant clothes that she wears throughout the movie, are still iconic since it was the first dress.
83** ''WesternAnimation/{{Frozen|2013}}'': Elsa's "ice dress" is easily her signature outfit, though her coronation dress is well-recognized too.
84*** While not nearly as iconic as Elsa's ice dress, Anna's post-blizzard attire is much more iconic than her casual attire or her coronation dress (both of which use green instead of the pinkish purple of her cold weather clothes).
85** ''WesternAnimation/BeautyAndTheBeast'': Belle's blue-and-white "everyday clothes" and her fancy yellow dress, while the Beast is only ever seen in his purple cape and trousers or his formal blue and gold outfit
86* Like in the [[ComicBook/LuckyLuke comics]], Franchise/LuckyLuke's outfit went unchanged in his animated films (''[[WesternAnimation/LuckyLukeDaisyTown Daisy Town]]'', ''[[WesternAnimation/LuckyLukeBalladOfTheDaltons Ballad of the Daltons]]'' and ''[[WesternAnimation/GoWestALuckyLukeAdventure Go West!]]'') -- white {{cowboy}} hat, yellow shirt, red scarf around the neck, black jacket, denim pants, and brown boots.
87* ''WesternAnimation/TheNightmareBeforeChristmas'':
88** Jack Skellington's pin-striped tuxedo and bat bow-tie.
89** Sally's stitched-up dress is pretty well-known as well.
90* WesternAnimation/MickeyMouse's red shorts with the buttons in front, or his Sorcerer's Apprentice robe (complete with Yen Sid's hat) from ''WesternAnimation/{{Fantasia}}''.
91* WesternAnimation/{{Aladdin}}'s rags, which are more iconic than his princely attire. Possibly lampshaded in-universe with the fact that he seems more comfortable in them than his prince garb (considering the fact that he wears his rags more often in the TV series at least). There's also Jasmine's BedlahBabe blue top and pants ensemble, which sets her apart from the other Disney Princess line.
92* Tinker Bell's dress as well as her outfits in the ''Franchise/DisneyFairies'' films.
93* ''Franchise/{{Shrek}}'' has Shrek's signature rags and Fiona's green dress.
94* WesternAnimation/{{Dumbo}} has his hat and/or circus collar. Even though he only wears it for a third of the film total, it's what all merchandise and materials portray him wearing.
95* ''WesternAnimation/{{Zootopia}}'' has Judy Hopps' unique police uniform and Nick Wilde's tropical shirt, loosely tied striped tie, and khakis.
96* The ''WesternAnimation/BigHero6'' team have these, aside from their supersuits. They have outfit changes in the movie, but the ones in the [[WesternAnimation/BigHero6TheSeries series]] (though simplified) are in merchandise.
97** Hiro's red robot t-shirt, navy blue hoodie, khaki shorts, black sneakers
98** Fred's red Kaiju t-shirt, white undershirt, khaki shorts, white sneakers, monster face beanie
99** Wasabi's green sweater, white undershirt, black jeans, black Jikatabi shoes, yellow-green headband
100** Gogo's white shirt, black biker jacket, black ripped capri leggings, black athletic shorts, black athletic shoes
101** Honey Lemon's yellow headband, white leggings, yellow dress, and yellow oversized cardigan
102* ''WesternAnimation/TurningRed'':
103** Mei's red sweater and denim skirt
104** Priya's yellow striped shirt and khaki cargo pants
105** Abby's purple flowery overalls
106** Miriam's green plaid shirt and green pants
107* ''WesternAnimation/{{Encanto}}'': Mirabel's green circular glasses and floral-embroidered dress.
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110[[folder:Literature]]
111* ''Literature/AliceInWonderland''. Oh, so many characters. Alice's blue dress and white pinafore,[[note]]The book never states the colour of her dress and it took quite a while before blue became the standard depiction.[[/note]] the Mad Hatter's crazy jacket and his hat with the price tag in it, the White Rabbit's waistcoat and watch...to name just a few.
112* ''Literature/TheBabySittersClub'':
113** Dawn's "I'm Awesome!" necklace.
114** The fandom loves to snark about the outfit Mallory wore to her first meeting: a red jumper with her name on it and white tights with little hearts.
115* Going ''[[OlderThanDirt way]]'' back, [[Literature/TheBible Jesus]] will be shown wearing a white toga with a red sash around the shoulder more often than not.
116* ''Literature/TheCatInTheHat'': The titular Cat's red-white striped stovepipe hat and red bow tie.
117* ''Literature/TheCatcherInTheRye'': Holden Caufield's red hunting hat, turned backwards. And the duffel coat.
118* Moist von Lipwig's golden suit in the Literature/{{Discworld}} novels ''Literature/GoingPostal'' (with golden winged postman's cap) and ''Literature/MakingMoney'' (with golden top hat) is an Iconic Outfit in-universe; TheNondescript Moist loves the fact that if he's not wearing it, he's not the Moist von Lipwig everyone recognises.
119* Literature/DonQuixote's barber's basin, lance and round shield.
120* ''Literature/TheDresdenFiles'': Harry Dresden's [[BadassLongcoat leather duster]]. Thanks to the book covers, his very nifty hat as well (that he doesn't actually ''wear'' in the series). This has become iconic enough that it became an instant and obvious ShoutOut to Dresden fans when Creator/NicolasCage wore a similar duster and hat in ''Film/TheSorcerersApprentice''.
121* [[YellowPeril Dr. Fu Manchu]] actually went so far as to lend his name to his style of BeardOfEvil. Oddly enough, Rohmer describes him as clean-shaven.
122* ''Literature/HarryPotter'':
123** Harry Potter's big, round, black glasses. Combine with a striped scarf and/or school uniform, and you have one of the most easily recognizable outfits in history. Black robes are a plus, but not even entirely necessary.
124* ''Franchise/TheHitchhikersGuideToTheGalaxy'': Arthur Dent's bathrobe; bonus points if he's holding a towel. Interestingly, this was a surprisingly late development, given that the point is he's been stuck in the same outfit since the saga started. Creator/DouglasAdams wrote a scene for the TV series where the Heart of Gold provides him with a change of clothes but it was decided to leave him in his dressing gown. Following this ''Literature/LifeTheUniverseAndEverything'' establishes that he's still wearing it; the previous books not having mentioned his clothing either way. (He finally has a chance to change in [[Literature/SoLongAndThanksForAllTheFish the following book]].)
125* ''Literature/HowTheGrinchStoleChristmas'': The Grinch's Santa suit.
126* Katniss Everdeen, in and out of universe. In ''Literature/TheHungerGames'', her black jacket and orange backpack are standard issue for the arena, but add her braid and her bow and you have an icon just about as recognisable as Harry Potter's scar-and-glasses look. In the sequels this develops into an in-universe iconic outfit. Her mocking jay dress and later mockingjay uniform which riffs on it are explicitly designed to make her iconic to the viewing public.
127* ''Literature/LandOfOz'':
128** Dorothy's white and blue gingham dress. In most artwork, she wears everything ''but'' her gingham dress. It traditionally only appears in the original illustrations from the first book and isn't mentioned in succeeding books, but thanks to FirstInstallmentWins and AdaptationDisplacement with the MGM film it's her most iconic outfit.
129** Ozma's flowy dress and her ringlet crown. It's so iconic that it's inspired several other characters, including Leia from ''Star Wars''.
130* ''Literature/LittleRedRidingHood'': Even the title tells you that one, and it doubles as [[PersonWithTheClothing the main character's name]]. It also directly inspired the LittleDeadRidingHood trope, where any girl in this outfit is likely to wind up in danger. To a lesser extent, [[VillainousCrossdresser the wolf in grandmother's nightie]] will also instantly indicate this story.
131* ''Literature/TheLordOfTheRings'': Gandalf's Wizard Classic ensemble basically codified what wizards wear. Everyone copied the look, and few avoided looking like Gandalf knock-offs.
132** Gandalf's outfit was itself largely based on Odin's.
133* ''Literature/PaddingtonBear'''s bush hat (either red or -- canonically -- black), duffle coat, wellington boots. In the books he originally arrives in London just wearing the hat, and gets the coat when the Browns adopt him and the wellies much later at Christmas.
134* The [[MalevolentMaskedMen phantom mask]] worn by Literature/ThePhantomOfTheOpera, completed with a [[SomethingAboutARose rose]]. The musical codified the Phantom's ManOfWealthAndTaste look: tailcoat, [[BadassCape dramatically swirling cloak]], and a fedora (the last item is such an essential part to the image for some fans that there were complaints when it wasn't included in the film). Note that the fedora would either be AnachronismStew or make The Phantom a VillainousCrossdresser (at the time the story was written and takes place, a fedora was ''women's'' fashion). A Nice Hat has always been part of his Iconic Outfit; originally, however, it was a top hat instead. There's also his "Literature/MasqueOfTheRedDeath" costume.
135* ''Literature/PippiLongstocking'': Pippi's blue dress with red patches, mismatched long socks, and large black shoes.
136* Myth/RobinHood's Lincoln green tunic and pointy hat.
137* Creator/EnidBlyton's ''[[WesternAnimation/NoddysToylandAdventures Noddy]]'' series
138** [[https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/noddy.PNG The titular character's blue hat with a yellow bell,]] [[https://www.enidblytonsociety.co.uk/images/noddy-1.gif yellow scarf with red polka dots, small blue trousers, red shirt, and red shoes with blue ribbons.]]
139** Big Ears' long red hat, yellow scarf with red lines, blue coat with yellow buttons, red and white shirt, green and yellow pants, and brown shoes.
140** In the original books, the colors for Mr. Plod's police uniform would switch between blue and black.
141** [[BearyFriendly Tessie Bear's]] pink bonnet with blue flowers with a blue ribbon, pink and blue skirt with white polka dots. In the 1955 book ''Noddy and Tessie Bear'', she wears a blue colored bonnet with red flowers that she brought from the market. However, she's still seen wearing her pink bonnet in other book apperances.
142%%* Sam Spade. BadassLongcoat.
143* ''Literature/TheShadow'' is best remembered on pulp-fiction covers for wearing a long black overcoat (sometimes with cape), red silk scarf, and black slouch hat.
144* ''Literature/SherlockHolmes'': The deerstalker hat, Inverness cape and pipe are Holmes's iconic outfit, though it is originally absent in the canonical Creator/ArthurConanDoyle stories. The hat and cape were rustic attire not worn by someone in the city of London, where Holmes spends most of his time.[[note]]This outfit is the equivalent of a modern detective wearing Elmer Fudd's hunter's outfit instead of, say, a sportcoat and tie[[/note]] The outfit was actually the invention of Sidney Paget, the illustrator for ''Strand Magazine'', and he originally gave it to Holmes only when investigating in the country. With the start of ''The Memoirs'' and the story "Silver Blaze," Doyle decided to ThrowItIn by mentioning Holmes's "ear-flapped travelling-cap," obviously describing the deerstalker and making it canonical after all. While Holmes does occasionally smoke in the stories, it's not given any special emphasis, and illustrations give him a straight billard, changing to cigarettes when they came into fashion. His iconic calabash pipe was the invention of American stage actor William Gillette, who did not want his mouth to be obscured while performing the role. A number of adaptations trade the deerstalker for a black silk top hat. This is discussed in ''Film/MrHolmes'', when the real Sherlock Holmes tells a client how much of his imagery is either an exaggeration or flat-out wrong, including his clothes. He even adds that he prefers cigars to pipes.
145* ''Franchise/StarWarsLegends'':
146** [[http://starwars.wikia.com/wiki/Mitth%27raw%27nuruodo Thrawn]] is almost always depicted in the [[http://starwars.wikia.com/wiki/File:Big_Thrawn.JPG white Grand Admiral outfit,]] with or without the medals and [[http://starwars.wikia.com/wiki/File:Thrawn.JPG gold epaulets]]. He wore a [[http://starwars.wikia.com/wiki/File:OutboundFlight-cover.jpg black uniform]] as a [[Literature/OutboundFlight Commander of the Chiss Expansionary Defense Force,]] and at various points he's said to be in such things as [[http://starwars.wikia.com/wiki/File:Young_Thrawn.jpg animal skins,]] a very fancy [[http://starwars.wikia.com/wiki/File:DiscoThrawn.jpg robe]] dubbed "Disco Thrawn", stormtrooper armor, and [[http://starwars.wikia.com/wiki/File:No_No...Not_Fett...Thr-err...Kast.jpg Mandalorian armor.]] He must have worn uniforms appropriate to his rank before making Grand Admiral, but even official art puts him in the white uniform. In ''Literature/GalaxyOfFear'' he was only a Captain, but [[http://starwars.wikia.com/wiki/File:TheSwarmCover.jpg look.]] Same with in ''VideoGame/TIEFighter''. Depictions of him in his [[Literature/TheThrawnTrilogy final campaign]] also tend to have him cradling and stroking a ysalamiri [[RightHandCat like it's a cat]]; although he sometimes pets a ysalamir for emphasis, you can't really hold them that way.
147** Then there’s Mara Jade’s black catsuit/spy outfit. Her Jedi look isn’t anywhere nearly as popular or well remembered among fans.
148** ''Literature/XWingSeries'': Wedge Antilles will [[OnceDoneNeverForgotten always be reminded]] of the lavender short pants and the Ewok thing, if we ask the writer Creator/AaronAllston. Those are more of {{Running Gag}}s -- but he's very much associated with the oh-so-very-''orange'' Rebel flight suits.
149** Corran Horn's [[http://images.wikia.com/starwars/images/5/5b/Hobbie-Corran-Atlas.jpg green]] flight suit became an iconic outfit in-universe, after his apparent death during the liberation of Coruscant, after which the New Republic briefly made it Rogue Squadron's standard uniform in his honor. Apparently the rest of the squadron went back to wearing orange after it was revealed that Corran wasn't really dead.
150* Creator/PGWodehouse's character Literature/{{Ukridge}} is noted for his "distinctly individual" outfit, the most jarring element being a bright yellow mackintosh which he wears in all weathers.
151* ''Literature/WarriorCats'': In a series where most cats are feral, Scourge stands out with his collar covered in pointy dog teeth. It's usually coloured purple thanks to one of the official comics.
152* ''Literature/WheresWally'': The red and white striped shirt, hat with a red puffball, and round glasses are infamous. Popular, too; so much so that everyone in the damn books wears something that looks like it.
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155[[folder:Professional Wrestling]]
156* Yellow trunks and boots, red knee pads, a tearaway t-shirt and a bandana or headband. Wrestling/{{Hulk|Hogan}}amania is runnin' wild, brother!
157** His time in the [[Wrestling/NewWorldOrder nWo]] saw the now-named Hollywood Hogan wear a black bandana, a sprayed-on beard, black shades with either white or black rims, a black-and-white feather boa, a black T-shirt with numerous nWo/Hogan-related prints gracing its front, black tights with lightning bolts or filmstrips on it, a black or white weight belt with "Hollywood" or "nWo" printed on its back, and boots with his self-portrait gracing its sides. A red-and-yellow variation of this attire would be used for Hogan's return to WWE (a red or yellow bandana, with or without the beard, shades with red or yellow rims, a red-and-yellow feather boa, a red or yellow T-shirt with "Hulkamania" on the front, red and yellow-painted tights, a red or yellow weight belt with "Hollywood", "Hulkamania" or nothing on the back, and red or yellow boots with the self-portrait on the sides).
158* More like an Iconic template, "Macho Man" Wrestling/RandySavage is best known in pop culture for his colorful cowboy hats, sunglasses and jackets covered in fringed tassels. That look is likely more iconic than the sparkly ponchos and headbands that he wore in his prime. One particular version of this outfit that stands out is the blue and white version he wore at ''[=WrestleMania=] VII''.
159* Wrestling/JohnCena: baseball cap, armbands and jean shorts. His chain pendant from his rapper days is also fondly remembered.
160* Wrestling/TheUndertaker has his black wide-brimmed derby hat and matching BadassLongcoat.
161* Wrestling/StoneColdSteveAustin: Black shirt, jean shorts, and his leather vest.
162* Wrestling/DwayneJohnson: CoolShades, elbow pads, bull-printed trunks, black tracking pants, and black sleeveless shirt.
163* Wrestling/MickFoley has several due to being known for having three notable characters. There are the leather mask, white (or brown) polo, and dirty white sock as Mankind, black shirt with wanted poster and leopard-spotted boots as Cactus Jack, and the hippie-styled dyed shirt as Dude Love. Foley, as himself, frequently wears a red plaid vest and white shoes, and usually his Cactus Jack wanted poster shirt or a picture of a smiley face wearing Mankind's mask.
164* Wrestling/{{Edge|Wrestler}} has his GothicPunk BadassLongcoat.
165* Wrestling/CMPunk: his white shirt with black accents and red ChestInsignia from 2011, as well as the black Stone Cold shirt he wore during his career defining promo in the same year.
166* Wrestling/BryanDanielson: maroon [[BigYes Yes!]] shirt, trunks and boots.
167* Wrestling/BretHart: black leather jacket, pink CoolShades, and his black and pink wrestling gear.
168* Wrestling/EddieGuerrero: The red tights he wore when he won the WWE Championship. Among his merchandised shirts, the ''Film/{{Scarface|1983}}''-inspired "Latino Heat" shirt and the one with "I am Your Papi" are both fondly remembered.
169* Wrestling/DGenerationX: The black shirt with the gray X ChestInsignia and the military gear they wore when {{troll}}ing Wrestling/{{WCW}}.
170* Wrestling/NewWorldOrder: black shirt and pants with the original white logo.
171* Wrestling/TheShield has the black swat vests, tactical pants, and boots.
172* Wrestling/TheNewDay: rainbow-colored vests and unicorn headbands.
173* Wrestling/BeckyLynch: black shirt with a white "The Man" print, jeans, and leather jacket.
174* Wrestling/KanakoUrai has her colorful yukata and CoolMask.
175* Wrestling/{{Sting}} is known for his white face paint with black markings, black bodysuit with white scorpion logos and his trademark black trench coat.
176* Wrestling/SethRollins: the white PaletteSwap of his usual black gear (itself counts as an example) that he wore in ''Wrestling/SummerSlam 2015''.
177* Wrestling/RicFlair: The colorful robes, the suits and the CoolShades.
178* Wrestling/PaulHeyman: Black leather trench coat over a business suit, paired with an Wrestling/{{ECW}} baseball cap.
179* Wrestling/OrangeCassidy: Blue jeans, matching denim jacket, [[CoolShades aviator sunglasses]], and a white t-shirt emblazoned with an image of...[[DrosteImage himself, wearing that exact outfit]]. Due to being both instantly recognizable and relatively easy to duplicate, this outfit is frequently worn by fans in tribute to him, occasionally leading to memorable moments like [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gh48YbTCGsw this one.]]
180* Wrestling/AndreTheGiant is mostly known for the single-strap black singlet he wore in the late 80s. So much so, that when [[Wrestling/BigShow Paul Wight]] was brought in to WCW as the {{Kayfabe}} son of Andre, he wore an identical singlet and kept wearing it long after being repackaged into the Big Show, making it the iconic outfit for Wight as well.
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183[[folder:Roleplay]]
184* ''Roleplay/NoPixel'':
185** Fingle Dan is known for his straw porkpie hat, teal sweater, and pink shirt collar.
186** Mel Rickenbacker is known for his lime green polo shirt, khaki shorts, and knee brace.
187** Eugene Zuckerberg is either known for his salmon sweater or crimson army uniform.
188** Mike Block is either known for his bright red "Backside" T-shirt, or his MIT hoodie.
189** Four Tee is known for her heavy coat, tan sweater, winter boots, and grey beanie cap.
190** Guy Jones is known for his light and dark green striped shirt.
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193[[folder:Tabletop Games]]
194* The ''TabletopGame/IronKingdoms'' ganes of ''WARMACHINE'' and ''Hordes'' tends to have this with it's armies, with one major color scheme nearly every army is shown in, and ''maybe'' a later book will show you another way to paint them.
195** Cygnar's blue and gold(save the brown of the Trenchers, and even they have blue shoulder-plates).
196** Khardor's deep red and black.
197** The Protectorate in Cream and Maroon/gold.
198** Cryx in Black and Green.
199* In ''TabletopGame/{{Pathfinder}}'''s ''Curse of the Crimson Throne'' adventure path, [[GodSaveUsFromTheQueen Queen]] [[BigBad Ileosa's]] very {{Fanservice}}y green, gold, and cream dress is stated in the text to be specially made for the execution of [[TheScapegoat Trinia Sabor]] rather than her regular outfit, but because it was the only full-body illustration of her in the original version of the AP until its final volume, it's been used for pretty much every illustration of her since, save for those that use her red FinalBoss outfit.
200* [[SuperSoldier Space]] [[WarriorMonk Marine]] [[PoweredArmor power armor]], with its distinctive "Death's Head" helmet and [[ShouldersOfDoom huge pauldrons]], is shorthand for ''TabletopGame/{{Warhammer 40000}}''.
201** Games Workshop takes advantage of the iconic nature of certain factions' helmets by using stylized versions as shorthand logos on the packaging, most prominently Space Marine helmets and Eldar Guardians' tall pointy helmets.
202** [[ThePoliticalOfficer Commissars]] generally wear their traditional [[BadassLongcoat black trenchcoats]] and SS caps everywhere, even when camouflage (or at least other colors) would be more sensible, to the point that [[CommissarCap we've named the hats after them]].
203** As of the most recent Eldar Codex there have been studio models demonstrating the variations in color scheme among different shrines within each Aspect, but the original shrine the relevant Phoenix Lord founded is almost always the scheme shown in official art.
204** Almost every army with its own Codex has a 'poster child' subdivision that tends to make it into most of the official art, spinoff materials, and demonstration studio miniatures.
205*** The Space Marines come in all the colors of the rainbow, but the blue and gold of the Ultramarines is undoubtedly the most well-recognized scheme. Followed shortly by the Blue-Grey Space Wolves, Red Blood Angels, and Green Dark Angels, then an often shifting set of secondary chapters which tends to change every edition or two. (Crimson Fists, then Black Templars, then Blood Ravens, etc...)
206*** The Tau have many septs in different colours [[note]]Tau septs do use different symbols, but unlike all other factions, their septs are denoted by small stripes placed in strategic places on the armours, not the obvious main colours.[[/note]] and even tend to actually use camouflage, but the ochre and brown paint scheme is regarded as their dress uniform and, combined with the symbol of the T'au sept, tends to be shown more often. This was swapped out for stark white when the studio armies were redesigned in Seventh Edition, a change that has stuck so far into Ninth Edition
207*** The Sisters of Battle have many different sects and priories, but the most widespread scheme among the studio models is the black and red with white helmets of the Order of Our Martyred Lady.
208*** The Imperial Guard comes in countless different shapes and sizes, but the dull greens of the Cadian regiments are the most popular paint scheme.
209*** The black and blue with red runes of Asdrubael Vect's Kabal tends to be the color scheme seen most amongst the Dark Eldar.
210** The Eldar are the only real exception to the 'poster child' theorem, given the variety of units available; the studio army that shows up in the pictures on the boxes is painted in the red and white of Saim-Hann, but the blue and yellow of Iyanden, the white and green of Biel-Tan, the mottled blue and yellow helmets of Alaitoc, and the black and bone white of Ulthwe are almost as popular.
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214* Is there a [[BrawnHilda fat lady]] on stage in a [[HornyVikings Viking helmet and armor]] brandishing a spear? It must be an {{Opera}}!
215* ''Theatre/DearEvanHansen'': The stripped blue polo shirt and orthopedic cast on the left arm, worn by the titular character.
216* Theatre/{{Hamlet}} is famous for his exclusively black outfits (which he actually wears [[HiddenDepths in mourning for his father]]).
217* Quite a few from ''Theatre/LesMiserables'' (Valjean's national guard outfit, Eponine's trenchcoat and hat, Cosette's black dress), but most notably the red vest that Enjolras wears from the Act 1 finale onwards.
218* Mark Cohen's scarf from ''Theatre/{{Rent}}''. Heck, some people even [[CargoShip ship him with it]].
219* ''Theatre/WestSideStory'': The white dress, red belt, and crucifix necklace that Maria wears to the dance. [[Film/WestSideStory1961 Both]] [[Film/WestSideStory2021 film versions]] (with Creator/NatalieWood and Creator/RachelZegler respectively) naturally feature it.
220* ''Theatre/{{Wicked}}'':
221** The "Popular" dress. {{Cheeseypoofs}} has seen people tried to find it so they can go as Galinda for Halloween.
222** As is the norm, Elphaba is associated with her black hat, black dress, and broom. Many fans also associate her with her Shiz-era attire and glasses.
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225[[folder:Toys]]
226* Holly Hobbie's patchwork dress and bonnet. ''WesternAnimation/HollyHobbieAndFriends'' modernized her look but her grandmother wore the bonnet as a child.
227* ''Toys/{{Lalaloopsy}}'':
228** Pillow Featherbed's pink-and-magenta striped onesie.
229** Crumbs Sugar Cookie's pink dress with a yellow apron.
230** Mittens Fluff 'n' Stuff's pink sweater, white fluffy vest, and mesh skirt with blue spots.
231** Jewel Sparkles' pink dress and tiara.
232** Dot Starlight's metallic-blue dress with red buttons and tule.
233** Blossom Flowerpot's white-and-green cotton dress.
234** Tippy Tumblelina's pink tutu and reddish-pink slippers with orange laces.
235* ''Toys/MonsterHigh'':
236** Clawdeen Wolf's black jacket with a fluffy colour, pink tiger-pattern skirt, and purple miniskirt.
237** Cleo de Nile's blue top with blank trimming and royal bandages.
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240[[folder:Visual Novels]]
241* ''VisualNovel/AceAttorney'':
242** Phoenix Wright's blue suit is iconic within the game universe. In the third game, someone wore the suit and spiked his hair and, [[PaperThinDisguise despite having a tan and acting way out of character]], no one could distinguish him from the real Wright.
243** Edgeworth's red suit with his ClassyCravat is also relatively memorable.
244* ''VisualNovel/FateStayNight'':
245** Archer. Of course is identified by his not-quite-a-[[BadassLongcoat longcoat]]. Technically, it's two red sleeves and a battle skirt. Try and imagine him without it and, at best, you get [[spoiler:a tanned Shirou]].
246** Rin Tohsaka's signature feature is her [[ZettaiRyouiki S-Grade Zettai Ryouiki]].
247** Heroic Spirits seem to have these in-universe: the one set of clothes they can magically conjure forth are their outfits as legendary heroes, as in the case of [[VisualNovel/FateStayNight Saber's armor]] and [[Literature/FateZero Rider's royal mantle]].
248* ''VisualNovel/HigurashiWhenTheyCry'':
249** Rena's hat is quite popular. Likewise her main, non-school outfit.
250** [[FanserviceWithASmile Angel Mort's uniform]] is also quite popular. Only Shion and Rika ([[CustomUniform sort of]]) actually wear it in the story, but every single girl of the series has been portrayed at least once with it in extras or goodies. Hell, even the guys ([[FanDisservice yes, Ooishi too]]) had to wear it in a manga omake.
251** Rika is often associated with the miko costume she only wears during the festival portions of the series.
252* ''VisualNovel/PhantomOfInferno'': Ein has her blue and gold Chinese dress.
253* In the ''VisualNovel/TokimekiMemorial'' series: Shiori Fujisaki and her hairband. Yumi Saotome and Megumi Juuichiya, and their hair ribbons. Minori Akiho, and her X-shaped hair decs. Rhythmy Kyono and her headphones.
254* ''VisualNovel/UminekoWhenTheyCry'':
255** George's [[MythologyGag TOMITAKE]] [[VisualNovel/HigurashiWhenTheyCry the FLASH]]! shirt.
256** Kinzo's [[spoiler:and Battler]]'s cape is also fast-approaching this status.
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260* The immense popularity of ''Fanfic/HalfLifeFullLifeConsequences'' means that almost every video made using ''VideoGame/GarrysMod'' uses the same "John Freeman" model as its star. Even before John Freeman, Male 07 had been a popular character model due to its starring role as Gordon Frohman in ''Webcomic/{{Concerned}}''.
261* ''WebAnimation/HomestarRunner'': The CoolShades worn by Strong Bad and Homestar in the ''Dangeresque'' movies have become quite popular when they make appearances out of character. They're even available on ''VideoGame/TeamFortress2''.
262* ''WebAnimation/MadnessCombat'': Hank's look changes quite drastically over the different installments, but the iconic red goggles, black leather and bandages tend to be a mainstay. In general, his design from Consternation seems to be the one people like best.
263* ''WebAnimation/{{RWBY}}'': No matter what outfit Ruby Rose wears, she'll always have her signature [[BadassCape red cape]] with her. Said cape being iconic to her is partly as she's based on Little Red Riding Hood.
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266[[folder:Webcomics]]
267* ''Webcomic/TheAdventuresOfDrMcNinja'': It's probably justified because we never see him wearing anything else, or his face through it, but Dr. [=McNinja=]'s lab coat and Ninja mask. When [[spoiler:Franz Rayner]] made an army of Doc clones, he even made sure to equip each and every single one of them with that same lab coat and mask.
268* Steven in ''Webcomic/AskWhitePearlAndStevenAlmostAnything'' may have an UnlimitedWardrobe, but the outfit he's most associated with is his white hoodie with a four-pointed star at the center, blue jeans, and sneakers that he wears on the main cover and on occasion in the story.
269* In-universe example: the white dress from Agatha's holographic message in ''Webcomic/GirlGenius''.
270** Gilgamesh Wulfenbach's [[http://www.girlgeniusonline.com/comic.php?date=20080514 verry nize hat.]] In-universe, it became so well-known that it [[http://www.girlgeniusonline.com/comic.php?date=20120113 serves as instant identification.]]
271* ''Webcomic/{{Homestuck}}'':
272** We get [[IneffectualSympatheticVillain Courtyard Droll's]] [[http://www.mspaintadventures.com/?s=6&p=003684 absolutely ridiculous hat,]],= and to a lesser extent the rest of his outfit. Though it's more just "odd hats in general".
273** Each of the kids has a shirt design that is iconic of them, and almost all of their alchemized clothing still has a basis in their original shirts in that they share the logo. Pink hairband and shirt with a defaced purple octopus? Rose. Broken record and baggy pants? Dave. [[Franchise/{{Ghostbusters}} Japanese Slimer]] T-shirt and cargo shorts (or these days, blue God Tier gear with a windy symbol)? John. Shirt with a dog-head silhouette and a long buttoned skirt? Jade. All the trolls get this too because they almost never wear anything else; trolls think fashion is stupid. Except for Kanaya and Eridan.
274** Then there's Gamzee's Bard of Rage outfit, including a ridiculous, sanity-searing codpiece.
275** The Alpha kids have Jane's Webcomic/ProblemSleuth monster, Dirk's cap, Roxy's four-eyed mutant cat, and Jake's green skull.
276* ''Webcomic/PennyArcade'': Gabe in yellow and Tycho in blue.
277* Marten's "TEH" T-shirt in ''Webcomic/QuestionableContent''.
278* Gunhild's suit and trenchcoat, Thor's checky shirts, and Sif's viking dress in Webcomic/{{Realmwalker}}
279* The Circle Band T-shirt ''(a black t-shirt with the kanji "fo" over an {{ouroboros}})'' in ''Webcomic/{{Rhapsodies}}'' which is worn by several of the band members.
280* ''Webcomic/SluggyFreelance'': Torg's plaid jacket (with vertical and horizontal only stripes) and Riff's BadassLongcoat.
281* ''Webcomic/{{Sonichu}}'': In most of the early issues and in a significant amount of parodies, [[AuthorAvatar Chris]] is almost never seen without a red, white and blue striped polo shirt. It also "helps" that the real Chris used to own a similar shirt.
282* Darwin and his tan trench coat in ''Webcomic/UndeadFriend''. Since it's the outfit she died in you also always see Mahalah in the same blue dress.
283* Due to the fact that everyone is a stick figure in ''Webcomic/{{xkcd}}'', the one extravagance worn by recurring characters is this. Black Hat Guy is the most prominent, followed by [[{{Cloudcuckoolander}} the guy in the beret]].
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287* WebVideo/{{Aitor Molina|Vs}} always wears a red shirt with a black jacket or a blue hoodie.
288* Some of the "{{Fanservice}}" outfits in [[Roleplay/SurvivalOfTheFittest SOTF-TV]] qualify both in [[CharacterBlog "Survival of the Snarkiest"]] and among the handlers, especially the ones that are actually worn by the characters. This includes Panya Bishara's Smokey the Bear fursuit, Mae St. Clair's geisha costume, Sidney Rice's PlayboyBunny gear, and Jeanette Buendia's hula girl outfit.
289* Most of the Website/ChannelAwesome members that wear a costume receive this treatment. Most common targets include [[WebVideo/TheNostalgiaCritic the Critic's]] [[UnkemptBeauty black and white suit]], tie and cap, [[WebVideo/AtopTheFourthWall Linkara's]] coat and purty hat and, before she lost it, [[WebVideo/TheNostalgiaChick the Chick's]] bowtie. And what is WebVideo/ToddInTheShadows without his hoodie?
290* Who is David Kalla without his black tee and his glasses?
291* In fan-art, {{LetsPlay/Chuggaaconroy}} is usually portrayed wearing a striped polo shirt, because in RealLife, he is very rarely seen in public without one.
292* Green hoodie. WhiteMaskOfDoom with a smiley face on it. Congratulations, you now have LetsPlay/{{Dream}}.
293* [[Website/GameFAQs Board 8]] has a wiki. The very first line in the page for one longtime regular is that he has an awesome shirt... with a link to the wiki page ''[[http://board8.wikia.com/wiki/Ulti%27s_shirt for the shirt.]]''
294* WebVideo/MrBallen is almost always seen in a backward baseball cap and flannel button-up shirt.
295* ''Podcast/TheAdventureZoneBalance'' has one Barry Bluejeans, who is known to always wear...well, guess. [[spoiler:They're iconic enough that, over fifty episodes after Barry's death, they provide one of the best {{Wham Line}}s in the whole series.]]
296--> '''Griffin:''' And Merle, you crack open the chest and retrieve the clothes within. A white cotton shirt, a studded leather belt, and a pair of pants... [[spoiler:Sturdy. Denim. And blue.]][...][[spoiler:''Barry's back.'']]
297* What's WebVideo/TheSlowMoGuys without their increasingly banged up and torn lab coats? Naturally, for their shows ''The Super Slow Show'' and ''Planet Slow Mo'', Gavin and Dan were given brand new white coats...and Dan's sleeve ''still'' gets torn.
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300[[folder:Western Animation]]
301* ''WesternAnimation/{{Sixteen}}'':
302** Caitlin's pink top, blue skirt, and pink sandals.
303** Jen's lavender sweater, white skirt with a stripe, and white trainers.
304** Jonesy's dog-tooth necklace, purple top, blue jeans, and brown loafers.
305** Jude's cream-coloured shirt with a red symbol, jeans with a chain, and blue trainers.
306** Nikki's white tank top with a green circle, cargo pants, and blue shoes.
307** Wyatt's red sweater, green cargo pants, and blue trainers.
308* Finn's awesome hat in ''WesternAnimation/AdventureTime''.
309* ''Franchise/AlvinAndTheChipmunks'':
310** Alvin, Simon, and Theodore have their long turtlenecks (and cap in Alvin's case). They've worn them in almost everything since conception, though the modern hoodies they wear in the ''Film/AlvinAndTheChipmunks'' movies are starting to become this too.
311** The prototypical Chipette known as "Charlene" is unusual in that she's ''never worn'' her iconic outfit in canon. [[WesternAnimation/TheChipmunksRockinThroughTheDecades One music video]] shows an unnamed female chipmunk wearing a red dress and heels. It has never been confirmed to be Charlene, however the striking resemblance between the two has caused fans to consider her Charlene. Thus Charlene ''always'' wears a red dress in fan art, even when the only clothes she has been officially depicted in were 1950s style (because she sung a ''Film/{{Grease}}'' song).
312* ''WesternAnimation/AmericanDad'':
313** Stan's blue suit, black tie, and American flag lapel pin.
314** Francine's pink dress and gold necklace.
315** Hayley's floral headband, peace-sign necklace, black tank top, jeans, and sandals.
316** Steve's orange T-Shirt, open red buttoned-shirt, jeans, and sneakers.
317** Roger's outlandish outfits for his personas, though Ricky Spanish is perhaps his most famous one with his red vest, black shirt, and ponytail.
318* ''WesternAnimation/AroundTheWorldWithWillyFog'':
319** Willy Fog's brown suit and red tie with black polka dots. Plus his top hat and classy cane.
320** In the first series, after widowed Princess Romy drops her mourning dress, she always wears a gorgeous pink and white dress. She's covered in a thin veil and she has some exquisite Indian jewels — bracelets, arm circlets, earrings and a gorgeous maang tikka.
321* ''WesternAnimation/{{Arthur}}'': The title character wouldn't be recognizable without his brown oval glasses and yellow sweater.
322* ''WesternAnimation/AvatarTheLastAirbender'':
323** Wang Fire's [[ManlyFacialHair beard]]. It only appeared in three episodes, and yet [[MemeticMutation the legend lives on]].
324** Aang's air nomad attire is the clothing associated most with the franchise.
325* ''WesternAnimation/TheBackyardigans'':
326** Uniqua's magenta overalls with pink spots.
327** Tasha's red floral dress and red Mary-Janes.
328** Austin's blue shirt with a yellow stripe and jeans.
329* [[WesternAnimation/BettyBoop Betty Boop's]] {{Sexy Backless|outfit}} short skirt (usually [[LittleBlackDress black]] or [[LadyInRed red]]) and [[StockingFiller exposed garter on her left thigh]].
330* ''WesternAnimation/BobsBurgers'':
331** Bob's white shirt and apron.
332** Linda's red cat glasses.
333** Tina's blue shirt, blue skirt, and black glasses.
334** Gene's yellow shirt and shorts.
335** Louise's pink rabbit ears hat and green dress.
336* The Sensational Six of the WesternAnimation/ClassicDisneyShorts are instantly recognizable from their outfits.
337** WesternAnimation/MickeyMouse has his red shorts, white gloves, and yellow shoes. At the theme parks, he usually trades the shorts for a tuxedo and various themed outfits.
338** WesternAnimation/MinnieMouse has her bow and polka dot dresses. In older appearances, she wore a bowler hat with a daisy, which is still used in some retro character designs.
339** WesternAnimation/DonaldDuck has his sailor suit, red bow tie, and cap.
340** WesternAnimation/DaisyDuck has her bow, blouse, and high heels.
341** WesternAnimation/{{Goofy}} has his orange shirt, jeans, brown shoes, black vest, and green hat.
342** WesternAnimation/PlutoThePup has his green dog collar.
343* In the episode "Urban Jungle" of ''WesternAnimation/DannyPhantom'', Sam gets hypnotized into being evil and gains the ability to control plants. "Plant Sam" is very popular.
344* WesternAnimation/DarkwingDuck's purple suit jacket over a teal turtleneck, purple cape lined with pink, purple mask, and gray fedora with a ''really'' wide brim.
345* ''WesternAnimation/DuckTales1987'':
346** Scrooge's blue coat, black top hat and red spats.
347** Launchpad's scarf, goggles, brown coat.
348** Huey's red t-shirt, Dewey's blue t-shirt, and Louie's green t-shirt.
349** Webby's pink dress and pink bow.
350** Mrs. Beakley's purple dress and apron.
351** Duckworth's formal butler suit.
352** The Beagle Boy's red sweatshirts (with prison numbers pasted in front!) and blue pants.
353** Ma Beagle's red coat, dress and "flower" hat.
354** Flintheart Glomgold's pancake hat, dark blue coat and kilt (in the [[Creator/CarlBarks original comics]], Glomgold was actually South African not Scottish, thus no kilt!).
355** Gyro's pink shirt, blue pants and yellow strap-on hat.
356** Fenton Crackshell's pink jacket, lavender tie, yellow shirt, and green WaistcoatOfStyle. And of course, his [[PoweredArmor Gizmoduck suit]].
357* ''WesternAnimation/TheFairlyOddParents'':
358** Timmy's clothes aren't exactly special on their own but the fact they're pink makes him stand out. He [[LimitedWardrobe almost always wears them]] in both canon and in fan art. It's rumored that the pink was because the hat in particular was meant to be blue, but that pen was out of ink. Semi-confirmed in-universe due to a time-travel episode that Timmy's parents bought the pink hat because they were expecting Timmy to instead be a girl.
359** Trixie [[SweetPollyOliver dressed as a boy]] once in "The Boy Who Would Be Queen" but regularly appears in the outfit in fanworks that go into depth about her secret tomboyishness. Timmy (magically turned into a girl by Wanda as Timmy and Cosmo were laughing up a storm about the shift) bumped into her looking like this on accident.
360* ''WesternAnimation/FiremanSam'':
361** The firefighters are famous for their blue coats, yellow pants and helmets, and black boots.
362** Tom is rarely seen in anything but his orange flight suit.
363* ''WesternAnimation/GravityFalls'':
364** Dipper's most known attire is his blue-and-white pine tree hat alongside a dark blue vest, orange shirt, gray shorts and black shoes. [[LimitedWardrobe There's very few times he changed beyond that attire, since he has duplicates of those clothes]].
365** Mabel almost always wear one of her [[HomemadeSweaterFromHell self-crafted turtle-neck sweaters]]. One of the most (if not ''the'' most) popular ones is the one that starred in the [[Recap/GravityFallsS1E1TouristTrapped season one premiere]], of hot pink color and with a shooting star. [[spoiler: It is {{Foreshadowing}} about her role on a prophecy.]]
366* ''WesternAnimation/HeyArnold'':
367** Arnold's red plaid shirt (that's not a kilt), blue sweater, jeans and tiny blue baseball cap.
368** Helga's pink and white dress with a red stripe, and her [[IconicItem pink hair bow]].
369* Black shirt, gray gloves, and khaki cargo-pants define WesternAnimation/KimPossible's mission look. Also in-universe, to the point that [[TwoLinesNoWaiting one of]] the plot points of one episode was how everyone at her school was copying her (now popular and mass-produced) outfit ("Kim Style") [[YourCostumeNeedsWork without giving her the proper credit]]. Her mission outfit changed in [[PostScriptSeason Season 4]], but you wouldn't know it from the fanart. Even the show's character artist, Stephen Silver, had this in mind when he drew 2 potential future versions of Kim, wearing updated versions of her original mission look.
370* Like in the [[ComicBook/LuckyLuke comics]], Franchise/LuckyLuke's outfit went unchanged in his animated series (''WesternAnimation/{{Lucky Luke|1983}}'', ''WesternAnimation/TheNewAdventuresOfLuckyLuke'') -- white {{cowboy}} hat, yellow shirt, red scarf around the neck, black jacket, denim pants, and brown boots.
371** WesternAnimation/KidLucky wears the same as above as a kid, he even has a [[LimitedWardrobe closet full of them]].
372* ''WesternAnimation/MiraculousLadybug'':
373** Adrien is associated with the black catsuit he wears as Cat Noir more than anything else.
374** Marinette also has her ladybug attire.
375* ''WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic'':
376** Applejack's hat. Fans likes it so much that {{fanon}} quickly formed that her deceased father gave it to her. In canon that's not true, but she does own a ''closet'' full of identical hats.
377** Several other minor characters are known almost as much for their accessories. In particular, Vinyl Scratch sports a pair of CoolShades, minor antagonist Trixie has her hat and cape ensemble, and Octavia and her bowtie.
378** Princess Celestia and Princess Luna ''never'' take off their royal regalia. Ever. Celestia loses her tiara only twice; once when she gets [[CurbStompBattle owned by Queen Chrysalis]] and once at Twilight's inauguration. Luna is a similar case, except she also loses her tiara for a sleek suit of armor when she pulls [[SuperpoweredEvilSide Nightmare Moon]] out of the bag.
379** Wonderbolts Spitfire and Soarin' have both their [[OpaqueLenses opaque lensed flight goggles]] and blue and gold flight suits (which the rest of the team all also have) and their military uniforms, the former including her pair of CoolShades. The latter's military uniform deserves special mention since he was only seen wearing it for ''one still''.
380* WesternAnimation/PhineasAndFerb's signature outfits, as lampshaded in one episode when whey went back-to-school shopping. In the earlier episode "Run Away Runway", they manage to get ''everyone'' in Danville wearing their signature outfits.
381* When ComicStrip/{{Popeye}} became an animated cartoon star, his outfit--dark shirt, white trousers, captain's cap, taken from the ''Thimble Theatre'' comic strip--was the standard. When Popeye enlisted in the Navy, it was replaced with all regulation tar uniform, complete with Navy cap. It was the standard straight through 1961.
382* WesternAnimation/PostmanPat has his blue postman's uniform, with his hat as well.
383* ''Franchise/ScoobyDoo'':
384** Fred's ascot (actually a neckerchief). Though present-day Freddie doesn't wear one, they do bust it out for {{homage}}s every once in a while, as well as plenty of LampshadeHanging in the series of Fred's fashion choice. [[WesternAnimation/TheVentureBrothers Hank Venture]] wears one specifically to evoke Fred. There's been a LampshadeHanging on this.
385** The other members of Mystery, Inc. also apply, though the ascot (being so out of place) is the most known.
386** Of particular note besides Fred, try to picture Shaggy in anything other than his green shirt and bell-bottoms combo. He's worn that outfit in just about every adaptation, reboot, movie, etc since the original show more than 40 years ago. Though he briefly wore a red shirt in the 80s.
387* ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons'':
388** Homer's white button-down shirt, jeans and solid black shoes.
389** Marge's body-length bright olive-green dress and orange pearl necklace.
390** Maggie's sky-blue onesie and hair ribbon, and red pacifier.
391** Lisa's orange, jagged-edged full-body dress and white pearl necklace.
392** Bart's bright orange-red[[note]]or light-blue in the comics and early promotions[[/note]] t-shirt and blue shorts and shoes.
393* The boys in ''WesternAnimation/SouthPark'' are almost entirely defined by their outfits, as they [[OnlySixFaces look mainly the same without them]]. Especially Kenny's.
394* ''WesternAnimation/SpongeBobSquarePants'':
395** [=SpongeBob=]'s square pants.
396** There's also Patrick's green shorts with purple flower patterns.
397* ''WesternAnimation/StevenUniverse'': Although the titular character's wardrobe [[CostumeEvolution changed]] after the TimeSkip, his pink t-shirt with the yellow star, blue jeans, and pink sandals are still his most recognizable attire.
398* In an interesting case of an adaptation spawning an iconic outfit for a character, [[Franchise/TeenageMutantNinjaTurtles April O'Neil's]] iconic yellow jumpsuit spawned in [[WesternAnimation/TeenageMutantNinjaTurtles1987 the 1987 cartoon]], and has been either in or alluded to in most other canons.
399* While it's not precisely an "outfit" in the sense of clothes, the overall "look" of most incarnations of the primary characters in animated versions of ''Franchise/{{Transformers}}'' will have a highly similar appearance to one another, typically based on the original G1 versions. For example, Optimus Prime is usually a truck with a red and blue color scheme, along with the truck windows and grille being part of his chest, Starscream is a white/silver jet with a little blue & red, and his robot mode has his jet's wings behind his shoulders and the cockpit on his chest, and so on. Interestingly, Megatron is one of the subversions - while he's ''usually'' grey with a large cannon on his right arm, the Anime/UnicronTrilogy version looks more like G1 Scorponok, and his various alt-modes have a fair amount of variation (a pistol, a cybertronic jet, even a dual-rotor helicopter - though some kind of tank is the most common)[[note]]The primary reason for this variation is the fact that his original G1 alt-mode was a realistic-looking handgun. Changing laws have made it illegal for a toy to look anything like a real weapon, and there's also the fact that it's not a very useful mode; he has to have someone else hold and fire him. When the G2 line was released, most of the toys were repaints of pre-existing G1 toys, but Megatron was given an entirely new toy, which turned into a (safely legal) tank. Since tanks work great as an offensive vehicle (one that is basically a mobile gun, a subtle callback to his original alt-mode) along with providing somewhere for his robot mode's arm cannon to go when he transforms, this has become his most popular alt-mode, while not being truly definitive or iconic[[/note]].
400* For most viewers of ''WesternAnimation/ThomasAndFriends'', it's a simple matter when it comes to distinguishing Sir Topham Hatt from the other characters, as you ''rarely'' see him wearing anything other than his iconic morning suit and top hat. For the star of the show, however, you'll ''always'' see Thomas himself in his signature blue paint job with red stripes and yellow number 1.
401** While James is far more famous for his signature bright red paintwork, he has been seen in other colors, namely his pre-Sodor black livery and the infamous bee stripes in "The Green Controller". This latter color scheme has had a surprising amount of merchandise releases and remains one of the most iconic color schemes ever painted on an engine in the series.
402* Wallace of ''WesternAnimation/WallaceAndGromit'', with his green sweater vest and red necktie.
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406* [[Literature/CompleteWorldKnowledge John Hodgman]] is always seen wearing the same brown suit with orange tie.
407* UsefulNotes/AbrahamLincoln's black suit, beard and stovepipe hat. During his lawyer and campaign days, Lincoln actually wore a white suit but it's not the look that has lived on.
408* A white surcoat over a chainmail hauberk with a Red Cross emblazoned on a Chest is obviously UsefulNotes/TheKnightsTemplar. In actual fact, only the aristocratic officers and seniors wore these outfits. The Templar serjeants and foot soldiers wore black and as they came from lower classes, they comprised the vast majority of the Templar army. In addition, there were Chaplins who wore green but that's not quite as iconic as the regalia. So much for [[NonIndicativeName the Poor Fellow Soldiers of Christ]]. This is often combined with a [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_helm great helm.]] Change the cross to black and add horns or wings to the helmet and you get UsefulNotes/TheTeutonicKnights. Change the white surcoat to black and the red cross to a white Maltese cross and you get UsefulNotes/TheKnightsHospitallers.
409* Susan B. Anthony's [[https://americanhistory.si.edu/collections/search/object/nmah_529597 red shawl.]]
410* [[Series/MythBusters Jamie Hyneman's]] standard outfit, including the iconic white shirt and beret. He wears that outfit ''[[LimitedWardrobe all the time]]'' unless he has a logical reason not to. There's also Adam's ''Franchise/IndianaJones'' fedora and black-rimmed glasses.
411* The obligatory all-concealing {{ninja}} outfit, rarely if ever worn by actual ninja in real life.
412* [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tsewang_Paljor Tsewang Paljor,]] an Indian climber on Mount Everest, wore green boots when he and his two companions [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1996_Mount_Everest_disaster died in 1996]]. People have mostly forgotten who he was, and he's known now because his body was something everyone climbing the northeast ridge route had to pass until 2014, where the corpse disappeared in mysterious circumstances. He's now nicknamed... [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Green_Boots "Green Boots."]]
413* The Nazi uniform. Skulls on a cap (particularly if it's peaked), black military trenchcoats, jackboots and/or a red armband will remind people of the Nazis more than any other group. [[PuttingOnTheReich Writers often use this]] to make it more obvious that their villains are based on the Nazis. The brown party uniform isn't used as often, mostly because it's quite ugly and because it may, in turn, be a more iconic for [[UsefulNotes/AdolfHitler their megalomaniacal leader]].
414* Creator/TinaFey and her glasses.
415* [[https://jezebel.com/the-only-hat-that-matters-1828391305 Aretha]] [[https://people.com/style/the-smithsonian-institution-requests-aretha-franklins-inaugural-hat/ Franklin's]] [[http://web.archive.org/web/20141019052348/http://www.shoppingblog.com/pics/arethas_hat_smithsonian.jpg hat]] [[https://www.usatoday.com/story/life/people/2018/08/16/aretha-franklin-obama-inauguration-hat/1012126002/ that]] [[https://knowyourmeme.com/memes/arethas-hat she]] [[http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3476/3222794249_9204fb044d.jpg wore]] [[https://www.thedailybeast.com/luke-song-how-i-made-aretha-franklins-famous-obama-inauguration-hat to]] [[https://thegrio.com/2019/08/23/barack-obama-wants-the-hat-aretha-franklin-wore-to-his-1st-presidential-inauguration/ Obama's]] [[http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3423/3219976078_7c0fc0fa89.jpg inauguration.]]
416* UsefulNotes/TheDukeOfWellington: "I shall come in any damn trousers I like!"
417* UsefulNotes/NapoleonBonaparte in his Blue Emperor suit which he sported for Jacques-Louis David's portrait. In actual fact, Napoleon wore a Grey Redingote, and he also carried a Red Cloak on occasion. When he visited Egypt, he even wore an Arab tunic and turban to try and blend in, but the image everyone has of Napoleon is that one outfit. Everyone also associates Napoleon with the [[https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bicorne#/media/File%3ADetail_from_a_painting_of_Napoleon.jpg bicorne hat.]]
418* UsefulNotes/MaximilienRobespierre is often depicted as TheDandy with foppish attire and large wig. He was indeed known for dressing in the Ancien Regime professional clothing even as the fashions changed to become more "casual" during the Revolution. One mistake made in fictional depictions is that they usually have Robespierre wearing dark clothing (partly because he's usually the villain) when the real man was famous for wearing brightly coloured clothes.
419* UsefulNotes/TELawrence's white Arab robes. Now on display in the Ashmolean Museum in Oxford.
420* [[UsefulNotes/KentuckyFriedChicken Colonel Sanders]] and his iconic white suit.
421* Creator/CarlSagan's tan blazers, often worn with a turtleneck.
422* UsefulNotes/GeorgeWBush and his flight suit.
423* UsefulNotes/WinstonChurchill's pin-striped suit, polka-dot bow tie (white dots on a navy background), Homburg hat and cigar [[note]] often unlit and just carried as a prop; there ''was'' a war on, after all [[/note]].
424* UsefulNotes/HaroldWilson's Gannex raincoat [[note]] he even [[KnightFever ennobled]] Joseph Kagan, the Gannex fabric's inventor [[/note]] and pipe [[note]] he famously preferred cigars, but publicly smoked a pipe as it was more in keeping with the "man of the people" image he was trying to cultivate [[/note]].
425* UsefulNotes/HillaryRodhamClinton's pantsuits.
426* UsefulNotes/DouglasMacArthur's corncob pipe and [[CoolShades aviator shades]] ([[OlderThanTheyThink before the aviators started wearing them]], in a literal case of FollowTheLeader). It helps that General [=MacArthur=] had been a Brigadier General since 1918, which for many people only familiar with him from UsefulNotes/WorldWarII and UsefulNotes/TheKoreanWar, makes ''him'' OlderThanTheyThink. Before the shades, he as known for his turtleneck sweater and swagger stick which he'd wear on the battlefield.
427* The comforting sweaters and sneakers of everyone's favourite TV show host [[Series/MisterRogersNeighborhood Mr. Rogers]].
428* Creator/KevinSmith ostensibly only wears a hockey jersey and jean shorts. He once joked with his daughter about wanting her to wear the family uniform to a party. He was referring to a hockey jersey.
429* Creator/SteveJobs' penchant for rollneck shirts and blue jeans. This was an InvokedTrope, as he later explained was trying to brand ''himself''.
430* Creator/AudreyHepburn's outfit. Specially the cigarette holder.
431* Creator/MrT's gold chains.
432* Creator/GeorgeLucas' flannel shirts and jeans. Creator/MarkHamill {{lampshade|Hanging}}d this at the 2005 AFI Lifetime Achievement Award ceremony for Lucas, saying he suspected he was wearing that underneath his tuxedo.
433* [[UsefulNotes/JacquelineKennedy Jackie Kennedy]]'s [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pink_Chanel_suit_of_Jacqueline_Bouvier_Kennedy pink Chanel suit and pillbox hot]] she wore the day her husband got assassinated -- it was used as a plot point in ''Film/TheHouseOfYes'' via the character of Jackie-O.
434* UsefulNotes/JosefStalin's field jacket and pipe, later copied by UsefulNotes/FidelCastro (substituting a much more Cuban cigar for the pipe).
435* Music/MichaelJackson's fedora and rhinestone-encrusted glove.
436* James May's purple striped shirt. It was even used on a demonstration in his Man Lab series.
437* Karl Lagerfeld's tux with a tall white collar, black aviators and fingerless gloves.
438* Talk show host Sally Jessy Raphael's red rimmed glasses.
439* Canadian hockey commentator Don Cherry's [[ImpossiblyTackyClothes crazy]] [[http://imgur.com/zT2H1 suits.]]
440* UsefulNotes/EvelKnievel's patriotic red, white, and blue jacket and pants, complete with cape.
441* Sir Creator/TerryPratchett's black fedora (or a similar hat, depending on the situation or location). He's said himself that without it, he's just a bald man with a beard.
442* Creator/JosephineBaker's banana skirt.
443* The Norwegian Olympic men's curling team is infamous for their [[http://www.nbcolympics.com/news/norway-mens-curling-team-continues-amazing-tradition-valentines-day-themed-pants dazzle pattern pants,]] often featuring the colors or pattern of the Norwegian flag.
444* American mobster Bugsy Siegel's [[https://pbs.twimg.com/media/DIk2ensUEAAZyaf.jpg checkered suit jacket,]] which inspired Benny's suit in ''VideoGame/FalloutNewVegas''.
445* Hồ Chí Minh (Uncle Ho) has his yellow khaki outfit (affectionately nicknamed "the revolutionary outfit") and sandals made from recycled tires. [[note]]Fun fact: As his body is being kept in a mausoleum in Hanoi, once every five years the staff gets ten new outfits to replace the old ones.[[/note]]
446* Former President of UsefulNotes/{{Afghanistan}} [[https://web.archive.org/web/20210812102724/https://cdn.britannica.com/95/122495-004-CFAA90A9/Hamid-Karzai-2006.jpg Hamid Karzai]] is quite well-recognized internationally with his Pashtun robes and sheep-skin karakul hats.
447* Pan Am's pilots were instantly recognizable in airports around the world due to the white hats they wore.
448* Ultra-successful producer of the Franchise/MarvelCinematicUniverse Creator/KevinFeige is rarely seen on the press junket or in interviews without his baseball caps featuring a relevant logo from whatever MCU movie he is promoting at the time. For instance, for the premier of ''Film/AntManAndTheWasp'' he wore a cap featuring the "X-Con Security" logo from the company Scott Lang forms with he fellow [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin ex-con security experts]]. ''Series/SheHulkAttorneyAtLaw'' even riffed on this habit, [[spoiler:portraying the head of Marvel Studios as a robot, K.E.V.I.N., with a little metal plate resembling a baseball cap on top. Production wanted to have K.E.V.I.N. wear an actual hat, but the real-life Kevin didn't think that a robot wearing clothing made sense.]]
449* Creator/GeorgeRRMartin's iconic fisherman cap, glasses, suspenders, and button-up shirts.
450* Creator/JimmySavile hardly ever appeared in public without wearing his jump jogging suit and cigar. His pink glasses were another attribute.
451* Creator/OsamuTezuka is easily recognizable for [[https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/Osamu_Tezuka_StampS_9730.JPG his signature glasses and beret.]] It's so iconic, that [[https://tezukaosamu.net/jp/common/img/logo.png Tezuka's glasses and beret are still used in modern illustrations and logos in Japan.]]
452* General George Armstrong Custer did indeed wear a [[BraidsBeadsAndBuckskins buckskin shirt]] as part of his [[CustomUniform military uniform]]. Whether or not he wore buckskin at his fateful battle at the Little Bighorn (as shown in popular media) is still debated by historians. Some eyewitness accounts claim he removed his buckskin shirt for more traditional military garb just before the battle started.
453* UsefulNotes/JackTheRipper is usually depicted with a top hat, cape and a cane, seemingly following the lead of a witness who saw such a man in the vicinity of Mary Kelly's murder. However, Whitechapel was an extremely poor, working class neighborhood; someone dressed this much like a 'toff' would have stood out like a sore thumb had he spent much time in the vicinity. It's believed that if he existed, he was a (relatively) innocent gentleman simply out slumming for an evening, as was very characteristic of the era (prostitutes, remember?) and the real Ripper more likely wore clothes that didn't draw attention.
454* UsefulNotes/DavyCrockett and his raccoon hat has become associated with the character just as Sherlock Holmes with his deerstalker hat. The reality was that he most likely NEVER actually wore a raccoon hat. Where did it come from? The hat was worn by Nimrod Wildfire, a fictional character meant as a parody of Crockett from the 1831 play "The Lion of the West". Over the years, fact and fiction blended, giving this signature hat to Davy Crockett.
455* Everything single bust and statue depicting Pericles ([[UsefulNotes/{{Athens}} Ancient Athens']] [[JustTheFirstCitizen First Citizen]]) always show him wearing a helmet. This is done not just to showcase that fact that he was a ''strategos'' (general), but also to hide his misshapen head.
456* Creator/LarryKing always hosted televised interviews wearing thick glass and suspenders.
457* Creator/PedroPascal frequently dons a T-shirt from Music/FleetwoodMac's ''Music/{{Tusk|1979}}'' tour for occasions without a strict dress code.
458* When NASA's flight controllers began to be divided into shifts, or teams, [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gene_Kranz Gene Kranz]] called his the WHITE team. This inspired his wife to tailor him a white vest that he wore throughout the mission, always a new one for each mission. It attained iconic status when he was not only the lead flight director during the Apollo 11 moon landing, but from being the main flight director during the Apollo 13 incident. [[https://airandspace.si.edu/stories/editorial/gene-kranzs-apollo-13-vest (That specific vest is now in the Smithsonian.)]] To this day, if he appears in interviews and documentaries, he is still very recognizable in his vest along with his military crew cut, and in a work that is set during the Space Race, if you see someone wearing a white vest, you know instantly you're looking at Gene.
459* Similar to Osamu Tezuka, Creator/WaltDisney is instantly recognized with his black, blue, and grey business suit and pants, black tie, and black shoes. [[https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-ZQy5QpxhdRk/WZn8u6Bp41I/AAAAAAAAL8I/NjSYSpA_CqYelrZKX-OaEC0-TlnBAJPtwCLcBGAs/s1600/EPCOTfilm01-WaltDisney.jpg Famously worn]] for ''Series/WaltDisneyPresents'' and [[https://i.pinimg.com/736x/38/1d/2d/381d2d1e56a03c9d7b64b44dfb2589be.jpg various public appearances]] during his lifetime.
460* Travel writer [[Series/RickStevesEurope Rick Steves]] is famous for his short-sleeved button shirts and wire glasses.
461* When Second Officer Charles Lightoller of the ''UsefulNotes/RMSTitanic'' learned that the ship had hit an iceberg and was sinking, he threw on a navy-blue turtleneck sweater over his pajamas along with his officer's overcoat and cap before going on deck to help organize the evacuation. Most depictions of Lightoller in ''Titanic'' media will show him wearing his famed sweater, usually to distinguish him visually from the ship's other officers.
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