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10[[quoteright:269:[[ComicBook/TheIncredibleHulk https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/magic_pants.png]]]]
11[[caption-width-right:269:Shirt? Tatters. Shoes? Shreds.\
12Pants? Just turned into shorts is all.]]
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14->''"Thankfully, his clothes also grew just enough not to bother the censors."''
15-->-- '''The Narrator''', ''Manga/ArakawaUnderTheBridge''
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17Heroes who can change their size or shape generally don't have to worry about [[ClothingDamage ruining their clothes]] in [[TransformationSequence the process]]. They must have [[TitleDrop Magic Pants]].
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19Simply put, Magic Pants are the "civilian" clothing the characters wear as they go about their daily business. They may lose them during the TransformationSequence, but once the dirty work is done, they'll appear back in them often right where they were standing. This can even happen if the transformations are shown to explicitly ''destroy'' the clothing.
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21To be fair, it's not like a character suddenly conjuring up several hundred pounds of mass out of thin air is made any ''more'' unbelievable by their clothes being exempt.
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23Note that in many cases, even if the rest of his clothing is destroyed, the hero's pants will miraculously survive. You can thank the MoralGuardians for that. This is also conceptually related to OutOfClothesExperience: Your clothes technically aren't a part of "you", so in spirit-space you're naked. MonsterModesty (a monster walks around almost naked for little reason) is often used in conjunction with this trope.
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25Also note that Magic Pants are only for characters who seem to remain clothed even when it's [[MagicAIsMagicA inconsistent]] with what gives them their powers. Magical characters (who presumably can conjure up a fresh set), characters with super speed (ComicBook/{{Superman}}, ComicBook/TheFlash) who have the demonstrated ability to get dressed faster than the human eye can see, or heroes whose clothing is what [[ClothesMakeTheSuperman makes them super]] in the first place would actually be [[AvertedTrope aversions]] of this trope.
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27For transformations which ruin clothing in such a way as to show a titillating swath of skin while still keeping the naughty bits covered, see ClothingDamage.
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29Compare ImpossiblyCoolClothes, MagicSkirt. Aversions and subversions should generally be listed under tropes like ShapeshiftingExcludesClothing and TechnicallyNakedShapeshifter.
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31See also MySuitIsAlsoSuper — for a transformation-powered hero, a popular kind of super-suit is one that can transform with them -- and PlotPants -- when a costume change, to default or new, indicates the plot is moving on.
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33Not to be confused with TrouserSpace and definitely not to be confused with RightThroughHisPants.
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38[[index]]
39* MagicPants/AnimeAndManga
40* MagicPants/ComicBooks
41* [[MagicPants/AnimatedFilms Films — Animation]]
42* [[MagicPants/LiveActionFilms Films — Live-Action]]
43* MagicPants/{{Literature}}
44* MagicPants/LiveActionTV
45* MagicPants/TabletopGames
46* MagicPants/VideoGames
47* MagicPants/{{Webcomics}}
48* MagicPants/WesternAnimation
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51!! Other Examples:
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55[[folder:Advertising]]
56* In this [[https://vimeo.com/48584069 Cheetos ad]], a boy is magically blown up like a big balloon. Despite only wearing swimming trunks, he gets to keep his modesty intact without even a hint of ripped fabric. Possibly justified in that trunks do sometimes have a lot of stretch, but considering the size he gains it still seems like an unlikely that they wouldn't at least snap off due to his sudden bulk gain.
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59[[folder:Art]]
60* ''Art/BeastFables'': As explained in the description of [[https://www.deviantart.com/nazrigar/art/Beast-Fables-Kangaroo-and-Komodo-Dragon-990875701 Kangaroo and Komodo Dragon]], werebeasts' clothes transform with them because transformation magic affects everything in Urvara.
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63[[folder:Asian Animation]]
64* ''Animation/PleasantGoatAndBigBigWolf'': Not that Wolffy wears much clothing to begin with; he wears a bandana around his neck and a hat. In ''Mighty Little Defenders'', when he's transformed into a dog by one of General Wolf's functional chips, his hat disappears, but his bandana remains intact, albeit shrunken.
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67[[folder:Historical Record]]
68* One of the few things that [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pliny_the_Elder Pliny the Elder]] actively did not believe was [[OurWerewolvesAreDifferent Werewolves.]] Not because a man can't turn into a wolf and viceversa, but them not ruining their clothing? That goes too far.
69** ''"Fabius adds to this tale that he also regains his clothing. It is amazing how far Greek gullibility will go! There is no lie so shameful that it will lack partisans."''
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72[[folder:Fan Works]]
73* ''Webcomic/HetaliaAxisPowers'' fanfics ''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/11989539/1/Hakkōna Hakkōna]]'' and ''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/12023508/1/Kaitō-Kokoro Kaitō Kokoro]]'': [[spoiler:When Kiku turns into human or nekomataneko form, he always has clothes on. This could be due to him literally ''creating'' the clothes, but still.]]
74* Averted in one case for Roleplay/{{DC Nation}}. Fauna's clothing doesn't "keep up" when she shapeshifts. This led to her fighting off a zombie horde and only realizing AFTER she had come out of her HulkingOut that she was wearing nothing at all. The only saving graces to the situation were that [[NewAgeRetroHippie she grew up on a hippie commune]] and that Hades had forced the Titans to compete in the nude, [[http://community.livejournal.com/jla_watchtower/424328.html?thread=8651912#t8651912 so she was in good company]]. She later designed (and sewed) her costume to accommodate her shapeshifting.
75%% * Deliciously averted in ''Fanfic/PrettyCurePerfumePreppy'' [[spoiler:whenever [[PollyWantsAMicrophone Pittan]] [[HumanityEnsues turns human]]]].
76* Averted in ''Fanfic/WithStringsAttached''; Paul cannot wear clothing, as he rips through it easily, so he has to use a cosmetic illusion to remain modest—when he feels like it. He does walk around naked on occasion, though rarely in public. On the other hand, George's clothing explicitly goes into [[{{Hammerspace}} his "closet"]] when he [[VoluntaryShapeshifting changes]], so he keeps a whole wardrobe in there and can put on any stored outfit, any time.
77* Invoked in ''Fanfic/AvengersOfTheRing'', a ''Film/{{The Avengers|2012}}''/''Film/TheLordOfTheRings'' crossover. During the Fellowship's meeting with Galadriel, [[ComicBook/TheIncredibleHulk Bruce]] receives a magical braise (a pair of silk boxer shorts) from her that works exactly as this trope suggests.
78* Weaponized in ''Fanfic/Plan7Of9FromOuterSpace''. MadScientist Dr Zarkendorf tries to turn himself into a thirty-foot hulk with serious anger management issues, but his CrazyPrepared enemy has arranged for his underwear to be made of unbreakable non-stretch fabric, causing Zarkendorf to [[GroinAttack pass out from the pain]].
79* Averted in ''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/10009775/2/I-guard-the-world I Guard the World]]'' when Tonks morphs into a troll to save Harry from his abusive relatives and the only clothing on her body post-change is a shred of skirt hanging around her ankle.
80* Played straight in ''[[https://m.fanfiction.net/s/13294967/2/JoJo’s-Bizzare-Adventure:-Card-Trick JoJo’s Bizarre Adventure: Card Trick]]'' when Koichi [[spoiler: is turned into a bird by an enemy Stand User,]] his clothes are completely fine once he [[spoiler: changes back at the end of the fight.]].
81* ''Fanfic/{{Wyvern}}'': Clothing is not normally designed to survive shapeshifting to a totally different body type. New Wave introduces Taylor to Parian to commission an outfit that will, so Taylor doesn't end up naked when changing from human to wyvern and back to human. Averted otherwise -- she loses three sets of clothes on her first day alone. After [[spoiler:she beats the crap out of Inago]], she ends up so large that she ''outgrows'' the costume.
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84[[folder:Web Original]]
85* Averted in ''Literature/SmallProblem'', when Debby wakes up to find that she had shrunk out of her pajamas.
86* ''Literature/WhateleyUniverse'':
87** Averted in Shifters. Either they're not very good, and they lose their clothes, or they're so good that -- like Jimmy T -- they fake their own clothes as part of their appearance.
88** The "Hulk" problem is parodied in the story "Tales of the MCO", when one of the commercial breaks for the program the students are watching is for the upcoming Merchant-Ivory film "Hulk 1809", which includes in the trailer a Keira Knightley look-alike saying to the hero, "Good sirrah, where are your clothes? And why are your pants that hideous shade of purple?"
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91[[folder:Web Videos]]
92* Corridor Digital, a visual effects studio, did some [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9WKarNsFpm8 testing and simulation]] to see if any real pants exist that would justify the Hulk staying decent.
93* ''WebVideo/NewLifeSMP'': {{Lampshade|Hanging}}d in Owen's 7th episode; after Sparrow [[spoiler:"dies" as a Copper Golem automaton]] and returns as a Sculk "hybrid", he is thankful that he comes back with clothes or "that would have been… awkward".
94* Morduval from ''WebVideo/TalesFromMyDDCampaign'' transforms briefly into a large tentacle monster whenever he's attacked, bursting out of his clothes, but always changes right back, leaving him naked (except for a CensorBox). It turns out his outfit is self-regenerating, growing back after about 20 seconds, but this means that he's an aversion to the trope, even though he has literal magic pants!
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