Line #175 Main/ModestyShorts


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2	[[caption-width-right:350:Perfect way to avoid being a PantyFighter.]]
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4	->'''Hayate:''' Uh... well, that's okay, but isn't it kind of ''unseemly?'' I mean, a girl climbing up to such a high place while wearing a skirt?\
5	'''Hinagiku:''' Oh, no problem. I'm wearing shorts underneath.
6	-->-- ''Manga/HayateTheCombatButler''
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8	Short skirts are feminine, stylish, and cool in the summertime. But, as any girl will tell you if you move too much, it's very hard to avoid creating {{Panty Shot}}s while wearing one.
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10	This is where [[TitleDrop Modesty Shorts]] come in. They let a girl run, jump, tumble, fight, [[SkirtsAndLadders climb ladders]], or even fly without anyone catching a glimpse of her underwear. Other common variations are large puffy bloomers in non-period pieces which are used as a bit of a fancier version normally on more gothic characters. In Western works, spankies are worn for this purpose under cheerleading outfits, sometimes with tights or leggings.
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12	This trope is common in anime, as [[SailorFuku School]] [[{{Joshikousei}} Uniforms]] are almost always extremely short. It is often worn by {{Kick Chick}}s, [[AllGuysWantCheerleaders Cheerleaders]], {{Action Girl}}s, {{Tomboy}}s or anyone else with an active lifestyle. [[TruthInTelevision It's also perfectly practical in real life]].
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14	Compare ProperTightsWithASkirt. May be combined with ZettaiRyouiki.
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16	An alternative solution for this problem (in fiction, at least) is the MagicSkirt.
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19	!!Examples:
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21	[[folder:Advertising]]
22	* In a commercial for ''Theatre/TheTwentyFifthAnnualPutnamCountySpellingBee'', Marcy does a kick revealing that she wears shorts under her schoolgirl skirt.
23	* Hersey's Air Delites animated ad.
24	* A male version is found in this Lycos search engine ad [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FpnZd2Ssm6A here (It's in French with English Sub)]]. A ManInAKilt is having a hard time keeping his kilt down while playing the bagpipes. The dog in the commercial brings him some of these shorts so all is safe from being seen.
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27	[[folder:Anime & Manga]]
28	* In ''Manga/AllRounderMeguru'', Kamiya explains that everyone wears gym shorts under skirts these days. Cue BigNo from two upperclassmen.
29	-->"What's with them?"\
30	"That's the sound of their lecherous dreams being shattered..."
31	* Ai Nanasaki from ''VideoGame/{{Amagami}} SS'' wears her SchoolSwimsuit under her clothes, leading [[TheHero Jun'ichi]] to think he got a [[PantyShot view of her panties]] when... he didn't.
32	* Sayuri of ''Manga/AsteroidInLove'' wears those when attempting to do reconnaissance on the Earth Sciences Club, mainly because it involves her suspending upside down to take covert photos at the clubroom.
33	* In the manga version of ''Anime/AzumangaDaioh'', the girls hang Chiyo upside down from a window as a good-weather charm. She's wearing shorts under her skirt.
34	* ''Manga/{{Bakuman}}'': In the ShowWithinAShow ''PCP'', Annojo Mai has these. Mashiro and Takagi were very deliberate about this.
35	* [[{{Meido}} Fabiola Iglesias]] from ''Manga/BlackLagoon'' wears black shorts under her ''full length'' skirt. And she does still need them when she [[NinjaMaid busts out her capoeira moves]].
36	* ''Manga/{{Bleach}}'': During Renji's flashback to how he and Rukia met, he is wearing a very short kosode, but clearly visible underneath are the skin-tight shorts he's wearing, which come further down his legs than his kosode does.
37	* Isanami from ''Manga/Brave10'' wears cycling shorts under her {{miko}} open attire. [[AnachronismStew In 1599]].
38	* Some of Sakura's outfits in ''Manga/CardCaptorSakura'' involve shorts under skirts.
39	* Carla from ''Anime/DoraemonGreatAdventureInTheAntarcticKachiKochi'' wears shorts and leggings underneath her skirt, which is appropriate attire for an ActionGirl who gets into plenty of high-speed chase scenes, jumping across platforms, and mid-air battles on the Take-Copter.
40	* In ''Franchise/DragonBall'', Videl's shirt/singlet in her first and second outfits are so large that they come down to short skirt level, meaning that her tights effectively act as this.
41	* Eureka of ''Anime/EurekaSeven'' wears a pair under her very short dress.
42	* Suzuna of ''Manga/Eyeshield21'' wears biker shorts under her cheer uniform. This is partially because she's the TokenMiniMoe of the cheerleading team and partially to reflect her ShortTank personality.
43	* The extras in one volume of ''Manga/FruitsBasket'' examined the school uniforms. It notes that if your skirt is as short as Tohru's, it's a good idea to wear shorts underneath.
44	* Satsuki Miyanoshita of ''Anime/GhostStories'' wears them in one episode, after getting tired of Hajime flipping her skirt and revealing her panties.
45	* Wendy Garret of ''Anime/GunXSword'' wears black bike shorts underneath her trademark yellow dress: probably a wise choice for someone who plans [[WalkTheEarth to hike across a whole continent]] in a short skirt.
46	* ''Manga/HayateTheCombatButler'':
47	** Katsura Hinagiku wears a skirt over her bicycle shorts.
48	** Izumi also wears these in the first season of the anime for a quick joke/censorship reasons but in the manga, she is shown [[PantyShot not to]], at least on some occasions. She ''was'' wearing them when Hayate needed to use his special attack on Yukiji and feared the side effect would lift Izumi's skirt.
49	* ''Manga/HimoutoUmaruChan'': The shorts Umaru wears when at home are actually these.
50	* In later chapters of ''Manga/{{Horimiya}}'', the artist Daisuke Hagiwara gave female characters shorts under their short skirts so that they can sit in a feminine pose freely without being immodest.
51	* A common RunningGag in ''How to Read Manga'' is "don't you dare wear bloomers/shorts": basically, a man gets so angry when the PantyShot he anticipated is ruined by the girl in question wearing shorts or covering bloomers that he slaps her.
52	* In ''Manga/IThinkITurnedMyChildhoodFriendIntoAGirl'', Hiura wears shorts under the skirt of the school's summer uniform, in order to feel less awkward while wearing the outfit.
53	* ''Manga/{{Kodocha}}'''s Sana Kurata is revealed to be wearing a pair when her school's gang of bullies shred her skirt with box cutters.
54	* In episode five of ''Anime/LoveLiveSunshine'', Riko is worried about the rather short skirts of their idol outfits. Chika tries to assure her by lifting up her own skirt to show off the shorts she's wearing underneath, to which Riko tells her to put it down.
55	-->'''Chika (Dub)''': I got shorts!\
56	'''Riko''': Stop it! Put your skirt down!
57	* Arisa Bannings' battle outfit in ''Manga/MagicalGirlLyricalNanohaInnocent'', which is a pink MiniDressOfPower and jacket combo worn over a pair of cycling shorts.
58	* Kashima, the resident {{Bifauxnen}} of ''Manga/MonthlyGirlsNozakiKun'', is shown to wear shorts under her uniform's skirt in her official profile.
59	* ''Manga/MyDressUpDarling'': When Marin goes to her first cosplay outdoor event, she wears a pair of black shorts under her skirt, as per the event's rules. [[EnforcedTrope There are even signs all over advising the cosplayers to do exactly that]].
60	* Mina Ashido from ''Manga/MyHeroAcademia'' is stated to wear shorts under her skirt, presumably to facilitate her hobby of dancing. Resident perv Mineta notices when she does some breakdancing.
61	-->'''Mineta:''' What's the point of a skirt if you're just gonna wear shorts underneath?!
62	* Natsuki Kuga from ''Anime/MyHime'', after the skirt-blowing, panty-less incident.
63	* Sakura from ''Manga/{{Naruto}}'' wears a pair of bike shorts under her dress. Ino is shown to use ''bandages'' for the same purpose when first introduced.
64	* ''Manga/NegimaMagisterNegiMagi'':
65	** Setsuna wears compression shorts under her skirt and has a bit of both shyness and [[{{Tomboy}} tomboyish]] traits. Akamatsu did this to show that she was a less sexual character than the other girls. She later ditches these but wears long-boyish underwear instead.
66	** Asuna dons in later chapters, too. Although in her case it's less about tomboyishness and more about not wanting to flash people whenever she fights in a miniskirt after a certain GoingCommando incident in the Kyoto arc...
67	* The title character in ''Manga/PhantomThiefJeanne'' wears these with her MagicalGirl outfit in the second season. In the first season, her outfit had no shorts underneath and was more following the MagicSkirt example.
68	* ''Franchise/{{Pokemon}}'':
69	** Crystal, when she's introduced in ''Manga/PokemonAdventures'', drops her skirt to take on some Slugma, revealing that she's wearing bike shorts underneath.
70	** Also in ''Adventures'': With all of [[WildChild Sapphire's]] impressive physical feats, it was really quite thoughtful of Ruby to make her bike shorts along with the skirt.
71	** An episode of [[Anime/PokemonTheSeries the anime]] where we see May changing into a swimsuit confirms that that strip of white cloth over her shorts is indeed a skirt, rather than an extension of her undershirt.
72	** In all ''VideoGame/PokemonXAndY''-related media, Korrina, the Shalour City Gym Leader, is a lot more free to show off on her rollerblades knowing she has a pair of these.
73	* ''Manga/SeitokaiYakuindomo'' prefers not to use PantyShots so any gag that would otherwise result in one gives the character shorts. Which makes sense for someone like [[TomboyWithAGirlyStreak Mitsuba]], but it's a little strange to see [[LovableSexManiac Aria]] don them while held upside-down in handcuffs, considering she normally wears [[GoingCommando far less than that]].
74	* All of the titular team of ''Anime/SmilePrecure'' wear biker shorts under their skirts.
75	* Creator/StudioGhibli: Many female characters wear white bloomers under their dresses, such as [[Anime/KikisDeliveryService Kiki]], [[Anime/PorcoRosso Fio Piccolo]], [[Anime/GraveOfTheFireflies Setsuko]] and [[Anime/PonyoOnTheCliffByTheSea Ponyo]].
76	* ''Manga/TeasingMasterTakagiSan'': In one scene where Nishikata challenges Takagi to do a flip over the bars at the playground, she asks him to [[NoPeekingRequest turn around while she does it]] because she's wearing a skirt. He peeks at her anyway to make sure she isn't cheating, and, naturally, she's wearing shorts underneath.
77	* In episode 9 of ''Manga/TokyoMewMew'', Bu Ling is shown to wear her regular clothes, shorts and all, under her maid uniform.
78	* The title character from ''Manga/TomoChanIsAGirl'' wears shorts under her skirt because she's active (not to mention a KickChick); on top of that, she wears a fairly short skirt with her school uniform because it's easier to move around in. In one story arc, her friend Misuzu forces her to lose the shorts in an attempt to draw the attention of her best friend Junichiro. Naturally, FinaglesLaw is in full effect, and a stray gust of wind gives Jun [[PantyShot a good look at Tomo's panties]].
79	* ActionGirl Benio of ''Anime/TwinStarExorcists'' sports a pair of shorts under her skirt. In one episode of the anime adaptation, she goes without because they're being washed. Of course, that winds up being the day that she's forced into taking part in what amounts to indoor parkour with [[BelligerentSexualTension Rokuro]] as part of a test of their ability to work together. He quickly agrees to forget that he saw anything.
80	* Plotpoint in ''Manga/UltimateTeacher'' where the resident CuteBruiser Hinako can only fight when she's wearing Lucky Kitty bloomers, a brand that she's worn constantly since childhood so that she could fight without getting teased about showing her panties.
81	* In ''Manga/UruseiYatsura'', a teacher gave Lum a pair of shorts to wear underneath her uniform after noticing that she was flashing other students as she flew around the school.
82	* ''Anime/VariableGeo'': Jun wears [[http://www.animevice.com/jun-kubota/18-28546/all-images/84-197565/kubota_jun/83-719139/ a black pair of bike shorts]] with her waitress uniform. Which prevents any peeks up her skirt during her high flying specials, like [[FinishingMove her signature finish:]] the [[MeteorMove "Kubota Special".]]
83	* UsefulNotes/{{Transgender}} Aoi Futaba of ''Manga/YoureUnderArrest'' wears biking shorts under her skirt.
84	* ''Anime/YuGiOh'': [[AnimeChineseGirl Vivian Wong]] does this in the 4kids dub--[[DigitalBikini but ''not'' in the original]].
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87	[[folder:Asian Animation]]
88	* In ''Animation/HappyHeroes'', from Season 10 onwards, Sweet S.'s outfit is changed into a dress, and she is seen wearing shorts under her skirt in some shots.
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91	[[folder:Comic Books]]
92	* In ''ComicBook/Batman66'', the Harlequin (this universe's variation on [[Characters/HarleyQuinnTheCharacter Harley Quinn]]), wears a minidress and roller-skating gear with black bike shorts underneath.
93	* Added to ComicBook/{{Supergirl}}'s costume [[ComicBook/Supergirl2005 from late 2009]] until her [[LeotardOfPower costume change]] for the ''ComicBook/New52'' [[ComicBook/Supergirl2011 reboot]]. According to the artist Jamal Igle, “At the first meeting I had with [Matt Idleson, the editor] after I got the book, he said, ‘I never want to see Supergirl’s panties again'."
94	* The original Golden Age ComicBook/WonderWoman wore flowing culottes. So, in ''ComicBook/TheLegendOfWonderWoman2016'', apparently owing to the common misconception that those culottes were a skirt, Wonder Woman wears a skirt over a pair of shorts which match her top.
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97	[[folder:Fan Works]]
98	* Cure Dragon wears this in ''Fanfic/FutariWaPrettyCureDragon''; Rica Watson also wears this with her school uniform.
99	* In the semi-genderbent Sword Art Online story, ''Fanfic/TheKiritaChronicles'', Kirigaya Kazuta wears shorts underneath her skirt in the real world prior to the beginning of the Death Game.
100	* Lampshaded in ''Fanfic/SOSPrettyCure'' after Haruhi takes down some bullies. They express disappointment at not seeing her underwear, and she flips her skirt deliberately to show them her bike shorts just to add insult to injury as she remarks, "Sorry to disappoint."
101	* The over-the-knee bloomers make frequent appearances in SFW ''Franchise/TouhouProject'' doujins, particularly action-oriented ones with lots of movement. They fit right in with the outfits most characters wear.
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104	[[folder:Films -- Animation]]
105	* Franchise/DisneyAnimatedCanon:
106	** ''WesternAnimation/AliceInWonderland'': Alice wears knee-length pantalettes under her dress. It proves handy owing to changing sizes a lot as well as unintentionally exposing them to the viewers at times.
107	** ''WesternAnimation/{{Encanto}}'' has the majority of the women of the Madrigal family wear knee length bloomers under their skirts that prevent any exposure during vigorous dancing, such as by Mirabel in the opening number. Possibly averted by Isabela, because she alone gets a MagicSkirt.
108	* ''Anime/KikisDeliveryService'' uses the bloomers variety to avoid inappropriate upskirt shots of the often-flying heroine.
109	* ''WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyEquestriaGirls'': PassionateSportsGirl Rainbow Dash (the human version) wears compression shorts under her skirt, as does human Diamond Tiara.
110	* ''WesternAnimation/SpiderManIntoTheSpiderVerse'': Peni Parker wears shorts underneath her school uniform, which is handy when she shows off some of her more athletic moves.
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113	[[folder:Films -- Live-Action]]
114	* In the Live-Action Remake of ''Anime/BloodTheLastVampire'', Saya wears shorts under her already long skirt to avoid {{Fanservice}}. This is in tone with the original film, where {{Panty Shot}}s are averted.
115	* Creator/JuliaRoberts as Tinkerbell in ''Film/{{Hook}}''. Having a live actress wearing [[MagicSkirt Tink's getup]] from [[WesternAnimation/PeterPan the Disney movie]] likely wouldn't have worked out.
116	* In ''Film/IT2017'', Beverly wears knee-length tights under her dress.
117	%%* Gogo Yubari in ''Film/KillBill''.
118	* In ''Film/ALeagueOfTheirOwn'' the female baseball players uniform includes skirts and shorts. This was actually the case in the RealLife All-American Girls Professional Baseball League upon which the film is based. The players originally wanted to wear slacks, as they had always done when playing baseball. They are at first horrified and disgusted to find that their uniforms will include skirts, with the catcher muttering: "I have to squat in that thing."
119	* In ''Film/ThePoseidonAdventure,'' all of the women except Stella Stevens were wearing shorts under their evening gowns, for some reason.
120	* In ''Film/ResidentEvil2002'', Alice wears black shorts underneath her red dress.
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123	[[folder:Literature]]
124	* ''Literature/{{Bakemonogatari}}'': Suruga Kanbaru wears this, in conjunction with her [[{{Joshikousei}} school uniform]]. Of course, it's left unclear whether or not she's actually wearing anything underneath them.
125	* Mikoto Misaka of the ''Literature/ACertainMagicalIndex'' franchise has this trope as her fashion calling card, much to [[PsychoLesbian Kuroko Shirai's]] dismay. Also, Shizuri Mugino does it once. Mikoto's clones wear striped panties instead, which often helps Touma determine when he's speaking with one of them, rather than with the original. Of course, he eventually realizes that trying to peek under a girl's skirt to determine her identity is... problematic, so he buys 10032 (the clone he usually meets) a cheap necklace instead.
126	* Kaname in an early chapter of ''Literature/FullMetalPanic'' wears gym shorts under her skirt to prevent [[PantyShot panty shots]].
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129	[[folder:Live-Action TV]]
130	* ''Series/ArrestedDevelopment'': Tobias Fünke always wears a pair of cutoff jeans underneath his clothes (or even in the shower), due to being a self-diagnosed "Never-Nude".
131	* ''Series/AustinAndAlly'' has Ally wearing short dresses in almost every episode, and she usually has black shorts on if she does something that flips her dress up. It's usually just a shadow since it IS a Disney show.
132	* ''Series/{{Firefly}}'': River wears black bike shorts under her dresses. There's a couple times where she skips the skirt part and just wears the shorts with a top, as well.
133	* ''Series/{{Friends}}'': When Rachel is trying to impress a guy, she puts on her old high school [[AllGuysWantCheerleaders cheerleader uniform]]. When she turns a cartwheel, we see she's wearing shorts.
134	* ''Series/{{Highlander}}'': Duncan [=MacLeod=] is a rare male example: In {{flashback}}s to his long-ago youth in Scotland, Duncan inevitably wears biker shorts under his kilt, often visible in action scenes.
135	* In ''Franchise/PowerRangers'', if there's a female with a skirt on, there's a really good chance that they have either black or [[ColourCodedCharacters Ranger colored]] shorts on underneath.
136	** [[Series/MightyMorphinPowerRangers Kimberly]] wears a leotard under pretty much every single outfit from the first season and a half. Even if she's not actually wearing a dress! Around late-season two she switched to skorts, which give the same effect.
137	** Ashley from ''Series/PowerRangersTurbo'' and ''Series/PowerRangersInSpace'' wears black/yellow shorts that extend past the hem of her tiny miniskirts pretty much whenever she moves. Especially in the latter season.
138	** Tori from ''Series/PowerRangersNinjaStorm'' goes the extra step of wearing shorts while morphed. However, in comparison to other female Rangers with contrasting leggings in the franchise, it actually gives the allusion of a PantyShot rather than actual modesty shorts.
139	* ''Series/ShakeItUp'' had Rocky wear this at least once. She wore biker shorts during a spotlight dance, and for good reason, since the skirt spent almost as much time up as it did down.
140	* While ''Franchise/SuperSentai'' typically loves the MagicSkirt trope, there are some exceptions.
141	** ''Series/TokusouSentaiDekaranger'': Umeko and Jasmine even went as far as to wear shorts under a UsefulNotes/{{Qipao}}.
142	** ''Series/KaizokuSentaiGokaiger'': Ahim, being a PrettyPrincessPowerhouse, wears shorts that match her dress.
143	** The note for Tori from ''Power Rangers Ninja Storm'' applies to her counterpart Nanami in ''Series/NinpuuSentaiHurricaneger''. It's not apparent as often as in ''Ninja Storm'', but the Modesty Short/Panty Shot was definitely brought over from Japan.
144	** ''Series/NinjaSentaiKakuranger'' has a rare male example in Sasuke, whose jean shorts are so tattered that they look almost like a very risque skirt, and so he wears bike shorts underneath.
145	* ''That's Just Me'' had an episode where Elizabeth wears a jumper-dress to gym class because it's the last week of school and they won't be doing anything. Her mom doubts this, however, and makes her put gym shorts on under it.
146	** In the first episode of the sixth season, ''Do I HAVE to Go to High School?!', she's been told her class will be active, so instead of dressing nicely but casually, she shows up in a super fancy 50's style outfit with shorts under the skirt. The activity was later revealed to be dancing, so she never needed shorts, but her feet hurt from her [[ItMakesSenseinContext diamond flipflops.]]
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150	[[folder:Music Videos]]
151	* The "Caramella Girls" are shown wearing compression shorts under their short skirts while [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zvq9r6R6QAY they're]] [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A67ZkAd1wmI dancing]] the JustForFun/{{Caramelldansen\|Vid}}.
152	* [[KoreanPopMusic Kpop idols]] wear safety shorts under their skirts and dress and be seen in music videos while dancing and twirling like in [[Music/{{Fx}} f(x)]]'s "Electric Shock" and "Rum Pum Pum Pum" as well as Music/GirlsGeneration's "Visual Dream".
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155	[[folder:Pro Wrestling]]
156	* These kind of shorts were [[Wrestling/JillianHall Macaela Mercedes's]] backup when she was placed in an [[GimmickMatches evening gown match]], in case she lost(she did at least once to The Diva).
157	* Wrestling/DaizeeHaze's most common ring gear basically is modesty shorts with a really tiny skirt. Ditto her protege Wrestling/VedaScott.
158	* Wrestling/BlackRose and her protege Red Velvett have "shorts" considerably longer than the "skirts" on top of them.
159	* Common attire in Irish Whip Wrestling and especially necessary for Tara Doyle, whose skirts have sometimes detached under the strain of her intense technical mat work.
160	* Wrestling/RebeccaKnox didn't wrestle for Irish Whip, but brought the skirted wrestler look to the neighboring IPW: UK while also serving as what she called "A jigging leprechaun". Ironically she did once give the viewers a panty shot from the top when her skirt slid down, but otherwise the modesty shorts served their purpose.
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163	[[folder:Sports]]
164	* Buffalo Bell, the main mascot of the Orix Buffaloes baseball team, wears bloomers under her skirt.
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167	[[folder:Video Games]]
168	* ''VideoGame/{{ARMS}}'' has the singing Ribbon Girl, who wears compression shorts under her skirt.
169	* Almost all of the ''Cartoon Doll Emporoium'' dress-up dolls, since they're made for kids, will have shorts when you strip them instead of normal panties, although while a few games have normal panties, they are usually black. The ''Dress Up Dream'' dolls, which usually share ties with CDE, do this same thing.
170	* ''Franchise/{{Castlevania}}'': In a male example, classic depictions of Simon Belmont had him wearing small shorts under the "skirt" plates of his armor.
171	* Lucca from ''VideoGame/ChronoTrigger'', has shorts underneath her skirt in the official artwork. In game is a mystery.
172	* Played with by KickChick Serina Leaf of ''VideoGame/Conception2ChildrenOfTheSevenStars'', as her skirt is so frilly on the underside that it's impossible to see above her knees. Illustrated perfectly in her official art, which is an upskirt shot.
173	* ''VideoGame/DeadSpace'': Lexine in ''Extraction'' is an unusual case of wearing a skirt over a skin-tight bodysuit. The MaleGaze moments with her make it clear just how short the skirt is and still imply fan service.
174	* In ''VideoGame/DevilMayCry3DantesAwakening'', Lady is wearing some [[https://www.mobygames.com/images/shots/l/236519-devil-may-cry-3-dante-s-awakening-special-edition-windows.jpg short black leggings]] under her "ammo skirt". Probably very wise with all the acrobatic flipping she does and especially when HandsomeLech Dante [[MaleGaze is holding her upside down]] by one leg during a cutscene.
175	* In the ''VideoGame/DragonBallXenoverse'' games, all skirts have either biker shorts or tights underneath them. There's also a few cases of Modesty ''Bras'': Tops that expose male characters' bare chests (like Beerus' clothing or Gogeta's vest) can be worn by females, in which case they wear the default tube-top bra underneath it.
176	* ''Franchise/FinalFantasy'':
177	** Lightning in ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyXIII'' and Serah Farron in ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyXIII2'' both wear black bike shorts under their miniskirts.
178	** Tifa in ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyVIIRemake'' has a visible pair of black shorts under her skirt, perfectly fine considering the [[SkirtsAndLadders embarrassment]] Tifa went through when ascending the AbsurdlyLongStairway at Shrina HQ with her mini skirt in the original game. It’s also more sensible compared to ''VideoGame/DissidiaFinalFantasy'' where getting a PantyShot while playing as Tifa [[{{Fanservice}} is unavoidable]]. Remake Tifa even has a Modesty Bra under her top in this version as well.
179	* ''Franchise/FireEmblem'':
180	** Alear (female), the main protagonist of ''VideoGame/FireEmblemEngage'', has black bike shorts underneath her blue skirt. They sometimes show through the movement-easing slits of the skirt.
181	** Bernadetta from ''VideoGame/FireEmblemThreeHouses'' wears short black leggings that reach mid-thigh and are clearly visible from underneath her miniskirt.
182	** Elise from ''VideoGame/FireEmblemFates'' wears black short shorts under her hoop miniskirt. This also makes sense, considering she rides a horse into battle.
183	** Eirika, a returning character from ''VideoGame/FireEmblemTheSacredStones'', newly wears very short black bike shorts in ''VideoGame/FireEmblemEngage''. Unlike with Bernadette, these are clearly only intended for modesty, so they aren't visible from most angles (i.e. her overall design remains unaffected).
184	** Fellow returning character Lyn from ''VideoGame/FireEmblemTheBlazingBlade'' strangely is not wearing these in ''Engage'', despite the fact that she received an updated look in ''VideoGame/FireEmblemWarriors'' depicting her with black bike shorts beneath her SexySlitDress. Careful manipulation of the camera will thus result in a PantyShot.
185	* ''VideoGame/GodEater'' series: A few mini shorts underneath skirts are available for the female player character as a clothing option.
186	* ''VideoGame/IdolManager'' such shorts come up as a potential choice for the performance outfits of the idols. There are in fact two "short skirt" options: one with shorts and one ''without'' them.
187	* Ajna of ''VideoGame/{{Indivisible}}'' has a skirt that she can hike up to allow her to move easier and black shorts under it.
188	* Bridget from ''VideoGame/GuiltyGear'' wears these, though she still holds down her skirt after jumping and in one of her winning poses one of her yoyos accidentally gets caught in the dress and shows the shorts are rather form-fitting around her buttocks, much to her chagrin. It should also be noted that Bridget used to identify as male until ''-STRIVE-''.
189	* ''VideoGame/KidIcarus'': Pit's redesign used in ''VideoGame/SuperSmashBrosBrawl'' and ''VideoGame/KidIcarusUprising'' features black shorts under his toga (smart move, with all the flying around he does).
190	* ''Franchise/TheLegendOfZelda'':
191	** In ''VideoGame/HyruleWarriors'', where Zelda takes the role of a fighter, she dons modesty shorts. A smart choice, given that her outfit is open in the front, kind of like a ShowgirlSkirt.
192	** Linkle, Link's DistaffCounterpart from the same game as above, wears shorts underneath her skirt.
193	* Unless they are wearing a full-body costume, female Miis in ''VideoGame/MarioTennis Open'' wear shorts under their skirts.
194	* When D.Va in ''VideoGame/{{Overwatch}}'' got a skin that has a proper skirt (essentially a Korean Hanbok, albeit much shorter than usual) in the Lunar New Year event, she had a pair of white biker shorts added underneath.
195	* ''Franchise/{{Persona}}'':
196	** ''VideoGame/Persona4'': Chie wears compression shorts under her uniform skirt, perfectly justifiable her being the KickChick of the team.
197	** In ''VideoGame/Persona3DancingInMoonlight'' and ''VideoGame/Persona5DancingInStarlight'', to avoid any {{Panty Shot}}s during their dance, the girls wear shorts underneath their skirts.
198	* ''VideoGame/PokemonXAndY'': Korrina wears black shorts under her cheerleader-like skating outfit.
199	* ''VideoGame/SenranKagura'': Miyabi wears shorts under the skirt of her school uniform.
200	* Aika from ''VideoGame/SkiesOfArcadia'' wears black shorts under her mini.
201	* ''Franchise/{{Splatoon}}'':
202	** In [[VideoGame/Splatoon1 the first game]], the playable Inklings always keep shorts on regardless of what outfit they're wearing, making them work like this for outfits with skirts such as the female variations of the school uniform and the ''Manga/SquidGirl'' tunic.
203	** Marie of the Squid Sisters wears a pair of black shorts under her dress and over her leggings.
204	** ''VideoGame/Splatoon2'', when expanding options for pants, has a miniskirt over the usual bike shorts as one of the options.
205	* ''Franchise/StreetFighter'':
206	** Sakura Kasugano wears her gym shorts underneath her uniform. Though given how short they are, the effect is mostly lost on most western gamers.
207	** ''[[VideoGame/StreetFighterAlpha Street Fighter Alpha 3]]'': Karin Kanzuki wears a red schoolgirl outfit over her biker shorts.
208	** ''Super VideoGame/StreetFighterIV'': Ibuki and Makoto's alternate outfits are their school uniforms, with bike shorts under their skirts. For ''VideoGame/StreetFighterV'', Ibuki's default outfit is more like Sakura's in that she's wearing dark gym shorts, not biking shorts, which show off more of her upper thigh.
209	*** Ibuki does go back to this in some outfits such as her Story and 30th Anniversary outfits wearing shorts under the skirts but averts it with some outfits such as her Battle Outfit that have full-blown panties.
210	* ''VideoGame/SuperSmashBros'':
211	** After fighting with her bare legs under her dress in ''Melee'', Zelda was given a set of leggings under it from ''Brawl'' onwards.
212	** Peach wears large puffy bloomers under her dress in ''Melee'' and ''Brawl''. In the fourth game, [[CensorShadow this was changed to a black void past her lower legs.]]
213	** Palutena wears them too. In version 1.0.6 of the Japanese version, [[http://www.sourcegaming.info/2015/09/18/cero-and-palutenas-censorship/ they got even more modest]].
214	* ''VideoGame/TalesOfXillia'': [[StaffChick Leia]] has a school uniform DLC outfit that leaves her with a short, plaid miniskirt. It's difficult to see, but if she's wearing it during her introduction scene, the player can see that she's wearing a pair of black shorts underneath.
215	* [[http://eng.tekkenpedia.com/images/4/4f/Xiaoyu_przezroczyste.png Ling Xiaoyu]] from ''VideoGame/{{Tekken}}'' commonly wears a [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Qipao qipao]] with shorts underneath; if not for these, she'd be bare all the way from the hips downward. And for extra modesty points, when wearing her bonus schoolgirl uniform in ''Tekken 3'', one of her victory poses [[note]] where she does the splits during a handstand [[/note]] is ''disabled'' to prevent her from blatantly [[PantyShot flashing her panties]].
216	* Bloomers are prevalent in ''Franchise/TouhouProject'' fanart due to the [[ElegantGothicLolita Lolita]]-style outfits and highly-acrobatic depiction of the game's BulletHell fighting. Also canonical for at least some of the characters in the spin-off fighting games.
217	* ''VideoGame/ToukenRanbu'': Kokindenju-no-Tachi as a male example: he wears what seems to be a SailorFuku with a very long tapered skirt, but with the problem that it's slit up to his ''hip''. Because of this, he wears a pair of shorts underneath, which when coupled with the slit skirt still do a good job of accentuating his shapely, tattooed legs.
218	* ''VideoGame/UmaMusume'': Bike shorts are an integral part of the Tracen Academy [[SailorFuku serafuku]]-type day uniform, so all the horse girls wear small black shorts underneath their pleated skirts.
219	* In ''VideoGame/TheWonderful101'', minor members Wonder-Tennis and Wonder-Cheerleader both wear black shorts under the skirt-portions of their CENTINEL suits, with the latter having tights on as well. In Wonder-Cheerleader's case, her "pose"[[note]]The stance a character takes on the gallery when found as a new permanent member to the team, or as figures[[/note]] has her giving a high kick facing the screen that would have completely exposed her if not for the shorts. Both members still lose the shorts along with their suits when knocked out, as all members of the team get knocked out of their suits.
220	* ''VideoGame/XenobladeChronicles1'': Fiora wears a white pair of these under her original miniskirt. Unequipping the latter will also remove the former, as they come bundled together.
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223	[[folder:Visual Novels]]
224	* ''VisualNovel/AceAttorneyInvestigationsMilesEdgeworth'' with Kay Faraday -- official artwork shows that she ''is'' wearing a pair of shorts under her skirt.
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226
227	[[folder:Web Animation]]
228	* ''WebAnimation/{{Hololive}}'':
229	** All of the girls wearing dresses and skirts without tights/pantyhose wear (very short) black bike shorts underneath them. Originally, almost all of them had just their white panties visible when such an angle occured on a Live 3D stream, but as more and more of the girls got into trouble with [=YouTube=]'s content policies, hololive had them cover up/replace the panties with shorts.
230	** Tokino Sora was one of the few members who had modesty shorts from the start. This also highlights how the franchise converted essentially overnight from one that is not particularly hot on the "bike shorts under skirts" trend, to one of its biggest, most visible supporters.
231	** Kiara sometimes complains about the shorts, deeming them too long and clashing with the design she is going for, and [[https://youtu.be/6F_zJuJorf8 she called on management to at least let her shorten them]].
232	* ''WebAnimation/{{RWBY}}'':
233	** Neon wears a thin blue top with spaghetti straps and which exposes the midriff, as well as a tiny pink micro-skirt. However, despite all the skin that she exposes, she wears purple hot-pants underneath her skirt, which ensures no further exposure occurs during battle.
234	** Raven wears an extremely short, pleated micro-skirt that looks like gym-wear. Underneath the skirt, she wears a pair of black hot-pants that only occasionally becomes visible when she's moving during low camera angles. As a result, even when she's fighting or the camera is angled upwards from the ground, there's no danger of anything being revealed.
235	** In Volume 7, Ruby obtains a new outfit that includes a dark red pleated mini-skirt split on the side and a pair of red shorts underneath.
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238	[[folder:Webcomics]]
239	* A ''Webcomic/DumbingOfAge'' story has Joyce go on a date with Joe and wear a [[SheCleansUpNicely rather fetching]] yellow dress. After the date goes south, Joyce goes home and changes, revealing [[http://www.dumbingofage.com/2011/comic/book-1/03-men-are-from-beck-women-are-from-clark/impressed/ that she had pajama shorts underneath]] the whole time.
240	* According to WordOfGod in the commentary of [[http://www.egscomics.com/index.php?id=2084 this]] ''Webcomic/ElGoonishShive'' strip, Elliot's [[SuperGenderBender Cheerleadra]] form wears these. This was mentioned due to reader response to the [[http://www.egscomics.com/index.php?id=2083 previous comic]] where it very much looked like Mr. Tensaided got a bit of an eyeful as Elliot flew away.
241	* In ''Webcomic/RustyAndCo'', Madeline is sensibly wearing (anachronistic) biker shorts under her leather skirt in her first appearance. (In the second, she's wearing winter clothes, making the matter moot.)
242	* ''Webcomic/SleeplessDomain'': In [[https://www.sleeplessdomain.com/comic/qa-time Q&A Time!]], some of the cast members are asked questions. When UsefulNotes/{{Transgender}} Magical Girl Zoe is asked how she's adjusting, she notes that she had never worn skirts, like those in her school uniform, before being out as a girl. As a result, she's unused to them and wears shorts under hers. At that admission, Heartful Punch and Outrageous Apple, a pair of more {{Tomboy}}ish Magical Girls appear. HP is surprised to learn other girls ''don't'' wear shorts under their skirts, while Apple dismisses those girls as fools, as one's clothing should always be prepared to do sick skateboard tricks.
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245	[[folder:Web Original]]
246	* Called "activity shorts" by Cat Davis from ''Cat on the Prowl''.
247	* ''WebVideo/WeirdSchoolRulesInHongKong'': {{Defied\|Trope}} at at least one school in Hong Kong, apparently, as Episode 6 cites a [=YouTube=] comment on how a student had to have a parent's letter to wear them under their uniform. Episode 17 then has a female student recall her (female) teacher telling her to ''lift her skirt so she could check'' whether she was wearing ModestyShorts or not, and explain to her male classmate the reason behind this rule was apparently because the school considered wearing them to be an "unrefined" and "crude/boorish" practice.
248	* In ''Literature/{{Worm}}'', Glory Girl's superhero costume (a white dress with cape, boots, and tiara) includes a pair of these.
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251	[[folder:Western Animation]]
252	* Elspeth from ''WesternAnimation/TheFamilyNess'' wears red shorts with matching vest beneath her pleated skirt.
253	* Subverted with Molly [=McGee=] and many other female characters wearing skirts in ''WesternAnimation/TheGhostAndMollyMcGee'': what appears to resemble black shorts underneath Molly's skirt is actually the shadow of her skirt on her legs underneath.
254	* The bunny twins from ''WesternAnimation/{{Kaeloo}}'' wear black shorts under their skirts.
255	* Subverted a couple of times on ''WesternAnimation/KingOfTheHill'':
256	** Hank sees Luanne wearing an oversized T-shirt and apparently nothing else. When he asks her to PleasePutSomeClothesOn, she raises her arms to reveal "I'm wearing shorts." Hank is disturbed by just how scanty the shorts are.
257	** Another subversion occurs moments later when Bobby enters the kitchen wearing an oversized shirt of his own. Without lifting its hem, he removes the underwear he has on underneath it and puts on another pair fresh from the laundry, eliciting the following response:
258	--->'''Hank:''' Six A.M. and already the boy ain't right.
259	* Twilight Sparkle, in her ballerina form, in the ''WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic'' episode "[[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS7E10ARoyalProblem A Royal Problem]]". Though it isn't really necessary for the ponies to wear anything under their skirts, seeing as how they usually wear nothing at all.
260	* On ''WesternAnimation/{{Recess}}'', Upside-Down Girl wears shorts under her jumper to avoid any panty shots when she's hanging from the monkey bars.
261	* ''WesternAnimation/SheRaAndThePrincessesOfPower'': In this reboot, She-Ra's costume has shorts under the skirt.
262	* K.C. the koala from ''WesternAnimation/{{TOTS}}'' wears white shorts under her skirt.
263	* The Winx in ''WesternAnimation/WinxClub'' wear shorts under their skirts (most often seen with Bloom and Flora), averting a few panty shots in the series.
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266	[[folder:Real Life]]
267	* The dreaded gym knickers. Old-fashioned (still current into this millennium in some private schools) British school uniforms kept girls in short, pleated skirts for sports. For modesty, there were matching bloomers which you wore over your normal cotton knickers, in the same heavy fabric as the skirts. They were as sweaty and abrasive as they sound, and you still ended up with muscle injuries from bare legs in freezing temperatures.
268	* Though many think of them today as comically outdated women's underwear, over-the-knee bloomers were actually thought of as modesty shorts when they were introduced; they were mainly used by women riding bicycles in long dresses.
269	* Skorts are skirts with integral shorts underneath. They are commonly worn by athletes in some professional sports (such as golf, tennis, hockey, etc.) and for school athletic kits.
270	* Some Catholic and Christian schools make girls wear modesty shorts under their skirts as part of their regular uniform, though usually just in the primary grades. However, many students continue to do this into secondary school of their own choice for comfort and convenience.
271	* This is becoming a touch more common in recent years; the increasing commonality of women wearing more masculine clothing has made getting [[https://tomboyx.com/products/9-boxer-briefs-next-gen-black decently-fitting undershorts]] easier.
272	* Many families with young girls have them wear shorts under their dresses or skirts after they've been potty trained. This way the girls can still be active while wearing a dress, and it's simply easier than trying to make a 3-5-year-old sit cross-legged for extended periods of time.
273	* Despite what anime and manga might lead one to believe, this is actually pretty common in Japan, especially in elementary and junior high schools. While modesty is part of it, so is practicality -- students typically have to wear their gym clothes several times a day (PE class, art class, daily cleaning, after-school sports, etc.) -- and it's easiest for everyone to just wear their gym shorts under their regular uniforms so they can change back and forth quickly.
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