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| 19 | A trope in comedy, pornography and nearly any source of {{fanservice}}, Naked Apron is ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin: The practice of wearing an apron over a scantily clad or outright nude body. |
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| 21 | The trope's popularity comes originally from the pin-ups American soldiers brought with them during UsefulNotes/WorldWarII; a common motif were titillating shots of women in otherwise normal domestic situations, such as cooking or cleaning. These pinups were emulated by Japanese artists around the same time {{Manga}} began to develop as an art form in the years after the occupation of Japan (1945-1960). In Japan this trope is called "Hadaka Apron", which, unsurprisingly, translates to [[CaptainObvious "Naked Apron".]] |
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| 23 | The appeal of the trope (outside of the obvious) is due to it allowing for the character to appear [[SceneryCensor with modesty preserved from the front]], but with a [[SexyBacklessOutfit risqué surprise awaiting the viewer]]. In a somewhat meta sense it is just as frequently used as a surprise for the audience. Examples can be split between a [[AchievementsInIgnorance character holding a perfectly casual conversation]] with another character who, upon turning around, reveals that they were in fact, nude; and the character being fully aware of it but the audience not seeing it until a certain panel -- a RevealShot of a [[{{Pun}} very revealing shot.]] |
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| 25 | Frequently mixed with other such risqué Japanese tropes, such as bloomers and {{school swimsuit}}s, or more generally, lingerie or a bikini (for when the character wants to pull this off, but is too modest). This trope is extremely popular amongst couples in Japan, as it is considered a traditional form of foreplay between newlyweds. As such, it comes up extremely often in {{anime}} and {{manga}} for {{Fanservice}}, especially in HaremGenre and MagicalGirlfriend shows. |
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| 27 | A traditional outfit of MsFanservice and TheVamp when attempting to attract a more innocent target, or when attempting a more long term relationship. The InnocentFanserviceGirl also might end up dressed like this, because she doesn't understand you're supposed to wear something under an apron -- in which case the viewer will have to [[PleasePutSomeClothesOn explain it]] before any [[AccidentalPervert misunderstandings]] occur. The ShamelessFanserviceGirl might choose to wear this, because it's technically required wear for cooking (splatters ''hurt''), but has no qualms about how technically risqué the ensemble is. |
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| 29 | All in all, a frequent source of [[NakedPeopleAreFunny nudity as comedy]] -- often without actually showing any nudity! |
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| 31 | Very similar in theory and practice to TheissTitillationTheory; whereas Theiss's Titillation Theory states that the higher chance of a WardrobeMalfunction causes an outfit to be sexier, a large portion of the Naked Apron's appeal is the fact that it's a nude body that's "covered, but only technically", and any number of poses or gusts of wind would cause a WardrobeMalfunction. The fact that almost all shots of Naked Apron are also examples of VaporWear (almost invariably due to {{Sideboob}} and "Sidehip" being shown) also adds to the TheissTitillationTheory element. |
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| 33 | Can also be worn by men, in which case it's usually played up either for laughs or for HoYay -- sometimes both. |
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| 35 | Compare and contrast TheissTitillationTheory, BodyPaint, GodivaHair, SceneryCensor, {{Sideboob}}, {{Stripperiffic}}, BarelyThereSwimwear, ToplessnessFromTheBack and VaporWear. |
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| 39 | !Examples: |
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| 42 | !!Women: |
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| 44 | [[folder:Anime & Manga]] |
| 45 | * ''Anime/AestheticaOfARogueHero'': In an OVA, Chikage instructs Miu to wear this while cooking, claiming it is a time-honored tradition. Miu is embarrassed when Kuzuha points out [[ButchLesbian Chikage]] only wanted to see her naked. When Akatsuki finds out, he forces Kuzuha and Chikage to wear it too. |
| 46 | * Ikki once fantasizes this on Simca in ''Manga/AirGear''. |
| 47 | * In the ''Enishi'' [[OddlyNamedSequel2ElectricBoogaloo sequel series]] for ''Manga/AiYoriAoshi'', Kaoru has a couple of {{Imagine Spot}}s of Aoi wearing this. |
| 48 | * Senjougahara of ''Literature/{{Bakemonogatari}}'' offers to cook for Araragi while wearing nothing but an apron. |
| 49 | * In Chapter Two of the first volume of the manga version of ''Manga/BlueDrop'', Kenzou wears an apron naked to try and seduce Shouta into having sex with her. |
| 50 | * ''Manga/BrynhildrInTheDarkness'': In an OVA, Neko, Kotori, Kazumi, and Hatsuna all wear these to try to seduce Ryouta. Neko and Kotori get embarrassed, while Kazumi is shocked to learn Hatsuna is just as much of a ShamelessFanserviceGirl as her, enjoying showing Ryouta her ass. |
| 51 | * Lilika does this in ''Anime/BurnUp Scramble''. For some reason, she takes ''off'' the underwear that was all she was wearing before. She then realizes Maya is out of salt and goes out to get some. Lilika should definitely be kept away from alcohol. |
| 52 | * In ''Manga/Change123'', Kosukegawa imagines Motoko as his future wife in a hadaka apron a couple of times. |
| 53 | * Chi of ''Manga/{{Chobits}}'' is sort of naive about this and sort of not -- she picked up the behavior from one of Hideki's hentai manga, but she doesn't understand anything about it other than that Hideki liked the manga. |
| 54 | * In ''Anime/ChocottoSister'', Choko believes her handbook (apparently written by a perv) when it claims that older brothers like this. |
| 55 | * ''Literature/DemonKingDaimao'': In Special Episode 3, after [[BigEater Kena]] eats all the rice in the cafeteria before lunch, she and Korone decide to cook more and ask Akuto to block the door until they are done. He finds this task hard when the two girls strip naked and put on aprons, and Korone even teases him by turning around to show him her ass. |
| 56 | * The "apron over underwear" version was used at least once by [[FilleFatale Moro]] from ''Anime/DottoKoniChan'', [[ItMakesJustAsMuchSenseInContext trying to use fanservice to]] [[SwordInTheStone pull a sword out of a stone]]. [[EpicFail It doesn't work.]] |
| 57 | * ''Literature/DoYouLoveYourMomAndHerTwoHitMultiTargetAttacks'': A slime monster [[TheNudifier destroys Mamako's clothes]], so she angrily kills it. Afterwards, her son Masato asks her to PleasePutSomeClothesOn. Porta hands her an apron. Masato complains it just makes it worse, and asks if she's trying to kill him. |
| 58 | * In the TooHotForTV episode 26 of ''Anime/ExcelSaga'', "Going Too Far", Watanabe has an ImagineSpot of a seductive Hyatt (or rather, Miss Chihaya Ayasugi) wearing just an apron. |
| 59 | * Siesta, the {{Meido}} from ''Literature/TheFamiliarOfZero'', uses this in one episode to attract main character Saito. Works ''really well''. |
| 60 | * ''Manga/FireForce'': [[ReluctantFanserviceGirl Tamaki Kotatsu]] tries to help out in the kitchen and puts on an apron over her uniform. She somehow ends up losing everything except the apron. |
| 61 | * In chapter 4 of ''Manga/GachaGacha'', there is a sequence in which Clara is trying to thank Kouhei for his help thus far and begins cooking for him and dons an apron, however one of her personalities overtakes her during and when Kouhei reenters the room, Clara is wearing nothing ''but'' the apron and begins heavily flirting with him pointing out her "breast meat" as she cups her breasts underneath her apron, and her "thigh meat" as she strokes her thighs. Clara manages to regain control as Kouhei becomes flustered and panics, and as one would expect she is absolutely mortified. As this isn't a hentai manga, but rather an ecchi, you never actually see much of anything, but there is a rear shot of her when she panics that shows off her butt. |
| 62 | * Several of the gynoids in the ''Manga/GhostInTheShell'' manga (although, being robots, they don't mind). |
| 63 | * The Goddess of Victory from ''Manga/{{Gintama}}'' ends up in one of these. Of course, this being ''Gintama'', it was played for laughs as well as fanservice. |
| 64 | * ''Manga/GirlsBravo'': |
| 65 | ** In an episode of the anime, InnocentFanserviceGirl Miharu dresses this way to cook breakfast after [[PornStash finding a magazine of Yukinari's]]. |
| 66 | ** In the manga, when LovableSexManiac Fukuyama is giving cooking lessons, he does one of his trademark InstantCosplaySurprise to put Kirie, Koyomi and Miharu in aprons, though he let them keep their underwear (at first). When LethalChef Kirie proves still resistant to his teaching, he strips her nude save for the apron, under the pretext she needs her full freedom of movement. This ends up as a CongruentMemory situation: Kirie learns to cook properly, but can do so only when otherwise naked. (Her Home Economics teacher is not amused.) |
| 67 | * ''Literature/GoodLuckNinomiyaKun'': The girls wear aprons and {{School Swimsuit}}s (seen in the page's picture) in one episode while cooking dinner for Shungo's sister. Pity anyone who walks in on them because they get roped into wearing them as well. (It's implied that the mushrooms they were using in the stew were intoxicants or aphrodisiacs.) |
| 68 | * PlayedForLaughs in ''Manga/GourmetGirlGraffiti''. When Akira told Ryou Kirin maybe staying with her in the weekends in episode[=/=]chapter 1, Ryou said her cooking may not be good enough for Kirin. Akira said any problems with cooking can be made up by this trope. |
| 69 | * ''Manga/GreatTeacherOnizuka'': When Fuyutsuki puts him up to help him cram for his exams, Onizuka fantasizes about having her wear nothing but an apron. |
| 70 | * In ''Manga/GTOTheEarlyYears'', Eikichi has an ImagineSpot of Misato in one, cooking dinner for him. He slips up behind her and she [[OrAreYouJustHappyToSeeMe asks if he's poking her with a cucumber]]. Later in the chapter she wears one for real. |
| 71 | * Hungary from ''Webcomic/HetaliaAxisPowers'' seems to be wearing one when she and Taiwan go check on her land's [[HotSpringsEpisode famous hot springs.]] |
| 72 | * Yoshinoya-sensei, the CosplayOtakuGirl of ''Manga/HidamariSketch'', also does this once after seeing that another class was engaged in baking. To be fair, the aprons those girls are wearing ARE rather cute. And she reassures her students that she ''is'' wearing a swimsuit underneath -- it just doesn't show when viewed from the front. |
| 73 | * In ''Literature/HighSchoolDXD'', Issei sees Asia wearing one during season 2. When he protests that his parents would be mad if they saw her like that, his mom pops out from the kitchen, stating she was the one that came up with the idea. Rias then decides to do the same as well. It is later revealed that Issei's parents were very naughty when they were younger and his mother wore this at times. |
| 74 | * In ''Manga/HighschoolOfTheDead'', [[AloofDarkHairedGirl Saeko Busujima]] wears this and panties when she has to do the cooking for the group while her clothes are drying from being cleaned for the first time since the ZombieApocalypse started. Even funnier in a bonus chapter in the manga when Takashi's friends say that they want to see Saeko in just an apron. Even more egregious when the plot conspires to have [[LadyOfWar Saeko]] make a BigDamnHeroes entrance riding on top of a Humvee, ''still'' in just the apron and panties, and proceeds to do battle with a zombie horde wielding [[WoodenKatanasAreEvenBetter a wooden sword]]. [[RuleOfCool It's that kind of series]]. |
| 75 | * ''Anime/HungryHeartWildStriker'' manages to pull similar imagery when, during the BeachEpisode, the HospitalHottie Kaori puts on a bikini and then an apron over it as she helps Kyousuke and Co. to handle a ''[[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kakigori kakigori]]'' stall. |
| 76 | * ''Literature/InfiniteStratos'': |
| 77 | ** Tatenashi tries to seduce Ichika by surprising him wearing an apron, though she is wearing a swimsuit under it. |
| 78 | ** During the World Purge OVA, Laura has a fantasy that she's married to Ichika and he convinces her to wear only an apron. During the end credits, she's still wearing it, and she runs while holding it down with her hands. |
| 79 | * In ''Literature/IsThisAZombie'', Yuki's friends suggest that she serve Ayumu food to get him to fall for her. Yuki imagines herself serving him food while wearing only an apron and freaks out. Her friends wonder where she got the apron idea from, they just said to serve him food. |
| 80 | * Samataro's goddess mom in ''Anime/KamisamaKazoku'' wears it at her husband's request. But then, when her son and his female angel guide Tenko come home to see her in it, [[ShamelessFanserviceGirl she doesn't mind at all]]. She even proudly explains that "It's called being naked under the apron. It's a romantic gesture that really tickles mortal men's hearts." |
| 81 | * When she appears in ''Literature/{{Kampfer}}'', Mikoto wakes Natsuru up like this, having already made breakfast. Natsuru [[YouMustBeCold offers her his shirt]] when she tries to force him to react. |
| 82 | * ''Manga/KashimashiGirlMeetsGirl'' |
| 83 | ** [[HumanAliens Sora-sensei]] wears this in the BeachEpisode, under the impression that it's supposed to be done that way. Everybody's [[{{Squick}} squicked out]], of course. |
| 84 | ** Also, [[AttractiveBentGender Hazumu]] and Yasuna wear these in the "Curry Party" chapter; that was taken out of the anime, along with [[AdaptationDecay other things]]. |
| 85 | * In ''Manga/KotouraSan'', Manabe had a ImagineSpot on this when she saw Haruka cooking, progressing from buruma, SchoolSwimsuit, to completely nude. |
| 86 | * In the ''Manga/LoveHina'' manga, KeitarĂ´ at one point has an ImagineSpot in which he fantasizes about being waited on by Naru, Mutsumi, and ''Shinobu'', all wearing Naked Aprons. |
| 87 | * This is a fetish for Kumagawa of ''Manga/MedakaBox'', to the point that he eventually names his clique in the school the Naked Apron Alliance, and continuously makes wagers where one or more of the losing females will have to serve him in this state. |
| 88 | ** When Kumagawa ended up [[SugarWiki/MomentOfAwesome absolutely dominating]] a character popularity poll with more votes than 2nd, 3rd, and 4th place ''combined'', the celebratory artwork had all the girls in lower-ranking positions wearing hadaka aprons (and clearly not happy about it) while Kumagawa shed TearsOfJoy. |
| 89 | * Subverted in ''Manga/MyWifeIsTheStudentCouncilPresident'', when Hayato arrives home to find Ui seemingly wearing nothing but an apron. After teasing him a little, she reveals she's wearing a school swimsuit underneath. |
| 90 | * Chikage from ''Manga/NagasareteAirantou''. Having lived on an island her entire life without ever having met a male, everything she's learned about intergender relationships was from [[note]]''pornographic''[[/note]] books and magazines that washed up on the shore. |
| 91 | -->"But it says in this magazine that you don't wear anything under the apron when serving dinner..."\ |
| 92 | "Don't listen to that kind of magazine!" |
| 93 | * ''Manga/NegimaMagisterNegiMagi'': |
| 94 | ** Konoka Konoe, being one of the more maternal girls, does show up once in this. It's invoked again later, as a part of [[spoiler:Setsuna's Cosmo Entelechia a.k.a. the world she wants the most: she fantasizes about Konoka cooking for her in this, which shocks Negi and embarrasses Poyo when they find out.]]. |
| 95 | ** Haruna is definitely going for the look, although she's wearing a bikini underneath it. |
| 96 | ** Fate's followers Homura and Shirabe try this look to impress Fate in Volume 0. [[spoiler: They fail miserably.]] |
| 97 | * ''Manga/NinjaNonsense'' has this in episode 11, when Sasuke [[HostileShowTakeover takes over the show]] and turns it into an UnwantedHarem. Kaede's mom is wearing only an apron. |
| 98 | * ''Literature/NyarukoCrawlingWithLove'': |
| 99 | ** There's an official figurine of Nyarko decked out this way; while she hasn't done it in-series yet, [[ShamelessFanserviceGirl it's exactly the kind of thing she WOULD do]] if she thought it would score her points with her LoveInterest Mahiro. |
| 100 | ** Episode 4 of the ''Haiyoru! Nyaruani'' series is titled "Mahiro's First Naked Apron", but actually doesn't contain anything of the sort; instead it's about [[MakesJustAsMuchSenseInContext Mahiro's goldfish growing human legs after he entrusted it to Cuko's care]]. |
| 101 | * In ''Anime/OkusamaWaMahouShoujo'', [[{{Fanservice}} for some reason]], Ureshiko's apron is the only piece clothing left while using her powers to start the vacuum cleaner in the first episode. |
| 102 | * In one episode of ''Anime/OruchubanEbichu'', while Ebichu is cleaning house, Ebichu gets an anonymous call from a creeper asking what they're wearing (not knowing that the caller is a talking hamster), and Ebichu replies innocently, "Well, all I'm wearing is an apron, but besides that, I'm naked..." |
| 103 | * The three heroines of ''Manga/PsychicSquad'' unleash a school-swimsuit-under-apron variation on their supervisor Minamoto. [[HilarityEnsues Freakout Ensues]]. |
| 104 | * ''Manga/RanmaOneHalf'': |
| 105 | ** In one chapter of the manga, a mirror image of girl-type Ranma come-to-life tries to seduce the original Ranma wearing this outfit. Nabiki hangs a lampshade on the trope and its popularity in Japan on this occasion. |
| 106 | ** Ukyō, one of Ranma's suitors, wears it at the beginning of the second ''Ranma ½'' NonSerialMovie (subtitled ''Nihao My Concubine'' in the U.S.). Partly justified in that she ''is'' a cook by profession, she is cooking at the time, and she is wearing a bikini-bottom underneath -- they are at the beach. |
| 107 | * The movie ''Anime/RebuildOfEvangelion 2.0'': when Asuka attempts to prepare a meal she enacts this trope, opting only to wear a pair of Daisy Duke shorts and a bra under her apron. |
| 108 | * In ''Manga/SakuraDiaries'', Urara uses this outfit several times as a method to try to seduce her cousin Touma, with little success. |
| 109 | * Kazehana of ''Manga/{{Sekirei}}'' does this to greet back Minato one day. Miya immediately forbids it. |
| 110 | * ''Anime/SevenHeavenlyVirtues'': Sandalphon cooks for a student in only an apron. She is [[InnocentFanserviceGirl oblivious]] to how this really distracts him. |
| 111 | * Tira has a dream involving her wearing this in the ''Manga/SorcererHunters'' manga. It kind of comes to a sudden halt when she ends up being the newlywed bride ''[[BrotherSisterIncest to her sister, Chocolate]]''. |
| 112 | * In ''Literature/SoICantPlayH'', Lisara and Quele serve Ryousuke breakfast in bed while wearing aprons in one episode. They were wearing bikinis underneath, which he doesn't mind. |
| 113 | * ''Manga/SoulEater'': |
| 114 | ** When the heroes enter the Book of Ebion to rescue Kid; the first chapter they run across is titled "Lust", in which they run into a succubus with just an apron and little else underneath. |
| 115 | ** In the very next chapter, "Gluttony", they meet another demon in the same outfit... except it's a [[FanDisservice morbidly obese, lumpy]] PigMan. |
| 116 | * In the hentai manga ''Super Taboo'', the protagonist Yuu comes downstairs from sleeping with his sister to find his mother making breakfast wearing nothing but an apron. |
| 117 | * Maria subverts this in the first episode for ''Literature/TheTestamentOfSisterNewDevil''. She teases Basara with this initially, but then reveals that she's actually wearing clothing underneath. |
| 118 | * ''Manga/ToLoveRu'': |
| 119 | ** One episode has Lala wearing this when preparing to make a meal for Rito. When Rito tells her she's supposed to wear the apron over clothes, she adds a bikini bottom. She also does it in a recent chapter of the manga, saying her friends told her boys like it. And the last time, Rito accidentally forces her into one a second time when he takes over Peke. |
| 120 | *** And again in one of the [=OVAs=], where Rito actually takes an interest. |
| 121 | ** A bonus chapter of ''To Love-Ru Darkness'' has Haruna teaching Rito to cook. She starts to imagine using this to seduce him. |
| 122 | * ''Manga/UmiNoMisaki'': Soyogi has a female classmate with a crush on her who regularly cooks for her. She once met Soyogi at her own door wearing just an apron. |
| 123 | * The eponymous Ai of ''Manga/VideoGirlAi'' does this fairly early on in the series. After an untouched first printing, the Japanese publisher declared it scandalous and made Masakazu Katsura draw panties on her for all subsequent print runs. [[SarcasmMode Because that makes it better.]] |
| 124 | * Deconstructed along with a lot of other nudity tropes in ''Anime/WaitingInTheSummer'': it's not intended as fanservice so much as an accurate depiction of what a nudist would wear while cooking. |
| 125 | * In chapter 53 of ''Anime/TheWallflower'' manga, Sunako, of all people, does this when suffering from a strange delusion: she was so humiliated that she ended up buck naked on top of Kyohei (due to a cursed gem that made her act like an exhibitionist -- long story) that she forcibly blocked it out of her mind. Unfortunately as a side effect, when she bathes the next day, she blocks out the fact that she's naked afterwards, and hallucinates that she's instead already dressed. Seconds later, she's wandering around the house wearing nothing but her apron, making breakfast for the guys. The four {{Bishonen}} who share the house with her can't believe it, either, and Kyohei has to chase her around school keeping her safe -- in her mind, she's already wearing her school uniform under the apron, in reality, she just flashed her roommates and was a few minutes away from streaking the entire school. |
| 126 | [[/folder]] |
| 127 | |
| 128 | [[folder:Comic Books]] |
| 129 | * ''ComicBook/BuckGodotZapGunForHire''. A catgirl can be seen wearing one while Buck Godot is hiding at [[RedLightDistrict The Velvet Fist]]. |
| 130 | * ''ComicBook/{{Empowered}}'' features this, when the title character is cooking blueberry pancakes for [=ThugBoy=]. With a "Piyo Piyo"-imprinted apron [[ShoutOut straight out]] of ''Anime/MaisonIkkoku''. |
| 131 | * ''ComicBook/WonderWoman1987'': Io of the Amazons makes armor for Franchise/WonderWoman. She wears a leather blacksmith's apron but not a shirt (or bra) under it. She still wears pants so it's not a literal example of Naked Apron, but it's close. |
| 132 | [[/folder]] |
| 133 | |
| 134 | [[folder:Comic Strips]] |
| 135 | * In an early ''ComicStrip/InSecurity'' strip, [[GenkiGirl Sedine]] sports this to her [[OnlySaneMan husband]] Sam, but his only thought turns out to be [[NotDistractedByTheSexy baking a cake.]] |
| 136 | [[/folder]] |
| 137 | |
| 138 | [[folder:Fan Works]] |
| 139 | * ''Manga/DemonSlayerKimetsuNoYaiba'' and ''VideoGame/FateGrandOrder'' crossover ''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/13596450/1/Demon-Slaying-Servants Demon Slaying Servants]]'': Tamamo-no-Mae taught Mitsuri Kanroji about this, and Mitsuri goes in only an apron in an attempt to seduce Obanai Iguro. Meanwhile, Tamamo Cat only wears an apron, much to the chagrin of Shinobu Kocho. Cat starts teaching the girls of Shinobu's estate about the technique while Shinobu tries to stop her. Following Cat's instructions, Kanao Tsuyuri shows herself to Tanjiro Kamado while wearing only an apron, causing him to pass out from a severe {{Nosebleed}} before Shinobu shows up and orders her to get dressed. |
| 140 | * ''Fanfic/HeroAcademiaDXD'' has Ibara and Ochako give Izuku a double-team. Then Rias also joins in. |
| 141 | * ''Webcomic/HetaliaAxisPowers'' fanfic ''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/12023508/1/KaitĹŤ-Kokoro KaitĹŤ Kokoro]]'': Feliciano has nothing but an apron on once while cooking breakfast. Let's just say Kiku isn't hungry for the food. |
| 142 | [[/folder]] |
| 143 | |
| 144 | [[folder:Films -- Live-Action]] |
| 145 | * Leah Cairns' character in ''Film/EightyEightMinutes'' does this at the beginning to cook for Creator/AlPacino's character. |
| 146 | * In a deleted scene of ''Film/AnchormanTheLegendOfRonBurgundy'', Ron fantasizes that Veronica is married to him, and works in an apron -- and nothing else. |
| 147 | * In ''[[Film/BridgetJones Bridget Jones's Baby]]'', a flashback shown Bridget surprising Mark Darcy for his birthday by wearing a frilly apron that covers her front...and a big bow above her naked butt; she is chagrined to see that not only is [[MarriedToTheJob working on his birthday]] but also brought his colleagues over. She backs away to change into clothes embarrassingly. Not the first time Creator/ReneeZellweger wore an apron in the nude. |
| 148 | * In ''Film/CityBaby'', Cloey ends the night of her boyfriend's birthday by appearing in nothing but a kitchen apron. "I wore this when I made your cake..." |
| 149 | * Jane March's character in ''Film/ColorOfNight'' surprises Creator/BruceWillis's character by showing up unexpectedly at his home and is cooking him dinner while wearing only an apron. It becomes very apparent when she turns around to retrieve an item from the oven and then feigns modesty by covering her rear with a potholder after she exposes her backside to him. |
| 150 | * In ''Film/EmpireRecords'', Gina (which ''is'' the first time Creator/ReneeZellweger wore an apron in the nude) puts on a [=MusicTown=] apron with nothing but stockings on underneath and dances around, saying "I think [=MusicTown=] is torn on the revealing garments issue". |
| 151 | * In ''Film/FrenchTwist'', Victoria Abril's character is seen wearing an apron while otherwise naked. It's a turn-on both for her husband and her ButchLesbian girlfriend. |
| 152 | * Happens in ''Film/HaroldAndKumarEscapeFromGuantanamoBay''. |
| 153 | * Done in ''[=McVicar=]'', a mostly-true story of a prison escapee, by a woman who wants to make sure the on-the-run lead character doesn't leave the house. |
| 154 | %%* Pauline Lafont in Chabrol's ''Poulet au vinaigre''. |
| 155 | * In ''Film/TheQuietEarth'' (a 1985 sci-fi film from New Zealand), Joanne serves Zac breakfast in bed, wearing an apron. When she turns to leave, we (and Zac) see that she is not wearing anything else below the waist, causing him to spill hot coffee on himself. |
| 156 | * Technically, it could be said that Chewbacca's wife wears one about 5 minutes into ''Film/TheStarWarsHolidaySpecial'', but it's just confusing -- like the rest of the show. |
| 157 | * In the 1986 hockey movie ''Youngblood'' when Rob Lowe's character goes to the boarding house used by newbie hockey players, he meets the landlady Miss [=McGill=], who answers the door wearing an apron with a nice blouse visible under it. When Miss [=McGill=] (who is an attractive brunette in her 30s) turns and walks back into the house with Lowe's character following her, both he and the viewer can see that she is wearing very tight short-shorts under the apron. |
| 158 | [[/folder]] |
| 159 | |
| 160 | [[folder:Literature]] |
| 161 | * In one of Phyllis Reynolds Naylor's ''Alice'' books, on the the main character's older brother's birthday, his girlfriend cooks him dinner while wearing only panties. |
| 162 | * In ''[[Literature/BridgetJones Bridget Jones's Diary]]'', Bridget has a [[NotWearingPantsDream nightmare]] where she has to take A-level French while wearing nothing but her Domestic Science apron. When she tells it to Daniel (her boyfriend) he asks her to "run over the bit" about the apron again. |
| 163 | * ''Literature/TheMasterAndMargarita'': Hella wears this when she's not completely naked. |
| 164 | * In ''Literature/TheOtherworld'', Karl wants Hope to cook him breakfast naked for his birthday. She refuses -- bacon grease is hot. So he puts her in his shirt, nothing else, no panties, which barely covers her butt. |
| 165 | -->'''Hope:''' Having sex with a woman ''while'' she's cooking your breakfast? Your fantasies are showing your age. |
| 166 | [[/folder]] |
| 167 | |
| 168 | [[folder:Live-Action TV]] |
| 169 | * An episode of ''Series/{{Bewitched}}'', "Bewitched, Bothered, and Baldoni", features a statue of Venus being turned into a real woman and ending up as the Stephens' maid. Samantha hands her an apron and asks her to put it on. When Venus comes out of the bathroom, Darrin gawks and Sam is shocked. |
| 170 | -->'''Sam:''' When I said, "Put on an apron", I didn't mean ''just'' an apron! Now why don't you be a good girl and go out... ''[Venus starts to turn around]'' backwards! And we'll make sure you get a uniform to go with that apron. |
| 171 | * The Canadian cooking show ''Barely Cooking'', hosted by a couple (a man and a woman) who wore nothing but an apron. |
| 172 | * There was another CookingShow, ''Cooking Naked'', who featured this with their (rotating) hosts. |
| 173 | * Referenced, but not actually seen, in an episode of ''Series/{{Frasier}}''. Roz is putting together an audition tape for an advice show gig and asks Daphne and Niles to pretend to be a couple who've lost their spark. Daphne has her character describe some of the things she's tried to do to spice things up including serving "Fred" dinner wearing only heels and an apron. Niles, who's secretly in love with Daphne, is very distracted by the mental image. |
| 174 | * The current popularity of this trope in Japan may be traced back to the aforementioned ''Gilgamesh Nights'', wherein a pornographic actress named Yuki Hitomi would do a cooking segment wearing nothing but an apron. |
| 175 | * In ''Series/{{Highlander}}'', Amanda once did this while crashing in Duncan's place. Duncan was not pleased by this. (The fans, on the other hand...) |
| 176 | * ''Series/LawAndOrderSpecialVictimsUnit'': Played sadistically in the episode "Authority". The manager of a fast-food joint receives a phone call from a police officer, who tells him to bind, gag, and strip-search a female employee until police arrive, leaving only her apron on. He complies, then the police arrive... to arrest him for sexual assault. The call was a fake. RippedFromTheHeadlines: [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Strip_search_prank_call_scam The Strip Search Prank Call Scam.]] |
| 177 | %% ** The episode "Sacrifice" had the detectives crash the set of a porno that seemingly involved this. |
| 178 | * ''Series/{{Soap}}:'' In a conversation with her sister and daughters, Jessica tells the story of how she tried to invoke this trope. She had read about a woman who wore a see-through apron and tried doing the same thing to spice up her marriage. Unfortunately, it didn't work; her husband just asked her if she was cooking dinner. Her daughters look completely shocked. |
| 179 | --> '''Corinne:''' You wore just a see-through apron? \ |
| 180 | '''Jessica:''' ''[pauses, confused]'' Just the apron? \ |
| 181 | '''Corinne:''' Yeah, Ma, just the apron. \ |
| 182 | '''Jessica:''' You mean, that woman wore just the apron? \ |
| 183 | ''[lets the implications sink in]'' I hope she wasn't cooking bacon! |
| 184 | * ''Series/{{Superstore}}'': In "Spokesman Scandal", Amy and Jonah engage in a prank war during work that ends with Jonah walking through the store wearing nothing but an apron... which he only finds awkward when he runs into Amy's husband. |
| 185 | * In an episode of ''Series/{{Wings}}'', Joe and Helen, having kicked Brian and Casey out of the house, decide that they will celebrate their newfound privacy by being "all nude, all the time" while at home. This later leads to an argument when she comes out of the kitchen wearing an apron, but nothing else. (He's covered up by a newspaper he's conveniently reading ''at arm's length'' while walking down the stairs.) |
| 186 | -->'''Joe:''' Helen, what is with that apron? I thought we agreed, all nude all the time!\ |
| 187 | '''Helen:''' I am ''not'' cooking bacon naked. |
| 188 | [[/folder]] |
| 189 | |
| 190 | [[folder:Music]] |
| 191 | * The Music/GarthBrooks song, "Somewhere other than the Night": |
| 192 | -->''She was standin' in the kitchen with nothin' but her apron on\ |
| 193 | And in disbelief he stood and he stared a while;\ |
| 194 | When their eyes met, they both began to smile....'' |
| 195 | [[/folder]] |
| 196 | |
| 197 | [[folder:Music Videos]] |
| 198 | * The video for Music/{{Genesis|Band}} song "Jesus He Knows Me" features a woman dressed just this way [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=EprQGmZ3Imw#t=203 during the pool scene at the bridge]]. She's the one working the barbecue. In case you're not familiar with the video, she's a housemaid of a TV evangelist. |
| 199 | [[/folder]] |
| 200 | |
| 201 | [[folder:Pro Wrestling]] |
| 202 | * When [[Wrestling/StacyCarter Stacy "The Kat" Carter]] was married to Wrestling/JerryLawler, she did a photoshoot for his website wearing just an apron. This included butt shots, nipple slips and HandOrObjectUnderwear. |
| 203 | [[/folder]] |
| 204 | |
| 205 | [[folder:Video Games]] |
| 206 | * In ''VideoGame/AdventureQuestWorlds'' Harvest Festival Feast event, Oishii looks like she's wearing one of these. At the very least, she's wearing it over a {{Stripperiffic}} outfit of the same color. |
| 207 | * Tyria from ''VideoGame/ArTonelicoQogaKnellOfArCiel'' wears one over a swimsuit in her true ending. |
| 208 | * For some reason or another, Toy Chica from ''VideoGame/FiveNightsAtFreddys2'' seems to be doing this. She's an ''[[WhatDoYouMeanItsForKids animatronic meant to entertain children, at a children's restaurant]]''. Creator/MaxGilardi takes this to its most logical {{fanservice}}-y [[http://youtu.be/uIUbLF5cJrU conclusion]] in "WebAnimation/{{Fazbear and Friends|MaxGilardi}}". |
| 209 | * One of the available looks for Brooke in ''VideoGame/HunieCamStudio'' is this, and is also what she wears in her eyecatch. |
| 210 | * In ''VideoGame/KnightsOfXentar'' Luna -- the female lead -- appears this way in WhereAreTheyNowEpilogue (cooking for her husband). The game doesn't come any closer to showing her naked. |
| 211 | * In ''[[VideoGame/WWEVideoGames Smackdown vs. Raw 2011]]'' equipping an apron results in female's characters bikini top disappearing. |
| 212 | * Equipping an apron but no other top on a female created character in ''[[VideoGame/SoulSeries Soul Calibur IV and Soul Calibur V]]'' results in their usual bikini top disappearing. Oddly, if the apron is broken, their bikini top reappears. |
| 213 | [[/folder]] |
| 214 | |
| 215 | [[folder:Visual Novels]] |
| 216 | * In ''VisualNovel/FragmentsNote'', Kazuhide talks Mischa into doing this for Yukiha. |
| 217 | * There exists a VN called ''Hadaka Apron Gakuen'' (literally ''Naked Apron School''). [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin Take a guess what the uniform for female students is.]] |
| 218 | * In ''VisualNovel/MajikoiLoveMeSeriously'' on Yukie's route she prepares breakfast one morning like this. Yamato is delighted and decides breakfast can wait as after seeing her like that he other things on his mind. |
| 219 | * One of the costumes the player can make Sonico wear in ''VisualNovel/SoniComi'' is a naked apron. It's an all ages game, though, so it comes with panties. It's actually a bowdlerized version of a costume worn in one of the official illustrations, which had a thong in place of the panties. Taken even further with an official figure based on the illustration, in which the panties are removable for full effect, [[{{Fanservice}} though so is the apron itself]]. |
| 220 | * In ''VisualNovel/YuNo'', Takuya encounters [[spoiler:a CuteMute girl named Sayless and they begin living together]]. The girl wears nothing but an apron while making food, in a scene that marks how close they've become. Later, she stops wearing it naked once [[spoiler:their kid is born]], which Takuya is slightly disappointed by. |
| 221 | [[/folder]] |
| 222 | |
| 223 | [[folder:Webcomics]] |
| 224 | * Shown in a strip of ''[[Webcomic/AsNano A's Nano]]'', the ''Anime/MagicalGirlLyricalNanoha'' {{Fan Webcomic|s}}, where costume changes are discussed. |
| 225 | * Not actually used, but [[ImagineSpot imagined]] by [[http://www.cheercomic.com/?date=2006-04-29 Robert]] with Sam in ''[[Webcomic/TheWotch Cheer!]]''. |
| 226 | * Used in the [[http://www.thedevilbear.com/?p=2 first page]] of ''Webcomic/DevilBear'' when Lucy, the Daiva of Lust, is filling in for the Daiva of Gluttony position. |
| 227 | * ''Webcomic/ElGoonishShive'': |
| 228 | ** A {{gender|Bender}}bent Tedd wears the [[http://www.egscomics.com/?date=2005-05-30 scantily clad version]] while cooking. |
| 229 | ** Elliot subconsciously [[http://www.egscomics.com/?date=2012-03-26 morphs his undershirt into a apron]] (which given the nature of his shapeshifting abilities turns him into a girl in the process). |
| 230 | * ''Webcomic/GirlGenius'': The Foglios prove that the effect can be achieved [[http://www.girlgeniusonline.com/comic.php?date=20150701 even when the subject is fully clothed]]. |
| 231 | * In ''Webcomic/GirlsWithSlingshots'', Mimi asks Thea about this following a discussion of a dream one of them had with her doing this while making a meatloaf. Thea refuses on the grounds that she has no idea how to make a meatloaf. |
| 232 | * In ''Webcomic/GroovyKinda'', early on we get Edison for her Larr'Pye. |
| 233 | * In ''Webcomic/GrrlPower'', alien succubus Dabbler apparently regards this, rather predictably, as normal wear for cooking (and the apron has a risqué slogan on it) -- though before the fact is revealed, she has been persuaded to at least start wearing panties. (Even though they are black, lacy and rather small.) Also, several of the men (and Harem) have lined up chairs [[MaleGaze so they can watch]]. Anvil, however, is just there for the cookies. |
| 234 | -->'''Maxima:''' I told you no more naked apron cooking!\ |
| 235 | '''Dabbler:''' I'm wearing panties this time!\ |
| 236 | '''Maxima:''' It's still inappropriate... |
| 237 | * ''Webcomic/{{Housepets}}'': An apron is often the only article of clothing Lucretia wears, usually the same 'SNIFF THE COOK' one. Justified in that she's a wolf, and most of the rest of her family don't wear clothes either. |
| 238 | * ''Webcomic/KarinDou4koma'': Used by Mifi in one strip in a planned Valentine's Day gimmick for Elza, and together with Aiina in two others as part of a LysistrataGambit against Elza. |
| 239 | * ''Webcomic/MenageA3'' seems quite fond of the trope for both sexes: |
| 240 | ** [=DiDi=] [[{{Fanservice}} pulls]] this off [[DistractedByTheSexy quite distractingly]], starting with strip #431 (March 28, 2011, NSFW). |
| 241 | ** Peggy employs one while trying to make Zii jealous over Sonya (strip #835, January 09, 2014, NSFW). |
| 242 | * In ''Webcomic/{{Outsiders}}'', Siobhan prepares her house for a night of intimacy before her lover, Ebony, comes home. One of the ways she does this is by stripping down to nothing but an apron and waiting for Ebony's return, who comments with surprise how cold she is after waiting so long for her. |
| 243 | -->'''Siobhan:''' I hope you're hungry, I cooked your favourite!\ |
| 244 | '''Ebony:''' Ooh, please tell me you're fully naked under that.\ |
| 245 | '''Siobhan:''' A good chef doesn't miss the best bits!\ |
| 246 | '''Ebony:''' Ooh, I know I'm gonna eat toni... ''[touches Siobhan's bottom]'' Christ! You're cold!.\ |
| 247 | '''Siobhan:''' Hehe! I've been waiting in this apron for so long, I'm bloody freezing!\ |
| 248 | '''Ebony:''' Well, let me warm you up then... |
| 249 | * ''Webcomic/RogueDiamond'': Pinkie Pie wears only an apron when she is cooking. She says it is necessary because the kitchen becomes very hot when the flames are turned up all the way, but she also likes to tease Spike with her body. |
| 250 | * Seen briefly in [[http://www.sinfest.net/view.php?date=2008-08-17 the second panel]] of a ''Webcomic/{{Sinfest}}'' strip. |
| 251 | * The strip of ''Webcomic/{{Springiette}}'' titled [[http://www.springiette.net/strips/Awkwarse "Awkwarse"]]. |
| 252 | * ''Webcomic/TwoKinds'': |
| 253 | ** Done by Kathrin in [[http://twokinds.keenspot.com/archive.php?p=622 this strip]]. Notable due to [[InnocentFanserviceGirl Kathrin]] usually wearing even ''less'' -- with the addition of this trope to her catalog, Kat is rapidly becoming [=TwoKinds=]' [[MsFanservice premier fanservice model]]. |
| 254 | --->[[AltText "Strange how wearing an apron can seem more revealing than nothing at all."]] |
| 255 | ** Flora does the same for [[https://www.deviantart.com/twokinds/art/Twokinds-12th-Anniversary-567889567 this 12th anniversary image]], which (in a CallBack to [[https://www.deviantart.com/twokinds/art/Keith-s-Birthday-Suit-141890011 this image]]) seems to give Natani some ideas... |
| 256 | * In ''Webcomic/TheWhiteboard'' Pirta is seen preparing dinner for her and Jake's first night living together wearing [[http://www.the-whiteboard.com/autotwb2376.html nothing but an apron]], with a bit of lampshade hanging when she reminds herself not to forget the cheesecake. And [[http://www.the-whiteboard.com/autotwb2379.html when he does arrive]] she casts it aside. |
| 257 | [[/folder]] |
| 258 | |
| 259 | [[folder:Web Original]] |
| 260 | * [[http://cheezburger.com/3294059776 This Demotivational Poster]]. |
| 261 | * ''Website/GaiaOnline'' sells aprons that'll give you this appearance in its stores. |
| 262 | [[/folder]] |
| 263 | |
| 264 | [[folder:Western Animation]] |
| 265 | * ''WesternAnimation/{{Leisure}}'': A gag about "housewives wanting romance" is illustrated with a drawing of a woman wearing an apron and nothing else. |
| 266 | * This outfit appears on Gerald's mother in the ''WesternAnimation/PerfectHairForever'' episode "Woke Up Drunk". |
| 267 | * An episode of the German/Dutch series ''WesternAnimation/SchoolForVampires'' has the main cast go trick or treating. One scene has the kids trick or treating a woman who's handing out candy while wearing a topless apron as a costume. |
| 268 | * ''WesternAnimation/StevenUniverse'': Bismuth wears only a blacksmith apron and LongPants, [[NonhumansLackAttributes though this is less provocative than it sounds]]. An animation error briefly has the pants colored the same as her skin, making it seem like the apron was her only clothing. |
| 269 | [[/folder]] |
| 270 | |
| 271 | !!Men: |
| 272 | |
| 273 | [[folder:Advertising]] |
| 274 | * A British TV advert featured a man warning his male housemates to be on their best behavior when he brings his girlfriend home for the first time. As soon as he leaves the room the housemates leap into action, and the girlfriend walks in to find them all cheerfully performing domestic duties in nothing but aprons. The man quickly ushers her out. |
| 275 | [[/folder]] |
| 276 | |
| 277 | [[folder:Anime & Manga]] |
| 278 | * In the chapter six extra of manga, ''Apron de Choushoku wo'', "house husband" Shirakawa capitulates under his partner's constant requests to wear a naked apron and proceeds to grant his wish as a birthday gift. |
| 279 | * In the last chapter of ''Ashita mo Tanin'', the protagonist Akio's new boss, Tsukada, suggests that he wear an apron to express his feelings for his childhood friend-turned-lover, Ryousuke. Akio wears an apron with underwear underneath and welcomes Ryousuke home from work. An excited Ryousuke strips Akio of his briefs and completely loses control and later tells Akio to never ask his boss for love advice again. |
| 280 | * ''Webcomic/HetaliaAxisPowers'': |
| 281 | ** England's "Sexy Waiter" IconicOutfit is basically the lower half of a Hadaka Apron. |
| 282 | ** Hong Kong ends up wearing a white one in the ''Hetalia Bloodbath'', after taking off his {{meido}} outfit [[PleasePutSomeClothesOn and getting scolded by China.]] |
| 283 | ** In the 2011 Aprils Fools even, America and Spain end up wearing "Sexy Waiter" outfits, too. America is embarrassed, Spain is amused. |
| 284 | -->'''Romano:''' Are you really okay dressed like ''that'', you idiot?\ |
| 285 | '''Spain:''' It feels great, with the weather and the breeze! |
| 286 | * In the last chapter of ''Barairo Mitsubachi'', a new school teacher, Aoi, accuses his benefactor, Kazoumoi, of being a "dirty old man" when the latter fondles him as he's cooking dinner. Aoi is wearing an apron at the time and Kazoumoi promises to show him what being a "dirty old man" is really about. In the next frame, a protesting and embarrassed Aoi has been completely stripped of his clothes under his apron. |
| 287 | * In a character special in the ''Manga/{{Bleach}}'' manga, Kon goes around interviewing characters around Urahara Shoten. He winds up skipping the interview with Tessai (large, muscular guy) after finding him putting on his trademark apron... with nothing on underneath. |
| 288 | * The bonus chapter "Naked A-p0rn" of ''Elektel Delusion''. Shunpei reads a pornographic magazine, with a naked-apron wearing model and discusses what's so good about the trope. Fumi then proceeds to imagine an entire scene with Shunpei wearing one. |
| 289 | * Isshiki from ''Manga/FoodWars'' wears just an apron back at the dorm as one of his default outfits. The others are a {{Fundoshi}} for yard-work, and a very elegant suit-and-tie for when he has to [[LetsGetDangerous get serious.]] |
| 290 | * ''Anime/{{Free}}'' has a variation in the first episode, with Haru wearing an apron over his swimsuit while he cooks mackerel for breakfast. This scenario is repeated in the first episode of ''Eternal Summer''. |
| 291 | * In the one-shot manga, ''Itoshii, to Iu Koto'', a company supervisor goes to check on the health of one of his junior staff, who is off work sick. He begins to prepare a meal for his kouhai and puts on an apron, when his trousers and underwear are stripped from his body. |
| 292 | * ''Anime/KamisamaKazoku'': Shortly after the example above in the female section, we see Samataro's father (a.k.a. God) wearing a naked apron too. Of course, [[FanDisservice this isn't as nice a sight as the previous example]]. |
| 293 | * A teenage heir, Yukitaka, demands that his 22-year-old butler, Munukata, perform his household duties consisting of a maid uniform in chapter seven of the manga, ''Kimi De Oboreta Ato Wa''. Munukata is embarrassed and highly reluctant, but his professional pride makes him determined to please his master. When Yukitaka tells Munukata he likes seeing him in erotic outfits, the obliging butler takes the initiative to order a frilly apron online and only wears a matching g-string and knee high pantyhose and suspenders underneath. |
| 294 | * In chapter four of the manga, ''Koisuru Omocha'', famous author Aonuma, demands that his eager-to-please editor, Sawai, clean his home wearing nothing but an apron. The starstruck Sawai has no choice but to comply, thinking that Aonuma is asking him for "research" purposes. In chapter seven of the same manga, a house husband, Makoto, is caught by his lover Kazuma wearing nothing but a T-shirt and an apron. |
| 295 | * In the manga ''Love Kitchen'', Dr Kurusu is loaned an android robot, Sakuya, to help him with his household chores. Sakuya's standard uniform is a naked apron. |
| 296 | * On White Day, in volume two, chapter one of the manga ''Love Stage'', Rei wears nothing but a plaid apron for his lover Shougo. Rei tries to prepare snacks for him before they're both so distracted that food becomes the last thing on their mind. |
| 297 | * In one-shot manga ''Love Sweat'', school art club member Yuu wears a naked apron whenever he paints in his dorm room because he doesn't want to dirty his clothes. Shouji, who shares a dorm room with him, is left completely flustered. |
| 298 | * In one chapter of ''Manga/MeruPuri'', Aram, after forgetting the magical ring that ages his clothes up with him, is forced by Airi to wear an apron after his aging curses activates. |
| 299 | * In chapter five of manga, ''Mitsu No Tsumatta Joushi'', the protagonist, Riku, is wearing an apron over his clothing when his trousers and underwear are stripped from him leaving his lower half exposed. |
| 300 | * The first chapter of ''Oku-san's Daily Fantasies'' involves the titular character being "forced" into wearing one by Sudou. |
| 301 | * In chapter 5 of manga ''Twin's Labyrinth'', Ren wears a naked apron for his lover's birthday, although it doesn't remain on for very long. |
| 302 | * This happens in episode 15 of ''Anime/TheWallflower'', in which Noi (while under the influence of a pirate ghost) hallucinates Takenaga cooking her dinner in nothing but a pink frilly apron. |
| 303 | * It's played for laughs in manga, ''Yome ni Konai ka'' (''Will You Become My Wife?'') where 30-year-old salary man, Keigo, desperately yearns for a "beautiful wife". His wish is magically answered by Kazumi, who appears at his front door, and proceeds to leave his home looking spotless and cook a delicious meal for him. At the start of chapter two, Kazumi greets him at home wearing nothing but a frilly apron and Keigo can't help but become increasingly titillated. |
| 304 | [[/folder]] |
| 305 | |
| 306 | [[folder:Arts]] |
| 307 | * The statue of Vulcan on Red Mountain in Birmingham, Alabama, was built to symbolize the city's thriving steelmaking industry. From most viewpoints, Vulcan looks majestic with a big blacksmith's apron and a raised hand. However, for decades the neighborhoods behind Red Mountain enjoyed the sight of a giant iron butt on top of the mountain, since Vulcan is ''only'' wearing the apron and it doesn't wrap around. Recently, the statue was taken down, and repaired. The iron moon is still shining, but it's not aimed at a residential area now. |
| 308 | [[/folder]] |
| 309 | |
| 310 | [[folder:Comic Books]] |
| 311 | * Mister Mxyzptlk once makes ComicBook/{{Superman}} powerless and dresses up in only an apron so that a super-powered Lois Lane can rescue him. |
| 312 | [[/folder]] |
| 313 | |
| 314 | [[folder:Films -- Live-Action]] |
| 315 | * Shown in a montage during ''Film/TheFiveYearEngagement''. Creator/JasonSegel is serving Creator/EmilyBlunt a homemade breakfast in a long sleeve shirt and an apron. We assume he is fully clothed but he turns around to show his behind to the camera and his on-screen fiancé. |
| 316 | %%* The male version happens in ''Film/FreeEnterprise''. |
| 317 | * ''Film/TheBirdcage'': An early scene sees house keeper [[CampGay Agadore Spartacus]] making breakfast for the Goldmans wearing only an apron and some tiny cut-off shorts. |
| 318 | * Creator/RichardEGrant does this in ''How to Get Ahead in Advertising'' as part of his nervous breakdown and disgust with his advertising career. ItMakesSenseInContext. |
| 319 | * Buzz Hauser (Jason Alexander) at one point in ''Love! Valour! Compassion!'' |
| 320 | * Also in ''Theatre/MammaMia'', where it's not obvious until the character turns around and walks away. According to some commentary online, the actor did this on his own as a prank. |
| 321 | * In ''Creator/MontyPython at the Hollywood Bowl'', John Cleese, Graham Chapman, Terry Jones, and Terry Gilliam perform "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FKeQpeDkoGc Sit on My Face]]" in waiter outfits and aprons. Once the song ends, they turn and walk offstage, revealing their naked buttocks. |
| 322 | * Appears as a FunnyBackgroundEvent in the second ''[[Film/TheNakedGun Naked Gun]]'' movie. |
| 323 | * In an infamous scene in the classic Creator/WoodyAllen film ''Film/{{Sleeper}}'', at one point protagonist Miles Monroe finds himself in an apartment where some gay men live. Enter the butler, clad only in an apron. |
| 324 | [[/folder]] |
| 325 | |
| 326 | [[folder:Live-Action TV]] |
| 327 | * In an episode of ''Series/ThirdRockFromTheSun'', Harry decides that clothes are a scam and spends the episode naked. He decides to put on an apron while frying... bacon or something, but frequently has to turn around, exposing his back to the grease. He turns back very fast. |
| 328 | * [[FanDisservice Rather alarmingly]], Blackadder's BumblingSidekick Baldrick does this in ''[[Series/{{Blackadder}} Blackadder: Back and Forth]]''. Tony Robinson is gifted in the body hair department. |
| 329 | -->'''Blackadder:''' Baldrick, why are you dressed like that?\ |
| 330 | '''Baldrick:''' Do you want the long answer or the short answer?\ |
| 331 | '''Blackadder:''' Mm, the short answer.\ |
| 332 | '''Baldrick:''' Whim.\ |
| 333 | '''Blackadder:''' "Whim". And the long answer?\ |
| 334 | '''Baldrick:''' It was a whim, my lord. |
| 335 | %%* Wally from ''The Brady Brides'' (a spinoff of ''Series/TheBradyBunch'') did this. |
| 336 | * Walt does this (well, except he keeps his underwear on -- thankfully) in the first episode of ''Series/BreakingBad''. |
| 337 | * In the Bravo reality show ''Chef Academy'', contestant Emmanuel volunteered to serve a birthday cake to another contestant while wearing nothing but an apron (and a smile, and some body oil!). Since Emmanuel was very, very attractive (he'd had a previous career as a porn star), this was definitely ''{{Fanservice}}''. |
| 338 | * ''Series/{{Fringe}}'': In "Back to Where You've Never Been", Peter has a dream that he is back home, which includes his father wearing nothing but an apron while making him breakfast. |
| 339 | * In an interesting inversion/twist, ''Series/{{House}}'' starts out an episode making breakfast while naked at his and Wilson's place (when he was supposed to be away on a business trip), where Wilson's latest girlfriend runs into him. This is combined with NakedFirstImpression and PleasePutSomeClothesOn when she hands House an apron. (Which he does.) |
| 340 | * ''Series/{{Manchild}}'' does this once for laughs with Anthony Head's character. It is also a naked body apron in another sense, depicting a nude male body with a fig leaf in front. |
| 341 | * Happens in the ''Series/MidsomerMurders'' episode "[[Recap/MidsomerMurdersS4E2 Destroying Angel]]". Barnaby arrives to question a middle-aged, male suspect only to find him doing a spot of baking wearing nothing but an apron. |
| 342 | * Creator/MontyPython did this in one of their live performances during the "Sit on My Face" number. |
| 343 | * Several episodes of ''Series/OrphanBlack'' have Felix do this while painting. |
| 344 | * A bizarre example in ''Series/{{Roseanne}}''; the end of one episode parodies porn videos and has Roseanne, Jackie and Nancy dressed in blonde wigs and pink waitress outfits all surround a patron before the scene [[SexyDiscretionShot dissolving into static]]. It then cuts the patron wearing one of their aprons while cleaning out the grease trap. |
| 345 | [[/folder]] |
| 346 | |
| 347 | [[folder:Toys]] |
| 348 | * ''Toys/{{Uglydolls}}'': A safe-for-work example, Wage wears an apron (because he works at Price Hike, even though he doesn't actually work there) and nothing else. Though, to be fair, there isn't really anything underneath, and Uglies don't usually wear clothes. |
| 349 | [[/folder]] |
| 350 | |
| 351 | [[folder:Video Games]] |
| 352 | * Not done for fanservice, since he's a FunnyAnimal character in a cartoonish everyone-rated game, but Tom Nook from ''VideoGame/AnimalCrossing'' is wearing just a blue apron while he's running Nook's Cranny. Likewise, hedgehog seamstresses Mabel and Sable Able wear only aprons. |
| 353 | * [[DeadlyDoctor "Dr." Richard Trager]] from ''VideoGame/{{Outlast}}''. One of the rare times you'll wish the trope was {{averted|Trope}}. |
| 354 | * ''VideoGame/WizardsAndWarriors'': The Store Clerk in ''Ironsword: Wizards & Warriors II'' wears nothing under his green apron. (Well, actually he may be wearing clothes the same color as his skin due to palette limitations, but he sure ''looks'' naked.) |
| 355 | [[/folder]] |
| 356 | |
| 357 | [[folder:Visual Novels]] |
| 358 | * {{Cl|oudcuckoolander}}ear from ''VisualNovel/DramaticalMurder'' does this while cooking breakfast for [[CloudcuckoolandersMinder "Master" Aoba]]. Hilariously, Clear is still wearing his {{gas mask|LongCoat}} despite being naked (aside from the apron, of course). |
| 359 | [[/folder]] |
| 360 | |
| 361 | [[folder:Webcomics]] |
| 362 | * The trope shows up in ''Webcomic/GoodbyeChains''. We won't spoil ''how'', but fangirls will appreciate it in full. |
| 363 | * ''Webcomic/GroovyKinda'', around midway there's [[spoiler: 15 y.o. Jacob for Anya.]] |
| 364 | * ''Webcomic/MenageA3'' puts naked aprons on male as well as female characters: |
| 365 | ** PetHomosexual Dillon wears one as a favor for his friend Zii (strip #154, May 22, 2009, NSFW). |
| 366 | ** Another strip (#191, August 17, 2009, NSFW) has Matt wearing one for Sandra, though the badminton racket might be a partial motivator there too. |
| 367 | * See the Beauty Man Garden busboy (or at least dishwasher) uniforms from ''Webcomic/OkashinaOkashi''. |
| 368 | * This ''Webcomic/TwoKinds'' [[https://www.deviantart.com/twokinds/art/Keith-s-Birthday-Suit-141890011 image]] features Keith in one of these. It's given a CallBack in [[https://www.deviantart.com/twokinds/art/Twokinds-12th-Anniversary-567889567 this anniversary image]], where Flora's Naked Apron gives Natani some ideas... |
| 369 | [[/folder]] |
| 370 | |
| 371 | [[folder:Western Animation]] |
| 372 | * ''WesternAnimation/{{Animaniacs}}'': In season 1 episode 13 the "La Behemoth" the male hippo at one point only wears an apron. But he has BarbieDollAnatomy/ is a HalfDressedCartoonAnimal. (But this show would do it.) |
| 373 | * ''WesternAnimation/{{Chowder}}'': Shnitzel sometimes wears pants under his apron, sometimes not. This being a children's cartoon, the trope is mostly PlayedForLaughs |
| 374 | * Timmy's dad went one episode of ''WesternAnimation/TheFairlyOddParents'' set in a hospital dressed only in an open-backed patient's apron. This was played very much for laughs and FanDisservice, since Timmy did ''not'' appreciate having to see his father's naked ass. |
| 375 | * WesternAnimation/{{Goofy}} at the very beginning of the ''WesternAnimation/HouseOfMouse'' short "How to Be a Spy". |
| 376 | * The Larry 3000 on ''WesternAnimation/TimeSquad'' sometimes wears a pink apron, a chef's hat, and nothing else. |
| 377 | [[/folder]] |
| 378 | |
| 379 | !!Both Genders: |
| 380 | |
| 381 | [[folder:Live-Action TV]] |
| 382 | * ''Series/TheAlmightyJohnsons'': [[spoiler: Ty and Dawn]] do some baking together in aprons only while waiting for the Gar in the "The End of the World As We Know It" episode. |
| 383 | * One episode of ''Series/NewGirl'' has Jess in a naked apron to seduce her new boyfriend Ryan. During the SexMontage at the end, Winston is wearing the same apron as he gets it on with the GirlOfTheWeek (who happens to be a lunch lady). |
| 384 | [[/folder]] |
| 385 | |
| 386 | %% [[folder:Podcasts]] |
| 387 | %% * ''Podcast/RandomAssault'': Mentioned in the ChristmasSpecial. |
| 388 | %% [[/folder]] |
| 389 | |
| 390 | [[folder:Video Games]] |
| 391 | * The "First Times" gallery in ''VideoGame/Haven2020'' features Yu and Kay wearing naked aprons in separate images. |
| 392 | * ''VideoGame/WorldOfWarcraft'' has a similar look when equipping a tabard (and optionally a belt) with nothing underneath it. Notably, since tabards (unlike most armor) aren't damaged when you die, this is used to give some semblance of dignity to "corpse runs". However, since you do not lose your gear when you die, and anything you have in your bags is also damaged when you die, the practicality of this is somewhat suspect. It also makes you look NAKEDER, since the tabard looks accident-prone, and covers your underwear. For Double Points: there is actually a tabard that is explicitly an [[http://www.wowhead.com/item=86468/apron Apron]], it's part of a cooking set including a frying pan and a rolling pin. |
| 393 | [[/folder]] |
| 394 | |
| 395 | [[folder:Webcomics]] |
| 396 | * ''Webcomic/{{Freefall}}'': The [[http://freefall.purrsia.com/ff3100/fc03037.htm morning after]] Florence and Winston move in together, they both {{Invoke|dTrope}} this independently of each other. Just because they're still navigating all the implications of their InterspeciesRomance doesn't mean they can't put on a bit of a show for each other (albeit Winston keeps undies since he doesn't have a tail to help his modesty). |
| 397 | ** This is closely followed by a robot showing up with a claim to the apron Florence is using; the robot innocently tries to [[http://freefall.purrsia.com/ff3100/fc03041.htm take it]] (though she delays the exchange long enough to get some clothes on). The whole sequence is played sweet, wholesome, and squeaky clean -- but this ''is'' the webcomic that uses (and lampshades) [[http://freefall.purrsia.com/ff2600/fc02586.htm in-universe censor bars]] during shower scenes, and where childlike AIs like Helix are physically prevented from viewing anything [[http://freefall.purrsia.com/ff300/fv00203.htm scandalous]]. |
| 398 | * In ''Webcomic/StickyDillyBuns'', Amber and Dillon both wear naked aprons in a joint attempt to determine a new neighbor's sexuality (January 18 2013 and January 25 2013 strips, borderline NSFW). |
| 399 | * Done in [[https://www.deviantart.com/twokinds/art/6-Years-of-Twokinds-147074368 this anniversary image]] from ''Webcomic/TwoKinds'', with Keith, Laura and Natani. |
| 400 | [[/folder]] |
| 401 | |
| 402 | [[folder:Western Animation]] |
| 403 | * In ''WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic'', Mr. and Mrs. Cake's default state of dress is just a baking apron. Not that it matters, as they're both {{Funny Animal}}s that often wear no clothing at all. |
| 404 | [[/folder]] |
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