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5	[[caption-width-right:241:UsefulNotes/AmeliaEarhart became the first woman to fly solo across the Atlantic through the power of her aerodynamic apparel.]]
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7	->''"She danced by me in painted-on jeans..."''
8	-->-- '''Billy Ocean''', "Caribbean Queen"
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10	If you're looking for something comfortable, [[{{Fanservice}} sexy]], aerodynamic, [[DepartmentOfRedundancyDepartment sexy]], chic, and [[RuleOfThree sexy]] for your characters to fight in, party in or just walk around in, look no further than skin-tight pants, preferably spandex or leather so that they can be shiny too.
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12	''Unless'' they're spandex, the "fight" part doesn't really work. Seriously. Female characters with nice legs and buttocks almost always feature a {{fanservice}}-heavy [[SheFu fighting style]] with [[KickChick lots of high kicks]]. Ask your local taekwondo coach to teach you some high kicks. Now put on some skin-tight leather or denim pants. Now do your high kicks. See the problem? That problem arises only if we're assuming our superwoman hasn't broken an ankle running about in [[CombatStilettos stiletto heels]] or thrown herself to the ground from her own [[JigglePhysics forward momentum]], of course.
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14	These are gold mines for having {{fanservice}} without looking too blatant and seeming hip at the same time: they're tight and shiny, which means that they show off every curve and contour of the wearer's body, and, in games, allow for heavy JigglePhysics. Extra points if the wearer is wearing a top made out of the same material, covering all the fanservice bases.
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16	These really became popular in the [[TheSeventies Seventies]] and [[TheEighties Eighties]]. See also MostCommonSuperpower, as clothes like this are used to emphasize that.
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18	See also SuperheroesWearTights.
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20	'''Note:''' Full skintight bodysuits are [[SpyCatsuit a different trope altogether]], as are cases when the outfit [[BodyPaint really is painted on]]. FormFittingWardrobe is for when clothing clings like this but is made of materials that shouldn't.
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22	!!Examples:
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24	[[folder:Anime and Manga]]
25	* ''Manga/DeathNote'' gives us a rare male example in the form of Mello.
26	* The standard women's uniform in ''Anime/HeroicAge'' could not possibly get more form-fitting.
27	* ''Manga/KenichiTheMightiestDisciple'': Miu's outfit is so skin-tight that she is accused of wearing body-paint a couple of times (by jealous girls).
28	* ''Anime/TheLegendOfThunder'' the ''Pokemon'' sub-mini series took the Tomboy Kris and [[GirlinessUpgrade girled her up]] quite a bit and changed her name to Marina. As she served as the series's eye candy in a kid's show her shorts don't hug her Johto butt but [[https://i.imgur.com/84QPaXK.png do outline]] what one can expect to see under her shorts quite accurately.
29	* Funnily enough, despite [[ImprobablyFemaleCast the prominence of females]] in ''Franchise/LyricalNanoha'', the first one to get the skintight leather pants treatment is Tohma, the male protagonist of ''Manga/MagicalRecordLyricalNanohaForce'', while he's using the [[SuperPoweredEvilSide Black Knight form]]. Females tend to get skintight bodysuits instead.
30	* ''Manga/NausicaaOfTheValleyOfTheWind'' has the titular princess in form-fitting white leggings, but they aren't really played for fanservice. However, the film did once have a reputation for having viewers think that Nausicaä was flying around pantsless and underwear free due to old VHS fansubs where the footage had degraded so much through multiple copying that they looked more skin-toned in colour.
31	* In ''Manga/NegimaMagisterNegiMagi'', [[RobotGirl Chachamaru]] occasionally wears stuff like this. Not to mention that she has thigh high stockings literally built into her synthetic skin.
32	* ''Manga/{{Saiyuki}}'' contains a male example.
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35	[[folder:Comic Books]]
36	* Marvel and DC is all over this; Basically, any superheroine who isn't wearing a full bodysuit has this, and every other female character after that. If not, it's a LeotardOfPower.
37	* Male comic characters also frequently appear to have been drawn naked but with BarbieDollAnatomy, and then colored like a ComicBook/CaptainAmerica suit, to the point of details like belly buttons showing. Really, clothes hanging like actual clothes is the exception, not the rule.
38	* ''ComicBook/{{Barracuda}}'': The Governor wears black leather pants that cling to her extremely shapely legs and ass like a second skin. It's a miracle that she can walk at all.
39	* ''ComicBook/{{Diabolik}}'': Rare non-fanservice (at least intentional) example: when stealing the Diabolik wears a full-body suit that covers everything but the eyes and makes him look like (in the words of a caricaturist) "a naked man completely painted black". {{Justified\|Trope}}: when studying martial arts in East Asia, trainees at his school had to wear a ninja suit and ''never'' show their face, and after a training accident in which his face was exposed he came up with the suit because it's much harder to grab. [[HyperspaceArsenal Where he keeps his knives when wearing that suit remains a mystery whose solution he's not willing to share]].
40	* ''ComicBook/{{Empowered}}'': Poor Empowered's super suit is canonically thinner than a soap bubble and so revealing it took her six months to work up enough nerve to wear it in public.
41	* ''ComicBook/{{Supergirl}}'': Several of Supergirl's costumes from the Bronze Age included form-fitting blue pants.
42	* ''ComicBook/StreetFighter'': Ibuki's otherwise rather loose ninja outfit [[https://i.imgur.com/XRnFJgD.jpg take the shape of her rear end]] in some scenes.
43	* ''ComicBook/{{WITCH}}'': Will Vandom from the New Power saga onwards.
44	* ''ComicBook/WonderWoman'': Wonder Woman has occasionally swapped her usual leotard or culottes for tight white pants.
45	* ''ComicBook/XMen'': ComicBook/{{Storm\|MarvelComics}} wore skin-tight black pants during her "punk" phase back in TheEighties.
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48	[[folder:Films -- Live-Action]]
49	* Creator/EddieMurphy used to wear clothes like this in [[WhatDoYouMeanItsNotForKids his stand-ups]] in TheEighties. To paraphrase Scrubs: "No wonder he called it [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eddie_Murphy_Raw 'Raw']]".
50	* ''Film/TheAddamsFamily'' presented a variant with Morticia's wardrobe: she had a full-length dress of equivalent tightness. The actress, poor Anjelica Huston, must have found it almost impossible to move. It was lampshaded in the sequel:
51	-->'''Debbie:''' I love your dress. It's so...''tight.''\
52	'''Morticia:''' Thank you.
53	* ''Film/BirdsOfPrey2020'': Dinah wears some seriously tight trousers, especially visible when she comes to Harley's rescue outside the club. Huntress even [[LampshadeHanging hangs a lampshade on them]] by complimenting her on her ability to perform high kicks while wearing them.
54	* In ''Film/CarryOnCruising'', two of the cruise's male ship staff wear skintight pants when they dress up in matador costumes for the ship's entertainment show. It ends [[FanDisservice horribly]] when [[WardrobeMalfunction they show the Captain]].
55	* Peter Vincent, Creator/DavidTennant's character in ''Film/FrightNight2011'', wears nearly painted-on leather pants. They become the source of a {{Squick}}-inducing funny moments in the HilariousOuttakes.
56	* "Sandy II" in ''Film/{{Grease}}''. Music/OliviaNewtonJohn had to have the pants sewn around her legs and the zipper actually broke.
57	* Jareth (''Creator/DavidBowie'') wears these in ''Film/{{Labyrinth}}'', to the point of infamy.
58	* The page image is Creator/AmyAdams as UsefulNotes/AmeliaEarhart in ''Film/NightAtTheMuseum: Battle of the Smithsonian''.
59	* The pants the male actors wore in ''Film/RockStar'' were so tight they had to have panels sewn into them so they could move, according to WordOfGod on the commentary. The musicians who had been dressing like that in TheEighties also said that was one thing they didn't miss about the era.
60	* ''Film/{{Pistolera}}'''s most common outfit for her RoaringRampageOfRevenge is a leather tank top and extremely tight leather pants.
61	* ActionGirl Selene, from the ''Film/{{Underworld\|2003}}'' series, wears skintight black latex pants as part of her everyday combat gear. A closeup showing this was inevitably placed front and center in the trailer.
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64	[[folder:Literature]]
65	* ''The Alchemist'' by Ken Goddard. A female undercover cop finds herself SayingTooMuch when describing her supposed criminal partners (also cops) and mentions the [[EatingTheEyeCandy very tight jeans]] one likes to wear. Fortunately the cop concerned is not [[SpiesInAVan listening to the bug]] at the time. His partner who is on surveillance duty just bursts out laughing and says he better wear "those tight-ass jeans of yours" when going to meet the crooks.
66	* ''Cry Wolf'', by Creator/WilburSmith. Sara Sigud wears tight-fitting embroidered breeches and explains that her grandfather decreed that the Ethiopian women had to wear them so they'd be difficult to remove for immoral purposes. Sara then goes on to explain that [[ReallyGetsAround in practice they're not that difficult to remove]], but are difficult to [[CoitusInterruptus get back on in a hurry]].
67	* Superskin, a bodystocking that fits like a second skin in Creator/RobertAHeinlein's ''Literature/{{Friday}}''.
68	* Skinsuits, the standard issue airtight, [[LatexSpacesuit skintight spacesuits]] in Literature/HonorHarrington need to be custom fitted for each person. Later in the series, even Nimitz the treecat gets one. In-text, they are described as being akin to a diving wet suit. Oddly enough, in official artwork, they're shown inevitably as spacesuits of a rather more ordinary make, a bit less bulgy than a standard spacesuit but still recognizably a spacesuit.
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71	[[folder:Live-Action TV]]
72	* Half the cast in ''Series/BlakesSeven'', Avon in particular. The infamous "lobster suit" apparently gave Creator/PaulDarrow some trouble when it came to running, and puzzled the audience when he had to [[HyperspaceArsenal produce props from nowhere]].
73	* ''Series/BuffyTheVampireSlayer'':
74	** The series gives us Faith, a sexy [[DarkActionGirl badgirl]] who definitely enjoyed flaunting her assets with her signature skintight leather pants. Buffy also got in on the action occasionally with ultra-snug leather pants of her own, though hers tended to be either red or ''[[GirlyBruiser pink]]''.
75	** In "[[Recap/BuffyTheVampireSlayerS7E6Him Him]]", Buffy makes snide comments about a girl doing a MatingDance in a really tight shirt and jeans, [[SheIsAllGrownUp only to realise it's her little sister, Dawn]].
76	* Erik Estrada of ''Series/{{CHIPs}}'' admitted the costumers sewed in extra zippers on his pants at strategic places.
77	* In another male example, Dr. Spencer Reid of ''Series/CriminalMinds''.
78	* ''Series/DoctorWho'':
79	** Jenny in "[[Recap/DoctorWhoS30E6TheDoctorsDaughter The Doctor's Daughter]]".
80	** River Song is also fond of pants very similar to the ones in page picture, even managing to run and fight in them. Lampshaded while ShowingOffTheNewBody and finding she's got a great ass. "Oh, that's MAGNIFICENT! I'm going to wear LOTS of jodhpurs!"
81	** Amy Pond generally opts for these when she's not in the mood for her usual mini skirts.
82	* ''Series/{{Firefly}}'s'' Malcolm Reynolds, AKA Captain Tightpants. They split on a number of occasions, and once get lost entirely. Zoe isn't immune either, given her frequent rather tight khaki style.
83	* ''Series/{{Friends}}'':
84	** Joey's carpentry jeans.
85	--->'''Chandler:''' My lord, those are snug!
86	** The [[HellbentForLeather black leather]] pants Ross buys himself as part of a NewYearsResolution. Chandler, whose resolution was to not make fun of his friends anymore, desperately wants to make fun of how tight they are and tries to prompt the others to mock them for him.
87	* ''Series/GenV'': In "[[Recap/GenVS01E01GodU God U.]]" Emma lends Marie an outfit to go clubbing with Golden Boy and his friends, but warns her that she'll need to apply lubricant on her legs to pull on the pants:
88	-->'''Marie:''' How am I supposed to pee?\
89	'''Emma:''' Oh, you don't. Like, literally never.
90	* Kurt Hummel from ''Series/{{Glee}}''. [[http://24.media.tumblr.com/896a38e98cbb2e9d71cb475e30671961/tumblr_mm7fbyZxi71qaxxelo1_250.gif His pants are sometimes so ridiculously tight]] you have to wonder [[http://31.media.tumblr.com/fde891fd1196b2c497e2105afc896f62/tumblr_mts0tjDwGu1qaedvuo3_250.gif how he can even walk in them at times]]. And he ''does'' do high kicks in them. Check out both 'Rose's Turn' and 'Time Warp' for proof. His actor Chris Colfer has even said that filming [[http://img3.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb20130117212712/glee/it/images/7/77/Kurt_not_the_boy_cover_wiki.jpg Not The Boy Next Door]] was "the battle of the bulge".
91	** Blaine too, though to a slightly lesser degree.
92	* As the host of ''Henson's Creature Shop Challenge'', Gigi Edgley's wardrobe leaves very little to the imagination.
93	* As are the ones favoured by Bree (and Skylar) on ''Series/LabRatsEliteForce''.
94	* ''Series/ShakeItUp'''s [=CeCe=] seems to like these.
95	* Kramer's jeans on ''Series/{{Seinfeld}}''.
96	-->'''Elaine:''' They're painted on!
97	* ''Series/StarTrekTheNextGeneration'': Creator/GeneRoddenberry forced the cast to wear costumes that were two sizes too small for the first season because he didn't want any wrinkles appearing in the clothing. This was so uncomfortable and hated by everyone that Creator/PatrickStewart ended up getting a note from his doctor stating that the studio would be held liable for any back problems he developed. Even after that, Councilor Troy's outfit was quite form-fitting.
98	* In an attempt to appear younger, Dick Solomon of ''Series/ThirdRockFromTheSun'' dyed his hair, and bought a new pair of pants. A very tight, and very squeaky pair of pants.
99	* James West (Creator/RobertConrad) in ''Series/TheWildWildWest'' - his legwear of choice was so tight that in fight scenes they were prone to splitting (and not always off-camera, as "The Night of the Pistoleros" demonstrates).
100	* ''Series/{{Wonder Woman\|1975}}'': In TheSeventies era of the show, Diana Prince frequently wore stylish and flattering outfits, including these type of pants. For example, in "The Fine Art of Crime", she can be seen wearing tight pants (with 70's bell bottoms!) while eluding a couple of [[{{Mooks}} thugs]].
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103	[[folder:Music]]
104	* Music/ArethaFranklin. From the song ''Freeway Of Love'':
105	-->''Knew you were a vision in white''\
106	''How'd ya get your pants so tight?''\
107	''Don't know what ya doin', but ya must be livin' right''
108	* Any picture taken of [[Music/{{ACDC}} Bon Scott]] is certain to draw one's gaze to the "area".
109	* ''Jon Bon Jovi''
110	* [[Music/TheDoors Jim Morrison]]
111	* Robert Plant of Music/LedZeppelin wore ''very'' tight jeans. Along with his [[WalkingShirtlessScene bare chest]] and blond hair, it became something of an iconic look.
112	** Plant himself, in an interview, noted that people only called him a "sex symbol" because "You can see my cock through my trousers. I don't have an instrument in front of mine."
113	* Quite a few PunkRock and HeavyMetal musicians in TheSeventies and TheEighties, too. Music/{{Megadeth}} [[http://www.megadeth.com/gallery/main.php?g2_view=core.ShowItem&g2_itemId=1411 in 1988]] [[http://www.megadeth.com/gallery/main.php?g2_view=core.ShowItem&g2_itemId=4009 and in 1990, for example.]]
114	* VisualKei musicians from TheEighties onward. Music/BuckTick's Atsushi Sakurai and [[Music/YoshikiHayashi Yoshiki]], [[Music/ToshimitsuDeyama Toshi]], Music/TaijiSawada, and [[Music/HiroshiMorie Heath]] of Music/XJapan are/were very famous for wearing these quite often. Among many, many others.
115	* Music/DollyParton's "Why'd You Come In Here Lookin' Like That":
116	-->Why'd you come in here lookin' like that, \
117	in your cowboy boots and your painted-on jeans?
118	* Steve Perry of Music/{{Journey\|Band}} wears these in the "Just The Same Way" music video.
119	* The early [[Music/TheRutles Rutles]] are best remembered for their tight pants.
120	* The line from Billy Ocean's "Caribbean Queen."
121	-->She danced by me, in painted on jeans.
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124	[[folder:Pinball]]
125	* The unnamed Thunder God of ''Pinball/{{Flash}}'' wears nothing but a pair of painted-on green spandex pants.
126	* In ''Pinball/ThePartyZone'', Captain B. Zarr's assorted female followers are fond of wearing painted-on pants with either solid colors or animal stripes.
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129	[[folder:Professional Wrestling]]
130	* Popular in ProfessionalWrestling, for both male and female wrestlers. This occasionally comes up for characters who are homages to wrestlers as well (such as Hugo from ''Franchise/StreetFighter'').
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133	[[folder:Theater]]
134	* Gretchen wore tight skinny jeans in the Off-Broadway performance of ''Theatre/JasperInDeadland''.
135	* Mimi's famous blue "Out Tonight" pants in ''Theatre/{{Rent}}''. Note that the actress wears them while dancing ''on a railing''.
136	** ''Theatre/ForbiddenBroadway''[='s=] ''Rent'' parody included a song called "Ouch, They're Tight!"
137	* In ''Theatre/TheRoseTattoo'', Serafina examines her daughter's sailor boyfriend from the front and back and asks him why they make Navy pants so tight. "That's a question you'll have to ask the Navy," he tells her.
138	* Fiyero's famous white pants in ''Theatre/{{Wicked}}''.
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141	[[folder:Video Games]]
142	* This was often used in earlier 3D games due to technical limitations. You don't need to render creases and ruffles for something that literally looks painted on.
143	* ''VideoGame/BravelyDefault'' gives us Edea. This is normally only noticeable when she's wearing her Freelancer outfit, but... HOT DAMN.
144	%%* Rayne in ''VideoGame/BloodRayne''.
145	* ''VideoGame/CityOfHeroes'', saying as how it's of the superhero genre, has a multitude of shiny tight pants options, from spandex to leather to metal.
146	** ''VideoGame/ChampionsOnline'' meanwhile seems to have few options other than that.
147	* ''VideoGame/{{Disgaea 3\|AbsenceOfJustice}}'': Clothes are decorations.
148	* Fenris of ''VideoGame/DragonAgeII'' has very, very tight pants. One wonders what they're made of, given that his low-tech world is unlikely to have spandex; his outfit is given no more in-game description than the mystifying "Grafted Spirit Hide." (How does a spirit have hide?) RuleOfSexy probably applies.
149	* ''VideoGame/DynastyWarriors'': Wang Yi's armored leggings are really rather close-cut.
150	* ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyXI'' uses this for some equipment, notably Elvaan starter gear, both male and female.
151	* ''VideoGame/FireEmblemThreeHouses'': [[LadyOfWar Ingrid]] wears tightly fitted riding breeches with thigh-high boots in her default [[FragileSpeedster Falcon Knight]] outfit, in a break from the traditional MinidressOfPower (leggings optional) look of the Pegasus Knights in the series.
152	* ''VideoGame/GenshinImpact''
153	** Jean is one of the very few female characters that wears pants instead of the shorts or skirts that most of them have. They're basically leggings, so they show her legs' every curve, and her introduction cutscene starts with a few seconds focused on those legs.
154	** Kaeya rocks the look himself and likewise his pants leave very little to the imagination. To put equality in the fanservice his introduction also pans up his legs letting everyone admire their tightness.
155	** Yelan wears skintight black leggings, being the second playable female who wears pants. Like Jean before her, the fabric's tightness accentuate her legs.
156	* ''VideoGame/LoveOfMagic'': Katie and Kitsune's default outfits. MC comments that Katie couldn't hide a credit card in her pants, and later explicitly says Kitsune's pants must be painted on.
157	* Miranda Lawson from ''VideoGame/MassEffect2'' certainly lives up to this trope. Her second outfit that you can unlock by completing her loyalty mission makes her look as if she dips herself in a bath of liquid black latex every morning. Most pants in the series are examples, male or female; at one point in 3 a robot infiltrator that ''literally'' has her clothes painted on passes without comment in a top-secret military base.
158	* Name a Snake from the ''VideoGame/MetalGear'' series (including Raiden), they're in painted-on pants.
159	* ''Franchise/MortalKombat'' Sonya Blade alternated between this and less tight pants, although she stopped wearing these in the later games.
160	** Sonya's daughter, Cassie Cage, follows in her mother's footsteps with her Endurance costume in ''MKX'' and Klassic costume in ''11''. In ''11'', her pants are so tight on her that she has very noticeable visible pantylines.
161	* ''VideoGame/{{Overwatch}}'':
162	** Tracer, as part of her "topshot pilot" aesthetic. She even has a taunt pose that is identical to a historical air force fanservice poster where she shows off her, ahem, assets rather prominently.
163	** Mercy and Mei also wear leggings that hug their bodies very tightly, but their outfits keep their assets better-covered most of the time.
164	** ''Overwatch 2'' newcomer Kiriko has curve hugging leggings. While they are covered by her miko uniform usually, her aptly named Athleisurewear skin shows them off nicely.
165	* Princess Zelda in ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaBreathOfTheWild'' wears tight pants that don't leave much room for imagination.
166	* Common among [[GameMod custom clothing]] for ''VideoGame/TheSims2'', because it's easier - you can simply paste the pants textures directly onto the shape of a naked Sim.
167	* ''VideoGame/SoulSeries''
168	** In ''VideoGame/SoulCalibur III'' and ''IV'', given the setting, no character wears this except, arguably, Xiangua, but in the character creator (where they have everything from eighties clothes to ''skintight chainmail'') you can set female characters to wear these. In ''IV'', with its constant ClothingDamage, it usually comes down to either these or underwear/bikinis.
169	** Taki's ''entire outfit'' seems painted on. She's basically modelled as though she were naked but coloured red (blue in III).
170	* ''Franchise/StreetFighter'' Quite a bit:
171	** While historically safe from this Ibuki gained a sporty outfit with shorts that allow her to show the [[https://i.imgur.com/bCb7lNj.png results of years super jumping and working out]]. Not hard to figure out what is underneath those shorts.
172	** Chun-Li's alpha costume has always shown why her first lady of Street Fighter [[https://i.imgur.com/uU3lmoS.png butt]] is one of the best in the game. In fact it is so good Ling Xiaoyu tried to [[https://i.imgur.com/4kQZbou.png replicate it]]
173	** Being newer on the franchise Juri decided she needed a change going into ''V'' and it was quite a benefit to her [[https://i.imgur.com/D6WBWy8.png butt.]]
174	** Newcomer Falke has a [[https://i.imgur.com/P5cq9A4.png butt]] that comes in swinging and she doesn't hide it.
175	** Not even a family friendly new and free all characters free outfit will be enough to cover Kolin's icey cold [[https://i.imgur.com/PtKqmqp.png butt]].
176	** In ''VI'' Cammy gets a new outfit with a pair of curve hugging pants. In fact they hug her curves so much the textures might very well be repainted from her classic costume.
177	* The ''VideoGame/SuperSmashBros'' games avert this in their own way. All of them wear tights/pantyhose depending on the version under their dresses that are about as tight as ''BOTW'' Zelda's pants. But their rear ends are so small and hips so narrow that there isn't much to 'ride up' so said clothing doesn't take any shape because of their inadequate anatomy.
178	* ''VideoGame/VelvetAssassin'': A few missions in Violet abandons her bomber jacket and jeans in favor of something a bit more... flattering to her figure, but still tasteful and functional. The tight leather pants seem like they were molded into the perfect shape of her butt.
179	* ''VideoGame/WorldOfWarcraft'' uses these for most equipment, using different pieces attached to the base model to make it unique. It gets a bit ridiculous for some equipment, for instance, skin-tight plate mail or skin-tight tuxedos.
180	* [[http://extreme.pcgameshardware.de/attachments/397450d1301531304-spieler-frauen-die-beliebtesten-frauen-charaktere-computerspielen-x3saya.jpg Saya Kho]] on the back cover of ''[[VideoGame/{{X}} X3: Gold Edition]]''. [[LadyNotAppearingInThisGame And only the back cover]]: other than that you only see her from the shoulders up over comms.
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183	[[folder:Webcomics]]
184	* Angela Palmer in ''Webcomic/DungeonsAndDoodlesTalesFromTheTables'' wears shiny bike shorts that barely conceal the shape of her ass to the point where Mark can't help but take a [[https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/angela_ass.PNG quick glance at it]] in Episode 30.
185	* ''Webcomic/MenageA3'' is definitely not averse to imposing this style on any of its female characters, if only by way of FanService.
186	* In ''Webcomic/StickyDillyBuns'', [[CampGay Dillon]] takes [[TheIngenue Ruby]] clothes shopping (in his best GayBestFriend style) and buys her a pair of designer jeans as a gift. It then turns out that [[http://www.stickydillybuns.com/strips-sdb/rock_these_designer_jeans he has his own reasons for this...]]
187	* In ''Webcomic/{{Terinu}}'' this is SpacePirate Mavra Chan's default wear.
188	** It also occurred ''accidentally'' when the internist uniform Leeza once wore to rescue Teri lacked wrinkles when drawn by Peta Hewitt, resulting in double takes from some readers.
189	* ''Webcomic/{{Prequel}}'' has this when Katia, for lack of clothing, uses permanent paint to paint on a bikini and panties. A hundred strips later, the paint has not disappeared a bit.
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192	[[folder:Western Animation]]
193	* ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons'': A [[GenderInvertedTrope rare male example]] in Ned Flanders from a specific episode. Incidentally, that same example happens to be the TropeNamer of StupidSexyFlanders.
194	* Timmy's dad from ''WesternAnimation/TheFairlyOddparents'' becomes a Criss Angel-based magician, replete with pants that he can do little more than awkwardly shuffle in.
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196
197	[[folder:Real Life]]
198	* In fashion fetishism, they have the concept of a second skin, where a fabric usurps the sexual role played by bare skin.
199	* As a CyclicalTrope throughout TheFifties and [[TheSixties early-to-mid 1960s]], TheEighties, and the [[TurnOfTheMillennium mid-to-late 2000s]] and TheNewTens, "skinny jeans" were all the rage, and for good reason--when it comes to attracting the desired gaze, ''they worked''. While skinny jeans were replaced with baggy jeans in TheNewTwenties, leggings continued to further emphasize the attractiveness factor. Now there's even faux denim leggings ("jeggings"), complete with [[WeWillNotHavePocketsInTheFuture false pockets]].
200	** An urban legend tells of how a vain person sat in a hot tub with jeans on in order to shrink them into skintight-ness, unfortunately, the jeans shrank so much that it ended up killing the person from loss of circulation. The Series/{{Mythbusters}} [[JustForFun/TropesExaminedByTheMythBusters once tested this]] and busted it when even after hours of sitting in cold water Grant's circulation was not seriously affected.
201	* [[UsefulNotes/EquestrianSports English riding]] breeches. On purpose.
202	** Popularised by Beau Brummel, hero of TheDandy trope's hyper-masculine origins. Not only were they this, but with [[VapourWear very little, if anything underneath]], in roughly skin-colour, with coat-tails cut back to attractively frame the crotch. [[MrFanservice And now you know why the Regency]] [[FemaleGaze is so associated with romance novels and films based on them.]]
203	* In Europe, starting in the 14th century, as men's fashions switched their long tunics to doublets that barely covered the crotch, plus with the introduction of tailoring, men started to wear tight hoses that reached to the waistline, and they served both as pants and stockings. As they were separates, some men wore hoses of contrasting colors and were complemented by codpieces. By the 16th century, codpieces became more elaborate and overcompensating, and baggy breeches were added, before the breeches flattened and lowered to the knees and the hose was replaced with stocking in the later 16th and early 17th century.
204	* Running tights. For that matter, a lot of athletic clothes are skin tight. It reduces chafing, helps wick sweat away, and if you're an athlete, shows off that body you've been working so hard on.
205	** Cycling shorts are so tight, racing designs tend to shy away from white because they can be [[OrAreYouJustHappyToSeeMe a little too revealing.]]
206	* Swimsuits for professional swimmers are getting nearer and nearer to this trope...so much so that the international swimming federation is starting to crack down on suits that are ''too'' painted on...(this is justified, however, in that the less loose fabric, the less water resistance)
207	* A properly-fitting wetsuit tends to be like this. And you think tight jeans are hard to take on and off, try ones made of what basically amounts to a body-shaped non-slip mat.
208	* Spandex in bike tights, et cetera. Spandex hadn't been invented when they first drew Superman, and George Reeves' costume in [[Series/TheAdventuresOfSuperman The Adventures Of Superman]] is almost baggy by comparison with Spandex.
209	* Some yoga pants ride up to such a degree that if you're in them, you're just going to have to get used to the sensation of a flying atomic wedgie.
210	* Zentai suits are this, covering ''everything'' including the eyes in a one piece spandex outfit, usually either in one solid color or wild patterns such as leopard spots or zebra stripes.
211	* In figure skating, male skaters are allowed to wear tight-fitting pants (for aerodynamic reasons), as long as they don't resemble leggings. This is circumvented by making everything else tight and the cuffs flare out a little.
212	** Yuzuru Hanyu has a shiny black pair of tight pants that he puts on for his HotterAndSexier programs: [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ptLRNVRA9ik "Hello, I Love You"]], [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1WN4UNO-6Ow "Vertigo",]] and [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c6VZxPUKkJI "Let Me Entertain You".]] Both versions of the costume for [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IHY57bGjzB4 "Let's Go Crazy"]] are pretty tight and designed to emphasize his ''derrière'', to the point that fans have lovingly nicknamed them the "Purple/White Pants of Sin".
213	* Speedskaters were thin, tight suits covering most of their body, exposing only the feet (which are covered by the skates), part of the face (between the eyes and the chin), and, for some skaters, the hands. This is purely for aerodynamic reasons.
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