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11[[quoteright:350:[[Film/HarryPotterAndTheGobletOfFire https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/goftuxes_6021.png]]]]
12[[caption-width-right:350:"Bloody Hell."]]
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14Part of StockCostumeTraits:
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16It's Prom Night! Or it's a wedding! It could be Shlomo's bar mitzvah, but no matter what kind of an event, Weirdo [=McGeek=] is invited as well. And what kind of garment did he choose to show up wearing?
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18A frilled shirt, a bowtie or ClassyCravat, a cummerbund, and a tuxedo in baby blue. [[FakeFabricFashionFauxPas All 100% polyester.]]
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20It's a disco-style tuxedo Creator/JohnTravolta could barely look good in, but the nerd usually comes dressed up like this to a fancy event. Usually an over-the-top exaggeration of the schizoid styles used in the RealLife 70s, falling out of fashion as disco music died down[[note]]This in the West. You can easily see ruffled shirts in Asian and Arab countries[[/note]]. Frilly shirts and big ties in particular made a comeback during most of TheNineties and TheAughts until the very early 2010s, although suits had more conventional schemes.
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22A SubTrope of ImpossiblyTackyClothes.
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24Contrast SharpDressedMan (where the tux and the guy look good). Often found in a LoungeLizard's wardrobe.
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32* In a 2018 Clearasil ad, the AnthropomorphicPersonification of a teenage girl's bothersome Prom Night pimple is an obnoxious, heavyset, ginger boy wearing a hot pink tuxedo.
33* In a [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vdosf0puGeo Selsun Blue ad]], dandruff is personified as an Evil (or at least obnoxious) albino in an [[VillainInAWhiteSuit all-white tuxedo with a frilly shirt]].
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37* In Issue #12 of ''[[ComicBook/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicIDW My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic]]'', which is set in Equestria's version of TheEighties, Shining Armor's high school dance tuxedo is the epitome of this trope.
38* It seems to be the case for a moment in ''ComicBook/SupermanTheWeddingAlbum'' with Clark's wedding costume, but when he protests, he's told that the tacky costume was just to test his size and shoulder broadness, and then he's given a better tuxedo.
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42* Jon Arbuckle of ''ComicStrip/{{Garfield}}'' has also been known to wear [[RealMenWearPink pink]] and purple suits as well.
43* ''ComicStrip/SafeHavens'':
44** The groomsmen in Ming and Don's wedding wore ''neon green'' tuxedos. That's what happens when one lets a {{Cloudcuckoolander}} plan a wedding.
45** Samantha had to talk Dave out of putting everyone's last name and number on the back of their tuxes for ''their'' wedding (Dave's justification being that he and all his groomsmen were involved with sports somehow).
46* ''ComicStrip/{{Zits}}'': In an attempt to persuade Sara to go to the prom with him, Jeremy borrows a tuxedo that used to belong to Hector's grandfather. Only when Hector gives it to him does he discover that Hector's grandfather had been in a mariachi band.
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50* When shopping for wedding attire in ''[[Fanfic/SkyholdAcademyYearbook Disorienuptials]]'', [[Franchise/DragonAge Varric]] trolls Dorian mercilessly by modeling a couple of these. Most notably, he emerges from the fitting room clad from head to toe in shocking pink... and points out that the outfit is also available in orange.
51* In the backstory of ''Fanfic/SayItThrice'', Lydia sasses Film/{{Beetlejuice}} about the tacky tux he wore for their almost-wedding in the movie, saying that both that outfit and the dress he gave her were beyond ridiculous.
52* ''Fanfic/TotalDramaComebackSeries'': When everyone has to dress up for the prom challenge, Eva grabs the first tuxedo she sees in the washroom. Unfortunately, it's an ugly orange and pink tuxedo, and it looks terrible on her.
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56* In ''Film/AlexanderAndTheTerribleHorribleNoGoodVeryBadDay'', a mix-up at the tuxedo rental place causes Anthony's tux to be given to someone else. The only tux they have left in his size is a hideous powder blue one with a frilly shirt and a huge bow tie. He doesn't really mind this however and ends up wearing this to the prom.
57* The title character in ''Film/{{Angus}}'' wears a particularly hideous purple one. He had his heart set on a "normal, socially-acceptable" black tux, but the shop had nothing else big enough to fit him.
58-->'''Angus:''' It's purple.\
59'''Attendant:''' [[LessEmbarrassingTerm It's plum.]]\
60'''Grandpa:''' It's classy!\
61'''Angus & Troy:''' It's '''plum'''.\
62'''Attendant:''' It's ''your size''.
63* The title character in ''Film/{{Beetlejuice}}'' wears what appears to be a maroon moth-eaten velvet tuxedo with a white ruffled shirt. The white platform shoes do not help matters.
64* In ''Film/BetYourLife'', Chuck is driving a prom couple to an after party when he has to detour to the casino to pick up Sonny. The boy is wearing a powder blue tuxedo with a ruffled shirt. The movie is set in 2004 and the girl is wearing a perfectly ordinary red spaghetti strap dress, so why he is dressed like that is never addressed.
65* Creator/TomHanks as Josh in ''Film/{{Big}}'' shows up to a black-tie cocktail party in a white sequined tuxedo. The party is so shocked by his appearance that he tries to surreptitiously check his fly. Luckily for him, his boss is so bored with everybody dressing the same at these parties — and having the same conversations over and over again — that he is ecstatic that somebody dodged convention.
66* ''Film/{{Carrie|1976}}'': The prom-shopping montage is made of this.
67* Cliff dresses in a standard tuxedo for his college fundraising banquet. When he must put in an appearance as ''Film/DoctorDetroit'' in the same hotel he turns it inside out to reveal purple silk linings in the trousers and a red lining in the jacket.
68* ''Film/DumbAndDumber'': Lloyd and Harry show up to a formal charity event in orange and blue tuxedos, respectively, complete with gloves, top hats, tails and walking sticks.
69* In ''Film/FatherOfTheBride1991'', Creator/SteveMartin's character pulls one of these out of mothballs in the attic, to the amusement of his wife and daughter. Then, for the actual wedding, he dons a knockoff Armani tux which (as he discovers when it's pointed out by other characters) is actually navy blue.
70* ''Film/TheMask'':
71** The Mask's banana yellow zoot suit, which became his IconicOutfit.
72** Also worth mentioning is Charlie's tiger-print tux.
73* In ''Film/MyCousinVinny'', Vinny shows up to court wearing a particularly hideous old maroon tux he had obtained at the last minute from the thrift store. Not like he had much of a choice; the judge had ordered him to wear a suit, and the local dry cleaners were closed due to a flu outbreak, so it was either that or his casual clothes and leather jacket, of which he already knew the judge disapproved.
74* Barry Fife (Bill Hunter) wears something very like this in ''Film/StrictlyBallroom'', with a blue sequined tuxedo jacket and matching bow tie.
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78* One of Wendy's feuding zombie ex-boyfriends in ''[[Literature/DanShambleZombiePI Death Warmed Over]]'' is dressed in a powder blue tuxedo. Dan marvels that anyone would ''choose'' to be buried, or to lay their late relative to rest, in a prom tux.
79* Harry Dresden incorporates one of these into his vampire costume from ''Literature/GravePeril'', as he intends to thumb his nose at the ''actual'' vampires at a costume party by dressing as a cheesy version.
80* In ''Literature/HarryPotterAndTheGobletOfFire'', poor Ron Weasley gets stuck wearing old-fashioned, hand-me-down, ''maroon'' dress robes to the [[HighSchoolDance Yule Ball]]. The [[Film/HarryPotterAndTheGobletOfFire film adaptation]] currently serves as the page image. It clashes horribly with his date's hot pink dress. At the end of the book, [[spoiler:Harry gives his Triwizard winnings to Fred and George as capital for their joke shop on the condition that they get Ron a new set.]]
81* A three-piece suit version of this appears in ''Rocket Boys'' when Homer runs into his oddball friend O'Dell while shopping. They both find something that they think is ''great'' and is eye-catching enough to get him noticed by a campaigning ''John F. Kennedy''. It's only after that when Homer reveals that the suit is bright orange. (His friend Emily Sue forces him to swap it for a normal blue one.)
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85* ''Series/TheBigBangTheory'': When Penny takes Sheldon [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qirEe8pGTJk suit-shopping]], one of his choices is a white tuxedo with tails.
86* On ''Series/BoyMeetsWorld'', a nerdy guy who mistakenly thinks Topanga agreed to go to the prom with him shows up at her door wearing one of these.
87* The one-off special ''Series/CannedLaughter'' had a stand-up comedian dressed in a extreme parody of the styles of the time (it was made in ''1979'').
88* Harry is asked to accompany one of his patients to her middle school dance (he's a pediatrician) in an episode of ''Series/EmptyNest''. He pulls out his old powder blue tuxedo for the occasion. The girl then shows up to apologize, explaining that one of her classmates asked her to be his date instead... and, hilariously, the kid is wearing ''the exact same outfit.''
89* In ''Series/{{Fringe}}'', Walter has one of these.
90-->'''Walter:''' Purple never goes out of style!
91* ''Series/{{Glee}}'':
92** Apparently, Burt Hummel wore a deeply regrettable-sounding powder-blue tux with ruffled shirt and floppy bow-tie to his prom. It's probably a good thing that this is only described, not shown on-screen. What's even more mind-blowing is how Burt can admit to this and then get up nerve enough to criticise [[TheFashionista his son]] [[CampGay Kurt]] for planning to wear a very elegant formal kilt to ''his'' junior prom...
93** And apparently Artie takes fashion advice from Burt, because the cherry-red outfit he wore to the junior prom made him look like Film/AustinPowers.
94* ''Series/HomeImprovement'': Al and Tim wear these.
95* Australian comedian and talk show host Andrew Denton made a documentary on the ''Just for Laughs'' comedy festival in Montreal called ''Montreal: The Funniest City in the World''. When interviewing comedians or conducting ''vox pops'' on the streets, he wore a tuxedo. However, for every segment he was wearing a different tux jacket. These ranged from the conventional (black, white, navy blue) to the fashion forward (scarlet) to the truly outré (a tuxedo jacket in the Australian Army "jellybean" camouflage colour and pattern). And he somehow made that last one look awesome.
96* ''Series/That70sShow'': Bob Pinciotti wears one in green and gold, the same colors as the Green Bay Packers, when he renews his wedding vows with Midge.
97* Bubbles on ''Series/TrailerParkBoys'' skipped the disco ensemble and wore something even tackier to a wedding: a T-shirt with a tuxedo design on the front. Then again, this is ''Trailer Park Boys''.
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101* Music/ZZTop: Despite naming [[SharpDressedMan a trope]], the outfit described in "Sharp Dressed Man" is neither a snazzy suit nor full formal evening wear, but a mishmash of clashing styles that make the narrator look like he's trying too hard — silk suits are worn during summer but topcoats are for autumn, top hats are for formal white tie but he's wearing a long tie, and how is he wearing gloves and a diamond ring at the same time?
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105* In ''VideoGame/Facade2005'', the couple's wedding photo shows groom Trip dressed in a black jacket, gray pants and pink bowtie, with a teal "flower" (really just a circular blob) in his lapel.
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109* In an early storyline for ''Webcomic/GeneralProtectionFault'', the eponymous company gets invited to a black-tie event. While Nick and Dwayne end up picking sensible tuxedos, Fooker chooses [[https://www.gpf-comics.com/archive/1999/04/27 this one]]. Amusingly enough, Nick complains about Ki and Trudy getting into a fight over wearing the same dress despite all the men wearing the same thing, only for Fooker to walk up to him.
110-->'''Fooker''': Hey, he said "black tie." [[ExactWords The tie's black]]. See?
111* ''Webcomic/QuestionableContent'': Will once went to a job interview in a suit better suited to the Regency. (Apparently the only other option involved a blazer that looked even weirder.) Fortunately for him, his interview was at the LocalHangout, which had a previously-established RunningGag about dressing up in old-timey outfits.
112-->'''Will:''' Hello, I'm here for the interview--\
113'''Owner:''' You're hired.
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118* In the ''Website/{{CollegeHumor}}'' sketch "Too Many Weddings," Zac is a guest at a wedding somewhere in the US every weekend that summer. He has a normal tux, but doesn't have time to patch it up or get it dry-cleaned in between each of the weddings he's attending, and it starts falling apart and being "patched up" with [[DuctTapeForEverything duct tape]]. He also wears a frilly, powder-blue tux from TheSeventies, when he is actually one of the groomsmen.
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122%%* ''WesternAnimation/AmericanDad'': Steve's friend Snot
123%%* ''WesternAnimation/TheAngryBeavers'': Daggett
124* In ''WesternAnimation/TheBatman'', The Penguin is shown wearing a tuxedo that's several sizes too big for him, with coattails that drag on the floor, sleeves that almost slip past his hands, a waistcoat that goes down to his knees, a bowtie the size of his face, and a top-hat as tall as he is. This bizarre ensemble, which he wears at all times, is a visual clue that the character is [[WickedPretentious a classless boor putting on airs of refinement]].
125* ''WesternAnimation/BatmanBeyond'': Willie Watt wears an orange version to the spring dance in the episode "Golem". Made worse by the fact that other episodes show that future formal fashions are even more streamlined than those of today, meaning it was really, ''really'' out of date ''and'' it wasn't actually a formal occasion (the only guys are wearing pretty casual clothes).
126* ''WesternAnimation/{{Grojband}}'': Kin Kujira wears one by default. Although due to the way he's drawn, it's hard to tell if it's a real tux or actually just a black t-shirt with a tuxedo pattern on it.
127* Ron Stoppable wears one of these in ''WesternAnimation/KimPossible'', saying he borrowed it from his dad. Fortunately, for the homecoming dance he wears a [[HeCleansUpNicely much better suit]].
128* In ''WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic'', Discord and the Smooze show up to the Grand Galloping Gala wearing [[Film/DumbAndDumber Lloyd and Harry's color-coordinated tuxedoes]] -- except even tackier, in this case, since Discord [[HalfDressedCartoonAnimal eschews everything below the waist]], while the Smooze [[AccessoryWearingCartoonAnimal forgoes everything but the bowtie and top-hat]].
129* ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons'': Homer wore a blue version with a ruffled shirt in contrasting pink to his high school prom in "The Way We Was". [[JustifiedTrope He gets a pass, though,]] as it was legitimately the style at the time (1974).
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133* [[Creator/MarxBrothers Harpo Marx]], during a vacation on the French Riviera, constantly wore a tuxedo made out of green felt. He later learned that he'd become widely known as "that American in the pool-table tuxedo".
134* Music/RichardCheese usually wears a tiger-striped suit. And then there's [[http://lh5.ggpht.com/_x7zCLTZzWFs/SZ2_v8GY9RI/AAAAAAAAAX4/olzal6d6hC0/s576/3290255918_f795a373a5.jpg this]].
135* [[Series/HockeyNightInCanada Don Cherry]] seems to have entire closets full of these. There was even [[https://doncherryjacketwatch.wordpress.com/ a website dedicated to cataloguing the most eye-catching examples]].
136* When UsefulNotes/DonaldTrump visited the UK and attended a state dinner with UsefulNotes/ElizabethII, much attention was drawn to his poorly-fitted suits, especially a tailcoat that drew comparisons to the opera singer from ''WesternAnimation/LongHairedHare''.
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