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12[[{{Fanservice}} Fangirls]] [[ShirtlessScene are about to squee]].]]
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14->''"When Wrestling/RicFlair whips his jacket off, that's when shit gets real."''
15-->-- '''[[WebVideo/TheSpoonyExperiment Spoony]]'''
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17Everyone knows that [[BadassLongcoat wearing a longcoat]][[note]]feel free to mentally substitute BadassCape in this description as needed[[/note]] is one of the surest ways to show that you’re a badass, because nothing says “don’t fuck with me” more than having a long dark coat billowing out behind you as you walk. So how does one ratchet up the stakes when such a character is ''really'' [[TheGlovesComeOff serious about delivering a beatdown]]? They take that coat ''off''.
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19Basically, when someone loses his coat, his badass level increases drastically. He can still be defeated, but he will look good while doing it and be very hard to put down. It could be argued that this effect is why Badass Longcoats exist in the first place.
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21In an actual combat situation, this does make sense. Coats and cloaks look great but are also bulky and tend to move about on their own quite a bit. This restricts the wearer's movements and limits their effectiveness in battle. Shedding the coat will not only make movement easier but also deny the enemy a potential grappling point. This also has the added advantage of getting the garment out of the combat zone. After all, who wants to get blood on their badass coat? Another possible use for a cloak in a melee combat is to wrap it around the off hand to use it as a shield. The cloak would of course be ruined, but better damage the cloak rather than arms or body.
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23Bonus badass points if you are {{shirtless|Scene}} beneath the coat, or if you're wearing pants with suspenders. ''Especially'' if this reveals [[HeroicBuild a lot of muscles were underneath that flowing coat]]. Badassness levels will also increase exponentially if you're wearing [[BadassInANiceSuit business-like attire]] underneath -- the nicer, neater, and more expensive the better. Heck, the badass level increases even if you're wearing [[SleevesAreForWimps a sleeveless shirt]]. [[SerialEscalation EXTRA]] [[RunningGag bonus points]] if the coat is revealed to be [[IAmNotLeftHanded weighted clothing]].
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25Compare TheGlassesComeOff and BattleStrip.
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32* In ''Manga/AngelicLayer'', Sai's angel Shirahime sheds her coat during a key battle.
33* In ''Manga/AssassinationClassroom'', Nagisa and [[spoiler: Takaoka]] throw their jackets off before their final fight.
34** Itona also tosses his jacket across the classroom before attacking Koro-sensei, revealing a skin-tight tank top.
35* ''Manga/{{Bleach}}''
36** When [[OldSoldier Captain-Commander Yamamoto]] fights he loses his haori to reveal his incredibly muscled -and scarred- chest and arms.
37** Against Yoruichi, Soifon sheds her captain's haori to reveal a skimpy uniform that's designed to expose the parts of the body that [[SuperMode Shunkou]] reinforces to prevent destruction upon activation. Yoruichi reveals she can do it, too and her coat is blasted off her body under the force of her activation.
38** [[BrilliantButLazy Kyouraku]] wears a woman's kimono over his captain's haori. He never takes them off until he fights [[EvilCounterpart Starrk]]. When the fight finally gets serious, Kyouraku sheds the woman's kimono. When the fight gets even more serious, he sheds his haori as well. Yes, his fight was so serious, the coats came off ''twice''.
39* Inverted in ''Anime/CowboyBebop''. Whenever Spike puts his trench coat on, you know shit is about to get real.
40* In ''Manga/DemonSlayerKimetsuNoYaiba'', Kokushibo already seemed to be too much trouble with his clothes fully on; he was making Muichiro, Himejima and Sanemi, three Hashira, break a sweat against him. Then Himejima and Sanemi manage to rip Kokushibo's haori (coat) off and that's where Kokushibo stops playing around. Himejima and Sanemi went from trying to go on the offensive to then struggling not to die against Kokushibo's devastating long range attacks.
41* Said almost word-for-word by Takato in ''Anime/DigimonTamers'' when Rika tosses hers aside to go with him and Henry to fight the D-Reaper.
42* Both Piccolos in ''Manga/DragonBall''. In the younger one's case, it makes even more sense as his cloak is weighed for training purposes.
43* ''Manga/FairyTail'': If the character is male and wearing a coat, vest or other article of clothing on his torso, it will be discarded as soon as things get serious. Especially if that character is [[WalkingShirtlessScene Gray]]. Jellal is a noticeable example, simply for the fact that he took his off ''while it was on fire''.
44* ''Manga/FullmetalAlchemist'''s Edward Elric (pictured above) takes off his coat when getting into serious battles, but he also inverted this at one point. After some downtime while hiding from the enemy, he made himself a new coat, even though it would allow him to be identified easily. Putting the coat on was his way of saying he was done running.
45* ''Manga/{{Hellsing}}'':
46** Alucard gets stronger as he loses his coat; as the various pieces of clothing he wears act as a means to restrict his vast and considerable power, it's a JustifiedTrope.
47** Integra dramatically rips hers off in response to the Major's "Come, let us make war!"
48** The Captain in his fight against Seras. It's the first time we get to see his power as a werewolf. It's also the first time we find out that he wears no shirt under his jacket.
49* ''Manga/JoJosBizarreAdventure'':
50** ''[[Manga/JoJosBizarreAdventureBattleTendency Battle Tendency]]'': Joseph takes off his jacket as he prepares to take on Wamuu in a ChariotRace.
51** ''[[Manga/JoJosBizarreAdventureStardustCrusaders Stardust Crusaders]]'' does it twice:
52*** After finding out how to beat Telence T. D'Arby at his own game, Jotaro casually removes his hat and place it aside, and soon Telence is unable to guess Jotaro's next move.
53*** And during the final battle, Dio does this TWICE! He wears his gold pants and jacket while also red cape. Right when he stops time and kills Kakyoin, he discards his red cape (though, we at first don't see that since we initially don't see the stopped time). Much later in the battle, Dio does it again after drinking the blood of Joseph Joestar and becoming much more powerful. He then discards his gold yellow jacket as well and only retains his black sleeveless shirt, and gold yellow pants.
54** ''[[Manga/JoJosBizarreAdventureStoneOcean Stone Ocean]]'': After escaping from Green Dolphin Street Prison to pursue Pucci, Jolyne tosses her prison jacket aside as it's carried away by the wind.
55* Fujiko's introduction in ''Anime/LupinIIIDeadOrAlive'' comes from a mix of tropes. She enters a gladiatorial area in a cloak covering her entire body, hiding her face as well. [[BladeEnthusiast General Headhunter]] removes it for her by throwing boomerang-knives that circle her and [[ClothingDamage destroy her cloak]], which is taken as a signal to begin combat.
56* ''Franchise/LyricalNanoha'''s Fate Testarossa does this with her [[FragileSpeedster Sonic Form]], and later Sonic Drive. In thise case, it's justifed by the fact that the outfit is generated by her magic, so she's shifting all her power from protection to speed enhancement.
57* In ''Manga/MaidenRose'', Klaus throws off his coat when he challenges Taki to fencing in front of the troops. Bonus points for the ShirtlessScene, {{sarashi}}-like bandages, and being blasé about the fact he still was recovering from very serious injuries.
58* Similar to ([[OlderThanTheyThink and perhaps the inspiration for]]) the ''Anime/TengenToppaGurrenLagann'' example below is one from ''Anime/MobileFighterGGundam''. [[spoiler:After Domon tells her that he loves her, Rain breaks free from the Devil Gundam. As she's naked, Domon swiftly covers her with his cloak. They then destroy the Devil Gundam once and for all.]]
59* There's a running joke among the ''Manga/{{Naruto}}'' fandom that any Akatsuki member who takes off or loses their cloak in a fight will be dead by the end of that battle.[[note]]So far, this has been the case every single time.[[/note]] However, that also means that whoever they're fighting is tough enough for them to play for keeps. It should be noted that only three of them ([[spoiler:Sasori, Kisame, and Kakuzu]][[note]]Four if you count Asura Pain.[[/note]]) took off their cloaks intentionally. The rest lost theirs as a result of ClothingDamage, except for [[spoiler:Hidan and Deva Pain]] who just had theirs ripped open. However, when Konan fights [[spoiler:Tobi]], [[spoiler:Konan dies with her cloak still on (although it opens a little after she dies)]], while [[spoiler:Tobi survives despite losing his cloak]].
60* ''Manga/OnePiece'':
61** Weirdly zig-zagged with Luffy; he takes off his iconic hat when things look rough... then puts it ''back on'' when things get serious.
62** The Strawhat crew tends to wear environment-specific clothing over their normal get-ups, perhaps specifically so they can invoke this trope and take them off (as in the final set of fights in the Alabasta arc).
63** [[InvertedTrope Inverted]]: Roronoa Zoro wears a bandanna tied around his left arm which he specifically puts '''''on''''' his head whenever he gets serious enough to use all three swords at once, and then takes it off to signify the fight is over.
64** In the movie tie-in Chapter 0, [[OldSoldier Garp]] and [[AsskickingLeadsToLeadership Sengoku]] use the [[BadassInANiceSuit nice suit variant]], flinging off their coats before fighting [[PowerFloats Shiki]]. Garp also has the habit of flinging away his coat ''and'' his suit jacket whenever he prepares to toss ''one thousand cannonballs'' in a row barehanded, complete with [[LetsGetDangerous cracking his knuckles]].
65* ''Manga/PokemonAdventures'':
66** At one point, Crystal takes off her coat that she always wears while going off to save a boat belonging to Bill the Pokemaniac by capturing a Flaafy and a Dunsparce that were attacking the boat. She leaves the coat off until she goes to rescue him from a cluster of Staryu at an amusement park. At that point, it is revealed that the shirt she wears underneath her coat is sleeveless and that she wears wristbands holding her Poké Balls underneath its sleeves.
67** And in a more traditional example, Giovanni and Red both do this before the climactic battle in the [=FireRed/LeafGreen=] arc.
68* ''Manga/RanmaOneHalf'':
69** After arriving [[BigDamnHeroes in the nick of time]] to help out with Akane's match against the [[EveryoneCallsHimBarkeep Dojo Destroyer]], Ranma-chan smiles smugly and takes off her Chinese jacket, then pulverizes the foe in a single panel. One wonders why she even bothered taking it off.
70** A more reasonable occurrence during the first duel with Mousse. After having his [[HyperspaceArsenal Hidden Weapons]] style mocked mercilessly, [[ShirtlessScene he sheds his long robes]] (where most of his weapons were hidden), assumes a firm combat stance, and [[LetsGetDangerous declares that he will fight Ranma]] [[BlatantLies hand-to-hand]].
71* In ''Manga/RurouniKenshin'', Seijuro Hiko is Kenshin's master. He's the thirteenth Seijuro Hiko: every master of Hiten Mitsurugi Ryu has to [[KlingonPromotion ''slay'' his predecessor to achieve the full mastery of the style]] and inherit their supreme techniques, [[LegacyCharacter the name]] and the BadassLongcoat, a loaded one that compresses his back, chest and upper arms muscles, developing them but also acting as a power limiter. It's also hinted that, [[JustifiedTrope without it, you wouldn't be able to use the Hiten Mitsurugi Ryu for too long, as it hurts the body due to the extreme effort that is needed to use it]]. So, for the final test, Hiko throws his coat... and shows his terrific muscles, while Kenshin's face claim "OhCrap".
72* Whenever a character in ''Manga/SaintSeiya'' removes their BadassCape it is a sign that the conversation is over and the real action is about to begin.
73* In ''Anime/TengenToppaGurrenLagann'', Simon takes off his coat to cover the naked Nia, freed from the Anti-Spiral. Keep in mind here that [[{{Fanservice}} without his coat, Simon is shirtless save for a man-corset.]] ''[[TheMovie Lagann-hen]]'' has Super Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann take off his [[RuleOfCool cape made out of red Spiral flames]] to unleash its [[FinishingMove Giga Drill Break]].
74* In ''Manga/TokyoGhoul Re'', Arima throws off his iconic coat [[spoiler:before engaging in his final battle with Kaneki.]]
75* Thorkell literally tears his coat off when fighting Thorfinn for the last time in ''Manga/VinlandSaga''.
76* Yami Yugi of ''Anime/YuGiOh'' throws off or switches his jacket to "cape-style" when he's ready to get serious in a duel. In ''Anime/YuGiOhCapsuleMonsters'', Alexander tosses off his longcoat just before the final battle.
77* In ''Manga/YuYuHakusho'', Hiei dramatically takes of his BadassLongCoat before every single fight. Most of the time he's shirtless under there, other times he's wearing a black or light blue shirt. Sometimes other characters do too, like Yusuke, Kuwabara, Raiko (in the movie), and Younger Toguro.
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81* ''Franchise/{{Batman}}'':
82** In ''ComicBook/BatmanTheDarkKnightReturns,'' when Batman faces off against the Mutant Leader for the second time, he removes his cape. This is actually for a practical reason; Batman lured him to a giant knee deep mud pit, where a cape would have simply gotten in the way. It's also to represent the fact that Bruce realized that the only way he could win was if he fought smarter than the Mutant Leader, as opposed to the spectacular failure of brute force from their previous battle.
83** A classic Batman story from the '70s has him remove the cape prior to a sword fight with Ra's al Ghul.
84* Necromancers in ''ComicBook/DeathVigil'' have this habit of taking their tops off when it's time to get serious, as the Sigils they use to summon {{Eldritch Abomination}}s are tattooed on them, and are only useable when they are visible.
85* Once ComicBook/ThePunisher is ready to get messy he tends to remove his coat, revealing the black, skull-adorned T-shirt underneath.
86* ''ComicBook/RichardDragonKungFuFighter'': ComicBook/LadyShiva wears a long green coat just so that she can dramatically cast it aside before ruining someone's day.
87* ''ComicBook/SinCity'':
88** Marv is very fond of his long coats, but in “A Hard Goodbye” he removes it at several points. Though removed for unrelated reasons (providing warmth and coverage for a naked woman, using it as a decoy), he tends to kick the most ass without it. Then again, considering just how many of the murders he commits and the beatings he gives are preceded by the words "That's a nice coat you've got there," maybe that’s not too surprising.
89** Likewise, Wallace, the main character of ''Hell and Back'' has no coat for the later part of the story for stealth purposes, resulting in much asses being kicked.
90* A particularly impressive version of this is pulled off by Shadow the Hedgehog in ''ComicBook/SonicTheHedgehogArchieComics''. In an alternate future where Shadow is king, an aged Sonic attacks him. Unfortunately for him, Shadow is still in his prime because he was created to never age. To illustrate this, Shadow throws off his royal cloak, and beats Sonic into the ground before it hits the floor.
91* Franchise/WonderWoman wore a black leather jacket during J. Michael Straczynski's ''ComicBook/WonderWomanOdyssey'', which she takes off in one issue before she goes to battle, before she gets rid of it for good in later issues after it receives ClothingDamage. [[SleevesAreForWimps Bonus points for always going with her shoulders bare.]]
92* Mr. Pendulum in ''ComicBook/WormwoodGentlemanCorpse'' not only increases in asskicking, he also increases in ''[[TelescopingRobot size]]''.
93* ''ComicBook/XWingRogueSquadron'': In "Blood and Honor", Plourr is tasked with fighting someone and removes her coat to hand to one of her squadmates. Things go sour after she drops the goon, and she's not seen with it again.
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97* Lampshaded and affectionately parodied in ''WebVideo/YuYuHakushoAbridged'' when Hiei fights Seiryu. [[CombatCommentator Kuwabara asks Kurama]] if Hiei can win the fight, and the GenreSavvy Kurama replies that since Hiei has removed his shirt his powers will be dramatically increased as a result. Sure enough, Hiei wins the fight in a CurbStompBattle.
98-->'''Kuwabara:''' Do you think the little guy can handle this?\
99'''Kurama:''' Seiryu doesn't even stand a chance.\
100'''Yusuke:''' What do you mean? \
101'''Kurama:''' Don't you see? Hiei's taken off his shirt. It's anime law. Once a male [[ShonenDemographic shonen hero]] removes his shirt, his attributes all increase exponentially. [BattleAura starts glowing around Hiei] Seiryu is doomed.
102* ''Fanfic/{{The End of the World|FernWithy}}'': During the 3rd Quarter Quell, when the peacekeepers arrive to arrest the Rebels in the viewing center, most of the victors present (whether innocent or guilty) scramble to grab anything that could be used as a weapon. District 4 mentor Harris Greaves simply takes off his jacket and flexes his muscles before charging into the fray.
103* In ''Fanfic/ManehattansLoneGuardian'', Leviathan is forced to wear a coat for a few weeks to keep from creeping the city's residents out with her battle damage. After her auto-repair systems are finally done with it, she whips the coat away to show off her pristine condition before charging across the city at top speed. This is lampshaded by Drama Heart, who states that Levi has a flair for the dramatic.
104* Marine Captain Chaser Kiyoshi in ''Fanfic/VoyagesOfTheWildSeaHorse'' loves to dramatically toss aside her officer's jacket as a sign that she intends to fight seriously... and since it's so laden with sewn-in armor plating that [[PowerLimiter even she struggles to move in it]], [[ShedArmorGainSpeed her mobility shoots through the roof when she does]]. The fact she runs around in VaporWear underneath only intensifies the threat she poses to most pirates, since she tends to distract them whilst simultaneously moving ''way'' faster than they expect.
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108* In ''WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyEquestriaGirlsRainbowRocks'', Sunset Shimmer deliberately casts aside her leather jacket after picking up the mic to join in the final showdown. Bonus points for her [[SleevesAreForWimps shoulder-baring halter top]].
109* Franchise/DisneyAnimatedCanon tends to do this with both heroes and villains:
110** In ''WesternAnimation/{{Pinocchio}}'', Jiminy takes off his coat when he tries to pick a fight with Lampwick.
111** At the end of ''WesternAnimation/TheRescuersDownUnder'', when Percival [=McLeach=] is about to feed Cody to crocodiles, he takes his BadassLongcoat off and instead grabs his rifle. However, it should be noted that he actually doesn't wear this coat throughout most of the movie and only briefly has it on during the last third. Also, the scene more serves to make him sadistic as opposed to badass.
112* In ''[[WesternAnimation/TheCurseOfTheWereRabbit Wallace & Gromit: Curse of the Were-Rabbit]]'', when confronting Wallace, Victor removes his coat and hangs it on the axe handle to teach him a "jolly-good lesson".
113* ''WesternAnimation/ElCidTheLegend'' during the final duel between [[TheHero Rodrigo]] and [[BigBad Ben Yusuf]], the latter sheds his coat off while the former didn't have one to begin with.
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117* Dean from ''Film/BackstreetDreams'' takes off his jacket right before getting involved in a nightclub brawl.
118* Done for BlackComedy in ''Film/BillionDollarBrain''. Harry Palmer is knocked out by a Soviet soldier and wakes up in the bathroom of their barracks. A Soviet soldier then enters, sees Harry and removes his belt and coat. Harry starts to remove his own coat to fight him, [[NotSoDire only for the soldier to enter a bathroom stall]].
119* Blade does this right before going sword-to-sword with Drake in ''Film/BladeTrinity''.
120* Subverted in ''Film/{{Bullshot}}''. The ComedicHero is taking off his coat to engage in the manly art of fisticuffs, only to be [[GroinAttack kicked in the groin]] while his arms are immobilized.
121* ''Film/BringMeTheHeadOfTheMachineGunWoman'': Any time the Machine Gun Woman removes her [[PrettyInMink fur jacket]], it means that many people are about to die bloodily.
122* ''Film/ChaiLaiAngelsDangerousFlowers'': As the fight against Lotus gets serious, Dragon strips off his jacket. Lotus responds by pulling her hair back.
123* ''Film/TheDarkKnightRises''. Bane wears a prominent BadassLongcoat with shearling collar throughout his reign of Gotham, but shrugs it off in the melee between the police and his {{mooks}} when he sees Batman has returned and is coming towards him.
124* ''Film/DayOfTheOutlaw'': When Tex expresses his desire to kill Starrett, Bruhn tells him to go ahead, but orders him to it with his fists. Tex and Starrett both take off their heavy winter before they engage in a BrutalBrawl in the middle of the snowy street.
125* A variation in ''Film/Deadpool2016'': Negasonic Teenage Warhead wears a BadassLongcoat and a turtleneck over her X-Men uniform on the way to the final battle. However both are incinerated the instant she ignites her powers to fight Angel Dust.
126* ''Film/EasyStreet'': After a PunchPunchPunchUhOh moment, The Bully takes his coat off as he prepares to pummel The Tramp.
127* ''Film/FightClub'': Tyler Durden's pre-narrator-annihilation disrobement.
128* It happens a few minutes before the final confrontation, but in ''Film/TheGoodTheBadAndTheUgly'', Clint Eastwood removes his longcoat to place it over a dying man, and instead dons the iconic poncho.
129* In ''Film/HarryPotterAndTheChamberOfSecrets'', Lockhart throws his cape off dramatically before beginning to demonstrate dueling. Some fangirls in the audience catch it. However, Lockhart is ''not'' a badass and is defeated handily by Snape, who just showed up without a cape in the first place.
130* ''{{Film/Hook}}'' does this with Captain Hook. For his duel with Peter Pan, Hook has Mr. Smee personally remove his coat after which the climatic duel between him and Peter begins. It should be noted that just few minutes ago, Hook fought Rufio and he had his coat on for this duel, likely because duel with Peter felt so much more personal to him.
131* In ''Film/JohnnyReno'', Yates takes of his jacket when he challenges Reno to a fight in the saloon. Reno responds by removing his own jacket, and Yates sucker punches him while he is doing so.
132* Not a coat, but you can count on Creator/BruceLee to kick a lot more ass if his top is torn or removed.
133* ''Film/TheLordOfTheRingsTheTwoTowers'' has an excellent example: Gandalf sheds his grey cloak in Théoden's hall, revealing himself to be Gandalf the White, and all that goes with that name. He proceeds to be a badass wizard.
134* Neo takes off his coat after the most iconic BulletTime sequence in ''Film/TheMatrix''. Morpheus also gets one of these moments in the second movie.
135* In the movie adaptation of the Polish book ''Literature/TheKnightsOfTheCross'', it happens twice. First, in the beggining of the duel between Zbyszko and Rotgier, Rotgier takes of his white cape with black cross. And during the historical Battle of Grunwald, Zbyszko's uncle Maćko duels Kuno von Lichtestein and they both remove their helmets.
136* In ''Film/MortalKombatTheMovie'', [[BigBad Shang Tsung]] takes off his big longcoat just before facing off with Liu Kang.
137* Exaggerated in ''Film/RobRoy'': Before the climactic duel, Roy removes his heavy jacket and Cunningham his opulent frock coat. Cunningham also removes his wig, which shows that he expects this duel to be far more even than the previous ones he fought and that he is willing to forego vanity to improve his odds.
138* In ''Film/TheRussiansAreComingTheRussiansAreComing'', after the Chief has ''finally'' had enough of Fendall Hawkins undermining his authority and breaks his sword on his knee, the two men begin taking off their coats while everyone else tries to keep them from beating each other up.
139* River Tam in ''Film/{{Serenity}}'', just before [[BarBrawl clearing the bar]]. In epic slow motion and blue-filter lighting, [[MundaneMadeAwesome of course]].
140* In ''Film/SherlockHolmes2009'', both [[TheWatson Dr Watson]] and [[GiantMook Dredger]] take their coats off before the fight in the laboratory.
141* In ''Film/SpidersIIBreedingGround'' before Alexandra sets off to save Jason she takes off her black shirt.
142* ''Franchise/StarWars'':
143** Qui Gon and Obi Wan dramatically take off their [[BadassLongRobe outer robes]] before facing Darth Maul, who also sheds his [[BadassLongrobe cloak]].
144** Obi-Wan and Vader also do this right before their duel in ''Film/RevengeOfTheSith''. Probably the main reason this doesn't happen in ''Film/AttackOfTheClones'' is the fact that both Obi-Wan and Anakin already lost their outer robes before their fight with Dooku (and Dooku didn't take off his cape because it protects him with its magic).
145** Obi-Wan also drops his robe before leaping down to face General Grievous and his Mooks. The man must have left robes all over the Galaxy. [[note]]''The Star Wars Visual Dictionary'' mentions that the robe he dropped before Grievous was ''his sixth one'' since the beginning of the Clone Wars.[[/note]] Presumably at least one aboard the ''Tantive'', explaining where the robe he dropped before his climactic duel with Anakin came from.
146** After being challenged by Obi-Wan, Grievous returns the gesture by shrugging off his [[BadassCape cape]] after pulling his lightsabers out of it.
147** In ''Film/ReturnOfTheJedi'', the first thing Luke Skywalker does after being dumped into the Rancor pit is to take his cloak off and fling it aside. Evidently, when Obi-Wan taught him the Jedi ways, he also threw the whole robe-shedding thing into the package.
148** Asajj Ventress in ''WesternAnimation/StarWarsTheCloneWars'', who is always shown wearing a long skirt when not fighting. Because the animators found it too difficult to animate her skirt during fight scenes, Ventress always removes her skirt before engaging in a lightsaber duel with the heroes (in fact, when she escapes after losing she will always leave her skirt behind). She stops doing this altogether from Season 3 onwards, however, as by then Ventress actually stopped wearing a skirt permanently.
149** Strangely averted with Mace Windu in ''Film/AttackOfTheClones''. There's a significant shot of him walking down a hallway to confront the Separatist leaders that would be the perfect time for him to ditch his robe, but he doesn't. When he ''does'' ditch it, it's been set on fire, and thus not this trope.
150** The Jedi (again including Windu) don't ditch their robes before confronting Palpatine in ''Film/RevengeOfTheSith'' either. Maybe that's why they lost. Though Windu ''does'' ([[AmbiguousSituation maybe]]) defeat Palpatine in the lightsaber duel anyway, so perhaps he simply doesn't need to.
151** In Chapter 13 of ''Series/TheMandalorian'', [[spoiler:Ahsoka Tano]] takes off her cloak in almost the exact same way as Obi-Wan immediately before a duel. Clearly, she learned well from spending so much time around him.
152* Neither [[CardCarryingVillain Raven]] nor [[BadassLongcoat Tom Cody]] wear their longcoat during the sledge-hammer duel at the end of ''Film/StreetsOfFire''. Tom Cody even slips his suspenders off his shoulders before the fight.
153* In ''Film/{{Sunset|1988}}'', Victoria's houseman, who is the former Australian light heavyweight boxing champion, takes of his jacket before squaring off against Tom Mix.
154* In ''Film/Titanic1997'', Rose takes off her pink coat before going to a flooded deck to rescue Jack.
155* Doc Holliday shrugs off his coat as he raises his shotgun during the standoff at the OK Corral in ''Film/{{Tombstone}}''. Done rather quickly considering he was holding a double-barreled shotgun, but he had the duster draped over his shoulders instead of wearing it properly.
156* In ''[[Film/TheTransporter Transporter 2]]'', Frank carefully takes off his jacket, folds it and puts it on the hood of his car (declaring that he'd just had it dry-cleaned), before proceeding to wipe the floor with the teenagers that [[MuggingTheMonster tried to steal his car]].
157* In ''Film/WhoAmI1998'', the final fight features "Who Am I?" in a tag-team battle with two skilled martial artists. When "Who Am I?" uses the first one's jacket and tie against him, the second one sensibly removes his before he jumps into the fight.
158* ''Film/WonderWoman2017'': Within the movie, the first time the Wonder Woman costume is seen in full is when Diana sheds the cloak she had been wearing for most of the film in order to leave the trenches and storm across No Mans Land [[OneManArmy by herself]].
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162* Near the end of the second book of the ''Literature/TheWheelOfTime'', Rand has his first real duel against Turak, an invading Seanchan lord. Throughout the novel, Turak is certainly ruthless, if rather effeminate and dainty. His servants retrieve everything for him, his fingernails are long and painted, he wears long, flowing robes, and he speaks in a light, almost sing-song voice. When Rand and company try to steal the [[MacGuffin Horn of Valere]] back from him, it turns out to be a trap to allow Turak to engage the heroes himself. He removes his robe, revealing a chiseled, muscular body, and ''then'' whips out a heron-mark blade, revealing him as the first true [[MasterSwordsman Blademaster]] Rand has to face in the series.
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166* Played for laughs in an episode of ''Series/{{Alf}}''. Lynn notes that an angry visitor has taken off his jacket, apparently in preparation for a fight. Alf quips that someone should stop him before he wipes his shoes.
167* Downplayed but justified a couple of times on ''Series/{{CSINY}}'':
168** Lab coats are normally worn while processing evidence and/or doing reconstructions, but in "[[Recap/CSINYS02E04 Corporate Warriors]]," Mac is seen brandishing bladed weapons, including a [[KatanasAreJustBetter katana]], without one because it would impede his range of motion. (His black t-shirt and track pants aren't hurting anyone's eyes, either.)
169** "[[Recap/CSINYS03E24 Snow Day]]." After the BigBad shoots the sprinklers so they kick on, Mac removes his soaked dress shirt, quietly balls it up and sets it aside while discussing tactics with Sheldon and Stella. Ostensibly it would be uncomfortable, but he'll need enough range of motion to fight with the perp before the showdown's over.
170* In the "UsefulNotes/AlCapone [[TheMafia gang]] vs. Jesse James gang" simulation of ''Series/DeadliestWarrior'', Al Capone sheds his longcoat in preparation for the [[FisticuffsBoss fight]] with Jesse James. [[spoiler: Unfortunately for him, Capone loses the fight when one of James' men [[BoomHeadshot shoots him]] through some jail bars.]]
171* ''Series/TheDoctorBlakeMysteries'': Lucien does this in "An Invincible Summer'' when he confronts a local thug who has pushed Mattie down and slapped Jean. He strips of his suit coat and proceeds to pound the crap out of the thug with GoodOldFisticuffs.
172* The Fourth Doctor took off his coat at the end of the ''Series/DoctorWho'' serial ''Meglos''. He did it to turn the title character's scheme of masquerading as the Doctor back on him to infiltrate his base...and booby trap his superweapon to destroy the planet.
173* In the "pool hustler" episode of ''Series/TheFreshPrinceOfBelAir'', Uncle Phil takes off his jacket before proceeding to beat the pool hustlers that swindled Will at their own game in what is easily one of his most awesome moments.
174* ''Series/{{Highlander}}: The Series'': Subverted in "Comes a Horseman" where it marks the end of an epic confrontation. After Mac confronts Methos in front of the GMC Jimmy, both guys throw their coats into their cars and drive away.
175* Inverted in ''Series/KamenRiderExAid''. Taiga Hanaya/Kamen Rider Snipe gets an epic scene in the final arc where he puts on a doctor's coat, showing that he is no longer a BackAlleyDoctor. Cue [[BigBad Kamen Rider Gamedeus Cronus]] getting his ass kicked by the Doctor Riders.
176* In ''Series/TheUmbrellaAcademy'' when Reginald Hargreaves confronts the Majestic 12 he removes his coat, causing one of them to mock him with faux concern that he, a solitary, elderly man, is ready for a fight. Then Hargreaves also removes [[LatexPerfection his face]], and they stop finding it funny.
177* ''Series/SherlockHolmes'': In "The Solitary Cyclist", Woodley slaps Holmes across the face. Holmes proceeds to calmly remove his hat and coat, hang then up and then lay a serious beatdown on Woodley.
178* In the ''Series/{{Smallville}}'' Season 9 finale "Salvation", Clark Kent disposes of his coat before proceeding to [[spoiler: kick Zod's ass.]] [[BattleInTheRain In the rain.]]
179* In the television series of ''Series/TheTransporter'': Season 1, Frank generally removes his suit coat before a fight, frequently passing it to the DamselInDistress .
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183* [[Music/ChrisBrown Chris Brown's]] music video for his 2007 single "Wall to Wall" has this happening twice. It happens at the beginning of the song when Brown (who is a vampire) takes off his trench coat as he gets out of his car, and when the female vampire (Suelyn Medeiros) gives him chase after escaping the spell of dancing on the wall.
184* In [[Music/TwentyOnePilots Twenty One Pilots']] music video for their 2015 single "Fairly Local", Tyler Joseph takes off his coat towards the end of the video and even pins it on a wall, embellishing the significance of the room beginning to snow before reaching the climax.
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187* There is an entire category of dress that serves this purpose known as "entrance attire". It has its roots in warmup gear. Before competition, athletes would be expected to perform cardio drills and stretches to "limber up" and then wear fairly heavy clothing to keep their muscles from "cooling down" while they rested. This was to reduce the risk of injury, but over time warmup gear became increasingly thematic as wrestlers sought to look distinct among their peers and increase their marketability, to the point of robes that cannot even be manually removed in a timely manner (Wrestling/DaltonCastle), headgear that couldn't possibly serve towards staying limber (Wrestling/StanHansen), and potential weaponry that really shouldn't have been allowed at ringside (Wrestling/TheRoadWarriors) became acceptable.
188* On Gnarly Pop's ''Life Love And Lady Wrestling'', Kikyo parodied Kiera Hogan's routine (wearing her merchandise around her waist before the bell) by wearing multiple shirts over her singlet and slowly removing them to spell out "Hi, My Name Is Kikyo, And I'm Gonna Kick Yo Ass". Hogan admitted it was clever.
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192* TabletopGame/{{GURPS}} Martial Arts supplement included an optional rule intended to simulate this very trope called "Bulletproof Nudity". This rule gave characters combat bonuses if they were wearing less clothing. The key was that you couldn't just walk around in a thong, you had to normally wear appropriate clothing and ''take it off'' or have it [[ClothingDamage shredded]] during the fight.
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196* In ''VideoGame/AlphaProtocol'', just before the battle with Omen Deng, he dramatically sheds his BadassCape.
197* Dauragon C. Mikado, the BigBad of ''VideoGame/TheBouncer'', wears a BadassLongcoat for most of the game, including when you first get to fight him. In the Final BossFight, he starts out wearing it, too, but after you knock enough health off of him, he tosses the coat and [[TurnsRed becomes a LOT stronger]]. In the True Final Boss Fight, he removes the suspenders, too, and fights you [[ShirtlessScene full-on shirtless]].
198* In ''VideoGame/DarkDevotion'', the Executioner casts off his cloak at the halfway point of his boss fight. It was evidently weighted, as it lands with enough force to shake the room and he goes from being a slow but powerful foe to a LightningBruiser.
199* In ''VideoGame/DeusExHumanRevolution'', Adam Jensen wears a BadassLongcoat in his everyday life, but when going to serious assignments, he leaves it home, wearing only a bulletproof vest and his cybernetic implants above the waist.
200* Averted by both Nero and Dante in ''VideoGame/DevilMayCry'', and then completely inverted by Dante in ''VideoGame/DevilMayCry3DantesAwakening'', where he has a badass putting-the-coat-on moment and proceeds to kill a small army of demons.
201* The moment you enter combat time in ''VideoGame/Fallout2'', the Deathclaw NPC Goris drops his monk-like robe to rip the enemy a new one, then puts it back on to hide his features from friendly commoners.
202* In the Heaven's Feel Route of ''VisualNovel/FateStayNight'', [[spoiler: Dark Sakura ''seems'' to kill Kotomine, leaving only his priest's robes behind. But in the true ending, when Shirou goes to destroy Avenger, he finds Kotomine barring his path. This is the only scene in the entire game where Kotomine ''isn't'' wearing his coat, and it's also his most badass. He manages to give a really long speech ''and'' nearly beat Shirou to death, despite the fact that his heart completely ceased to function -- a condition he survived for ''two days''.]]
203* ''Franchise/FinalFantasy'':
204** In ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyVII'', Sephiroth walks around most the time in a BadassLongcoat, and most of the time he's still able to kick ass without breaking a sweat. In his final fight, he wears no coat, which gives him only a pair of pants and boots. [[SubvertedTrope The joke is]], that fight is impossible to lose.
205** Auron of ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyX'' has his own [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r6ZjHmNiAEw iconic variation of this]]. In addition to the FMV at Luca, this is his standard fight-begin animation.
206* With the exception of Seofon, all of the other Eternals in ''VideoGame/GranblueFantasy'' lose their CoatCape for their 5★ uncap, (the last set of character levels for SSR characters in the game) just as they are about to embark on a quest for greater power using the hidden potential of their respective Revenant Weapons.
207* ''Videogame/{{Hades}}'': The final boss, [[spoiler:Hades himself]], actually ''burns'' the cloak off his shoulders as he starts the battle, every single time. Zagreus will quickly grow annoyed by the gesture, occasionally pointing out that's a ''lot'' of capes to burn through. Later on, when Zagreus breaks into Hades's room, he discovers that the only luxury Hades really uses his enormous wealth for[[note]]In Greek myth, all precious metals and gems unmined were considered to belong to Hades, and so he was seen as the wealthiest of the gods.[[/note]] is a never-ending supply of capes.
208* ''VideoGame/KingdomHeartsII'':
209** Mickey Mouse, of all people, does this with his Badass Longcoat after a pivotal scene.
210** There's also a scene of Riku throwing off his own Badass Longcoat after he's restored to his true form and joins Sora in the final battle.
211* ''Franchise/TheKingOfFighters'':
212** Rugal Bernstein in ''VideoGame/TheKingOfFighters94'' first fights in a full tux and without using any of his special moves, but ditches the jacket and shirt for round 2 when he gets serious on your ass and shows you why he is the ''definitive'' SNKBoss. In his subsequent appearances, he has kept the green t-shirt he wore underneath.
213** The ''VideoGame/TheKingOfFighters99'' has this. [[SNKBoss Krizalid]] first appears with a coat in which the players could [[AnticlimaxBoss beat him with relative ease]]. After winning the round, he then [[IncendiaryExponent burns his]] [[PowerLimiter coat]] [[RuleOfCool off]] and starts showing off [[TheComputerIsACheatingBastard his true power]]. He also does this in ''VideoGame/TheKingOfFighters2002: Unlimited Match'' as a special intro to certain characters on the Playstation 2. On all other versions, this becomes his regular intro, while standing without his coat becomes his special intro.
214** [[{{Bifauxnen}} King]] tosses away her dinner jacket and hat in some of her intros.
215* Throughout the ''Franchise/{{Kirby}}'' series, Meta Knight removes his cape before dueling Kirby. In ''VideoGame/KirbyAndTheForgottenLand'', the Beast Pack bosses [[SexyCatPerson Clawroline]] and [[KingOfBeasts Leongar]] also throw off their capes before they attack.
216* ''VideoGame/KuriKinton'': Before a BossFight begins, said boss usually throws their cape away.
217* ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfHeroesTrailsFromZeroAndTrailsToAzure'': Alex Dudley's coat comes off dramatically when executing his [[LimitBreak S-Crafts]].
218* In ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaSkywardSword'', Ghirahim actually teleports his robe away before fighting Link. [[spoiler:He later powers up and removes everything else as well, including his ''skin'', revealing his true ChromeChampion form underneath]].
219* A time-honored tradition in the ''VideoGame/LikeADragon'' series. Most of the major boss fights are precluded by the characters throwing off their shirt in a single swoop so that they can show off their [[TattooedCrook Irezumi]] and if they look unassuming at first, show off that they're also pretty damn buff underneath. Amusingly enough, this action also takes off any undershirt or garments they have worn under their coats. The only time a justified version of this was done in ''VideoGame/Yakuza0'', wherein before the first fight with Kuze. He had his coat on his shoulders so he could pull this off much more easily.
220* In ''VideoGame/MadWorld'', removal of a coat changes [[spoiler: The Black Baron (stop starin')]] from a walking joke to the final boss. His hat follows suit without mention later.
221* In the ''VideoGame/MarvelVsCapcom'' series, Cyclops usually starts with a jacket over his X-Men uniform, but tosses it away before the battle begins.
222* ''Franchise/MegaMan'':
223** In ''VideoGame/MegaManX1'' and its remake ''VideoGame/MegaManMaverickHunterX'' [[BigBad Sigma]] tosses away his coat and spiked shoulder pads holding it before fighting X. Then he pulls out a GODDAMN LIGHTSABER. He does it again in ''VideoGame/MegaManX5''.
224** Zero briefly wears a BadassCape at the beginning of ''VideoGame/MegaManZero2'', and pulls it off, ready to kick ass when the Neo Arcadian military spot him.
225* Nearly every single coat worn in the ''VideoGame/MetalGearSolid'' series. It is especially prevalent in the fourth game, as four characters (Old Snake, Raiden, Vamp and Liquid Ocelot) lose their coats to become even more badass. Raiden in particular becomes twice as badass ''putting the coat back on'' during his 'I Am Lightning' moment. [[note]]It must be explained that he did this after ''losing both of his arms''.[[/note]] Also happens to Volgin, the Boss and the Sorrow in ''Snake Eater'', Ocelot, Solidus Snake and Fortune in ''Sons of the Patriots'', and Liquid Snake in ''Metal Gear Solid''.
226* In ''VideoGame/OnePiecePirateWarriors'', Garp's taunt action is to have him take off his marine coat with the kanji for "Justice" on the back, which he normally drapes over his shoulders like a cape.
227* ''VideoGame/Persona5'': [[spoiler:Shadow Shido's]] second form rips out his [[TheGeneralissimo generalissimo]] suit to become a hulking mass of a man. Futaba lampshades this by saying that the muscles aren't just for show.
228* ''VideoGame/ProjectXZone'':
229** [[spoiler:Saya]]'s final part of her support attack has her tossing her coat revealing quite [[{{Fanservice}} the eye-candy]] before catching her two swords in the air and slashing them to her enemy.
230** Some of [[VideoGame/SakuraWars Erica's]] attacks have her tossing off her nun outfit, revealing a cute cat suit beneath.
231* ''Franchise/ResidentEvil'':
232** During the first half of the [[BossBattle climactic final battle]] of ''VideoGame/ResidentEvil5'', Albert Wesker is thrown out of a jet only to emerge a minute later minus his [[BadassLongcoat awesome coat]] and his [[ShirtlessScene shirt]].
233** Justified by "Mr. X", a mass-produced model of tyrant whose trenchcoat acts as a PowerLimiter, meaning he mutates from a large, mysterious-looking man to something more reminiscent of the other tyrants... and a lot less friendly.
234** In ''VideoGame/ResidentEvilTheUmbrellaChronicles'', Wesker removes his trenchcoat before storming Sergei's base.
235* In ''VideoGame/SekiroShadowsDieTwice'', after you deal two Deathblows to [[spoiler:Lord Genichiro]] during his boss battle atop Ashina Castle, he'll shed his armor in order to wield his ultimate technique, [[spoiler:the [[ShockAndAwe Lightning of Tomoe]]]].
236* In ''VideoGame/SengokuBasara'', Yukimura dons a cloak bearing the Takeda emblem for most of the second season. However, faced with a humongous mechanical fortress, he throws it away to reveal the emblem of the Sanada on his back, signifying how he has finally become his own man. He then proceeds to stop the fortress' advance single-handed, with a pair of spears. Similarly, in the movie, he rips off his BadassLongcoat [[spoiler:that represents his status as the commander of the Takeda army]] before he and Masamune go at each other, signaling that his desire to fight Masamune is personal and unrelated to the Takeda and the Date being enemies.
237* ''VideoGame/ShockTroopers'' has the main villain, only known as "Leader", discard his cape right before the FinalBoss battle with him. Right after discarding his cape, he proceeds to take out his machine gun, and to star at the screen and do an EvilLaugh. Afterwards, final boss battle begins!
238* ''VideoGame/ShovelKnight'' features the Phantom Striker, a mysterious warrior shrouded in a blue cape; he dramatically casts it away at the start of every fight. Specter Knight is an inversion, befitting his Grim Reaper motif; the only time he loses his BadassCape is when he's defeated, causing it to burn away and revealing the dessicated husk beneath.
239* ''VideoGame/SkiesOfArcadia'': When Galcian, the BigBad and Grand Admiral of TheEmpire goes off on top of a rail car to catch the two protagonists, he ditches his immense, requisite BadAssLongCoat, revealing intimidating armor and a {{BFS}}.
240* Purge from ''VideoGame/SpaceChannel5 Part 2'' loses his coat before challenging you to [[FinalBattle the Final]] [[ThePowerOfRock Dance-off]].
241* In contrast to the movie (see film section for more details), ''VideoGame/StarWarsEpisodeIIIRevengeOfTheSith'', Mace Windu does discard his Jedi robe during his mission to capture Chancellor Palpatine. Reason for this change is unknown, possibly only due to RuleOfCool (even though, Anakin retains his like he did in the movie).
242* In ''VideoGame/StreetFighterII'', M. Bison does this with his cape before you fight him.
243* Wild Dog does this in every ''VideoGame/TimeCrisis'' game.
244* In ''VisualNovel/YoJinBo'', Bo sheds his cape (and allows it to be shredded) to gain the upper hand when facing off against Kasumimaru.
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248* In the trailer of ''WebAnimation/{{RWBY}}'', Ruby's hood and cape either disappear or turn into a ScarfOfAsskicking before she starts kicking ass.
249* In ''WebAnimation/VideoGameChampionshipWrestling'', [[VideoGame/Persona4 Kanji Tatsumi]] wears his school uniform jacket for his entrance but removes it for his matches. This is probably to avoid drawing attention to the game's character creator making it impossible to replicate Kanji's famous CoatCape.
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253* After being cornered by some undead, Yuri Kashnikov from ''Webcomic/DeadWinter'' [[http://deadwinter.cc/page/203 elects to take off his jacket]] and decides to face the undead, head on with ''[[GoodOldFisticuffs his fists]]'' even managing to ''[[OffWithHisHead decapitate]]'' one of them and send the head flying!
254* When Erikr and Itham in ''Webcomic/CrimsonKnights'' prepare to face the creature Ajattara, they both quietly drop their cloaks before unsheathing their weapons.
255* In ''Webcomic/ElGoonishShive'', Elliot takes off the top of his martial arts uniform (which was over a [[SleevesAreForWimps sleeveless shirt]]) and ties the belt around his head during a lull in his battle with Nanase. While doing this he [[NoMoreHoldingBackSpeech gives a speech about not using his full power earlier]].
256* In the final battle of ''Webcomic/{{Homestuck}}'', Lord English ditches his CAIRO OVERCOAT before taking on an entire army of ghosts by himself.
257* ''Webcomic/WeakHero'':
258** When he's about to punish Rowan for ([[FrameUp purportedly]]) stealing his bag, Wolf strips himself of his school blazer. The intimidation factor is increased even more by him slowly emerging from the shadows as he does so.
259** Dean sheds his jacket when facing off against Gray, signalling that he's gotten serious while also giving the readers a look at his muscular frame for the first time.
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263* WebVideo/{{Lindybeige}} makes a point to generally do this in combat situations, since cloaks tend to wave around wildly while in high motion combat, and generally get in the way. Lloyd recounts one time while [[{{LARP}} LARPing]], someone slipped and fell when Lloyd started running in a direction while his comrade was standing on his cloak. Otherwise, he feels that a thick, woolen cloak is incredibly useful for keeping warm and dry while on long marches through cold or rainy climes.
264* In ''WebVideo/ThereWillBeBrawl'', Luigi had worn his trenchcoat throughout the series. He took it off during the penultimate episosde, after [[spoiler: Red dies in an explosion. Luigi covered his body using his coat and walked off to start the final battle.]]
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268* ''WesternAnimation/{{Arcane}}'': Soon after Vi attacks Sevika, the two do this trope, Sevika with far more flourish by dramatically tossing her shawl behind her to reveal her mechanical arm with a [[PsychoSerum Shimmer]] injector while Vi [[BoringButPractical just pulls her jacket down]] and leaves it at her feet.
269* ''WesternAnimation/AvatarTheLastAirbender'':
270** In "[[Recap/AvatarTheLastAirbenderTheKingOfOmashu The King of Omashu]]", King Bumi sheds his robes to reveal that [[ObfuscatingStupidity he is surprisingly ripped for a 100+-year-old man]].
271** Zuko tries this [[PlayedForLaughs before a volleyball game]] in "[[Recap/AvatarTheLastAirbenderTheBeach The Beach]]", to the delight of fangirls both onscreen and off.
272** In "[[Recap/AvatarTheLastAirbenderSozinsCometPart3IntoTheInferno Sozin's Comet, Part 3]]", not only does Phoenix King Ozai take off his robe before the final showdown, he ''burns it to ash'' ([[FashionVictimVillain thankfully]]).
273* ''WesternAnimation/Castlevania2017'': Isaac tosses off his cloak after setting off Hector's bombs, charging in towards Carmilla.
274* Used as a form of non-verbal DuckSeasonRabbitSeason in the ''WesternAnimation/LooneyTunes'' short "WesternAnimation/BigHouseBunny": Bugs Bunny finds himself in prison locking horns with guard Yosemite Sam (here called [[MeaningfulName Sam Schultz]]). Bugs bets that Sam wouldn't be so tough without his uniform and dares him to take it off and fight. Sam takes off his guard uniform while Bugs takes off his prisoner garb. Bugs then "decides" that Sam is tough enough and puts on ''Sam's'' uniform, while Sam puts on Bugs' uniform. Bugs then blows the whistle and the other guards beat up Sam and take him to a cell.
275* ''WesternAnimation/SamuraiJack'' tears off part or all of his kimono at least every other episode. Usually loses the top knot, too.
276* ''Franchise/StarWars:''
277** When [[WesternAnimation/StarWarsCloneWars General]] [[WesternAnimation/StarWarsTheCloneWars Grievous]] takes off his awesome cape when he fights Jedi and other opponents.
278** In contrast to the movies where he always kept his cape on during lightsaber duels, Count Dooku does it a lot too in ''[[WesternAnimation/StarWarsTheCloneWars The Clone Wars]]'' series.
279** ''WesternAnimation/StarWarsTheCloneWars'', "[[Recap/StarWarsTheCloneWarsS1E10LairOfGrievous Lair of Grievous]]": Knight Nahdar Vebb drops his outer robe before using the force to clear the path to the Sepratist hideout that the Jedi have been lead to belive Nute Gunray is hiding at and which they've come to in order to retrive him. The actual opponent who awaits them is far more dangerous than they'd been led to believe.
280* In ''WesternAnimation/VoltronLegendaryDefender'', this is how three of Lotor's generals reveals themselves to Throk and the other Galra in the audience.
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284* This happens incidentally in outdoor contact sports, like rugby or American football when the weather gets cold. When a player is on the bench, they'll often put on a coat (or drape it over themselves in football, the coat won't fit properly over the chest and shoulder pads). When it comes time for them to sub in and do violence, they shrug off the coat and run onto the field.
285* Boxers usually wear robes prior to coming to the ring.
286* When their team is at bat, Major League Baseball pitchers will wear jackets in all but the hottest summer days in order to keep their arms loose.
287* Television meteorologists tend to do this when in severe weather coverage, specifically taking off their formal suit jackets to reveal their button up shirts and frequently suspenders; they may also roll up their sleeves and/or remove their ties, all to make it easier for them to work on the weather computers. If you see them doing this, [[OOCIsSeriousBusiness then that means you should be paying attention to what they're saying]].
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