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| 13 | '''The sexiness of an outfit is directly proportional to the perceived possibility that [[WardrobeMalfunction a vital piece of it might fall off]].''' |
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| 15 | This basic theory underwrites {{Stripperiffic}} clothing, ImpossiblyCoolClothes, and pretty much anything else you stick characters into: what makes clothing sexy is the potential for a catastrophic WardrobeMalfunction. The {{Trope Namer|s}} is William Ware Theiss, costume designer on ''Series/StarTrekTheOriginalSeries'', who first codified the concept. These costumes are not AlwaysFemale, but let's face it, they usually are. |
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| 17 | The allure of this trope is all in the tease -- precarious as these outfits seem, they will never, ''ever'' fail to keep everything covered (at least from the perspective of the viewer; other ''characters'' might be getting quite the eyeful). The TTT also takes advantage of an odd side effect: a particularly sexy outfit actually ''[[FullyClothedNudity out-titillates]]'' frank nudity. Evidently, [[WantingIsBetterThanHaving a woman who is not quite naked is more interesting than a woman who already is]]. |
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| 19 | This trope is particularly common in ScienceFiction and related genres, where exotic or futuristic landscapes (plus the WillingSuspensionOfDisbelief) make it seem plausible that these outfits could be everyday wear. However, on ''Series/WillAndGrace'', Debra Messing occasionally wore outfits that would not be anatomically feasible for a better-endowed woman. |
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| 21 | Though Theiss was a costume designer, according to ''Inside Star Trek: The Real Story'' by Herb Solow and Robert Justman, most of the costumes -- following this theory -- were actually somewhat more modest before being "[[ClothingDamage improved]]" by Creator/GeneRoddenberry. According to the "Art of Star Trek" book, Theiss preferred to design costumes that only ''appeared'' to be in danger of slipping or coming off, through the use of strategically-placed sheer or skin tone fabric. He was further able to enhance the effect by the censorship rules of the time regarding what parts of the body could or could not be shown (the navel being the most well-known restriction). He found he could get surprising amounts of appeal from the carefully-arranged display of skin not generally considered erogenous. |
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| 23 | ImpossiblyLowNeckline ("What's holding it ''up''?"),[[note]]Glue and a prayer, double-sided tape, or enough boning that the damn thing would stand up on its own even without her in it.[[/note]] NavelDeepNeckline and {{Sideboob}} ("What's keeping those two strips in place?"),[[note]]Glue and a prayer, double-sided tape.[[/note]] {{Underboobs}} ("That shirt should ride up!"),[[note]]Glue and a prayer, double-sided tape -- sensing a theme here?[[/note]] and GodivaHair ("All she has to do is turn her head a ''little''...") [[note]]Glue and a prayer, posture and careful movement, lots of hairspray; and by the way, she's wearing a bodystocking, too.[[/note]] are common forms of this. Strongly overlaps with VaporWear, when a costume's design seems incompatible with any undergarments. |
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| 25 | Compare WardrobeMalfunction. Contrast FetishRetardant. |
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| 28 | !!Examples: |
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| 30 | [[foldercontrol]] |
| 31 | |
| 32 | [[folder:Anime & Manga]] |
| 33 | * ''Manga/OnePiece'': |
| 34 | ** There is nothing holding up Boa Hancock's robe except the sheer cruelty of the universe. This is MUCH more apparent in the animated version. |
| 35 | *** And yet [[http://onepiece.wikia.com/wiki/Rindou Rindou,]] her bazooka-wielding underling probably has her beat as far as this trope is concerned. Seriously, is her short jacket duct-taped to her nipples or something? |
| 36 | ** Let's not even get ''into'' Sadi-Chan from the Impel Down arc. [[http://onepiece.wikia.com/wiki/Sadi-chan If you think the outfit is unbelievable,]] you should see her in the fight scenes in the animated versions; it defies reality. |
| 37 | ** Nico Robin's outfit post-timeskip has her skirt resting just below her hips, revealing a lot of her pelvis and pubis area; realistically, the skirt is far down enough that it should just fall to the floor. |
| 38 | * Gaap in ''VisualNovel/UminekoWhenTheyCry'' wears a dress that appears to have a pretty good-sized strip chopped out of it all the way down and very barely stitched back together with [[http://images4.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb20111219200338/umineko/images/0/08/Gaap3.png laces]]. It's been described as "a wardrobe malfunction waiting to happen." |
| 39 | ** Apparently the author designed Gaap like this [[{{Troll}} just to mess with an employee who enjoys doing cosplays of his characters]]. |
| 40 | * In ''Anime/MacrossFrontier'', [[IdolSinger Sheryl]]'s stage outfits fit the trope enough. However, this is only an illusion, as most of the time, she's actually wearing a holographic body suit. |
| 41 | * ''Manga/{{Naruto}}'': |
| 42 | ** [[FemmeFatale Mitarashi Anko]] is always depicted wearing nothing more than a miniskirt, fishnet shirt, and trench coat. Despite all of the acrobatics she gets into, that coat '''never''' swings fully open. (Averted, however, in the anime where all of the mesh shirts are filled in with grey, leaving some fans to believe that they're a form of chain mail.) |
| 43 | ** An even more blatant example would be Yamanaka Ino's outfit as of ''Anime/TheLastNarutoTheMovie''. Her shirt and skirt almost fully expose her hips and abdomen, is barely above her groin and looks like it could slip off at any time, yet somehow stays on. |
| 44 | * Harribel in ''Manga/{{Bleach}}'' wears a tight top exposing underboob. Her pants, which barely consist of enough material to cover her inner thigh until just above the knee, are also held up only by a '''sash'''. Lilinette's vest also looks pretty malfunction-prone. |
| 45 | ** Though the underboob never popping out is understandable, considering [[spoiler:part of her hollow mask covers them.]] |
| 46 | ** There's also [[https://vignette.wikia.nocookie.net/parody/images/b/b6/Isane_Kotetsu_Bikini.png/revision/latest?cb=20151016181227 Isane]] in the BeachEpisode. |
| 47 | ** This is played surprisingly in ''Bleach'', considering how {{Stripperific}} many of the women's outfits can be. The female characters, despite fighting fairly often, suffer nowhere near as much ClothingDamage as male characters. You might be able to argue that this is because the women don't wear enough clothes to damage. |
| 48 | * The strangest invocation of this trope has to be in the gag manga ''[[Manga/KidouSenshiGundamSan Kidou Senshi Gundam-San]]''. [[Anime/MobileSuitGundam Char Aznable]] says this is [[http://manga.animea.net/kidou-senshi-gundam-san-chapter-0.1-page-12.html why he wears his iconic mask.]] |
| 49 | * Liru's [[MagicSkirt magic]] "top" in ''Anime/MagicalPokaan'' looks like it would be hard to keep in place even without [[ImpossiblyCoolClothes suspenders pulling down on it]]. |
| 50 | * ''Anime/CowboyBebop'''s Faye Valentine. Particularly in [[Anime/CowboyBebopKnockinOnHeavensDoor the movie]], which has a scene with strong rape overtones, wherein the one button that appears to be her top's only fixture is sliced away by the BigBad. Given her figure, this should have resulted in her clothing flying open rather spectacularly. Since it didn't, we must conclude that her breasts are coated with an adhesive; it's the only way that scene makes any sartorial sense. Of course, since it's implied Faye dresses like that to distract people, she may need a certain amount of help keeping it on. |
| 51 | * Yumi Komagata from ''Manga/RurouniKenshin'' wears a top so low that it should not be physically possible to keep up, and indeed constantly looks like it's about to fall down. WordOfGod says that he's gotten letters from female fans attempting to {{cosplay}} as Yumi asking how she does it. |
| 52 | * In one ''Manga/CaseClosed'' chapter, a woman dressed in what looks like a dress made out of a really long scarf appears, NavelDeepNeckline included. |
| 53 | * ''Anime/PrincessTutu'': Princess Kraehe wears a black tutu which looks like it might fall off at any second. Episode 13 of ''WebVideo/PrincessTutuAbridged'' even has the cast trying to figure out how it stays up at one point. |
| 54 | * ''Anime/GetsumenToHeikiMina'' has Ootsuki Miina has an ImpossiblyLowNeckline that her transformation has got to include double-sided tape to keep those puppies from popping out. |
| 55 | * An InUniverse example occurs in ''Manga/ACentaursLife'', in a village populated by mermaids and mermen who generally go around topless, a pair of teenage boys are more enthralled by a magazine featuring a girl in a bikini. One of them explicitly says it's different when they're covered up. |
| 56 | * In ''Anime/YuGiOh'', Mai's [[http://yugioh.wikia.com/wiki/File:HarpieLady-JP-Anime-DM-NC-2.png Harpie Ladies]] wear something that resembles a slingshot bikini, only ''skimpier'', even while flying and fighting opposing monsters. In ''GX'', Burst Lady's costume is [[http://yugioh.wikia.com/wiki/File:ElementalHEROBurstinatrix-JP-Anime-GX-NC-2.png even more unlikely.]] (Justified, of course, as they're [[HardLight duel-disk created holograms]], not living beings, but that still poses the question of how Duel spirits can wear them.) |
| 57 | * In an anime known for little fanservice, Momo's swimsuit from the first two [=OVAs=] of ''Anime/GirlsUndPanzer'' also qualifies. One wonders how she avoids a wardrobe malfunction. |
| 58 | * ''Anime/KillLaKill'': There is eventually introduced an entire organization whose members are only not technically "naked" because they have tactical belts with low hanging pockets. |
| 59 | * Kuroka from ''Literature/HighSchoolDXD'' has the classic kimono example, not only is [[ImpossiblyLowNeckline nothing keeping it up]], but it should [[MagicSkirt fly open pretty much any time she moves]]. Maybe magic demon powers are keeping it in place. |
| 60 | * ''Anime/{{Raideen}}'': Sharkin's Roman-soldier-style miniskirt always made him look one stiff breeze away from indecent exposure. |
| 61 | * ''Anime/DaphneInTheBrilliantBlue'': Absolutely nothing at all appears to hold on the bottoms of Rena and Shizuka's field outfits. This could be Maebari — a Japanese form of real life fetishwear which amounts to essentially a bikini made out of tape. |
| 62 | * In ''Manga/TheSevenDeadlySins,'' Merlin wears a jacket that is held in place across her chest by seemingly nothing. In the first fanbook it is referenced that she does indeed keep her clothing in place with magic. |
| 63 | * ''Manga/{{Tokko}}'': Kureha goes around wearing nothing above her waist except an unzipped leather jacket. Even when riding her motorcycle, it somehow stays in place. |
| 64 | * Chocolat Misu's combat outfit in ''Manga/SorcererHunters'' consists of baggy trousers and a pair of thin suspenders. If a woman dressed like that in real life, the only way she could move without flashing her nipples would be to glue the suspenders in place. |
| 65 | [[/folder]] |
| 66 | |
| 67 | [[folder:Arts]] |
| 68 | * Czech artist Creator/AlphonseMucha, often considered a trope codifier for the ArtNouveau movement, produced [[http://www.muchafoundation.org/gallery/themes/theme/art-posters a large number of posters]] showing attractive women in flowing robes which quite often illustrate this principle. (They’re never fully nude, although there’s a very occasional flash of actual nipple.) These posters have become hugely popular, and are often the subject of {{Pastiche}} or AffectionateParody to this day. |
| 69 | * John Singer Sargent's ''Art/PortraitOfMadameX'' caused a minor scandal in its day. No doubt part of the fascination is that one strap of the lady's dress looks ''just'' a bit loose (it was actually off her shoulder in earlier versions). The model herself was never in danger, however: the bodice of her dress was rigid like a corset and couldn't have fallen if it wanted to. |
| 70 | * Ancient Greek tunics and dresses were open at one side. While there was enough fabric that nothing was actually going to show, the suggestion of it was always there (particularly on a windy winter day). The men's tunics invoked this trope much more strongly than the women's dresses because the tunics were cut no longer than absolutely necessary. Greek painting and statuary made heavy use of this trope: particularly in depictions of heroes, gods, and goddesses. Paintings and statues of course [[{{Vaporwear}} never wear underwear]], and often wear only a strategically placed cloak. The most common style is to have a male wearing a cloth draped on the hips held in the left hand. Since the statue is immobile, the simulated cloth can't actually fall. But, we all know that if a guy did this in RealLife it would stay up for about five seconds. It's never used on female statues since there is no suggestion that the cloth would fall because women have wider hips. The female equivalent is to have the dress hanging by one shoulder pin. |
| 71 | [[/folder]] |
| 72 | |
| 73 | [[folder:Comic Books]] |
| 74 | * ''ComicBook/CloakAndDagger'': Dagger has an... [[http://images1.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb58378/marveldatabase/images/a/a4/Dagger_Statue_by_diablo.jpg implausible]] costume. It's gotten worse over the years, as the character has gotten better-endowed and the costume has gotten skimpier, but even in [[http://www.comics.org/issue/37944/cover/4/ earlier days]] the only reasonable explanation is that the thing is glued on. |
| 75 | * ''ComicBook/LadyRawhide'': A lot of jokes were made ''in-story'' about how Lady Rawhide managed to keep her breasts from falling out of her costume, and eventually, [[WardrobeMalfunction it actually happened]] in one story. |
| 76 | * ''ComicBook/{{Lanfeust}}'': Cixi. At one point she shows up in what is essentially a bikini, cut into strips, and those strips arranged in spirals for maximum effect. |
| 77 | * ''ComicBook/LegionOfSuperHeroes'': Creator/MikeGrell's work in the mid-'70s gave nearly all the girls the MostCommonSuperpower, which didn't go at all well with most of their outfits, especially Princess Projectra. Those two laces holding it together were going to snap the minute she did anything strenuous. Either right before or during Grell's run, it was explained that most of the Legionnaires were, in fact, well into their twenties or even older in order to avoid unfortunate implications. |
| 78 | * ''ComicBook/MsMarvel'': [[Characters/MarvelComicsCarolDanvers Carol Danvers]]' first costume was very skimpy before she got her iconic black leotard. |
| 79 | * ''ComicBook/SinCity'': Discussed in the sub-story "Hell and Back"--Wallace draws erotic pictures for a lowbrow publication and pisses off its much more worldly boss when he turns in a nude whose nakedness is implied entirely via a sheet that covers her from head to toe. He is promptly ordered to redraw the picture without the sheet. |
| 80 | * ''ComicBook/{{Supergirl}}'': Characters/{{Supergirl|TheCharacter}} has fallen victim to ridiculously skimpy suits from time to time. [[https://dc.fandom.com/wiki/File:Adventure_Comics_Vol_1_409.jpg Her one-time suit]] in ''ComicBook/AdventureComics #409'' was completely backless and displayed her {{Sideboob}} prominently. In ''ComicBook/TheSupergirlFromKrypton2004'', ComicBook/{{Darkseid}} got her brainwashed and dumped into a cape, skintight trousers and an impossible bra. At the beginning of her [[ComicBook/Supergirl2005 Post-Crisis book]], her midriff shirt was so tiny it almost displayed her underboobs. Finally, her alternate universe counterpart ComicBook/PowerGirl is infamous by her [[CleavageWindow boob window]]. |
| 81 | * ''ComicBook/TeenTitans'': [[Characters/TeenTitansStarfire Starfire]]'s outfit is part lingerie, part bondage gear. |
| 82 | * ''ComicBook/{{Vampirella}}'': Exactly how Vampirella keeps ''her'' costume from falling off is a mystery. (''Wizard Magazine'' claimed that for RealLife models who dress as the character at conventions, they use aerosol spray glue.) Some Harris (or was it already Dynamite?) story boldly declared the costume is a symbiont like the Venom thingie. Don't think too much about that. |
| 83 | * ''ComicBook/WarlordOfMars'': [[http://static.comicvine.com/uploads/scale_super/11124/111243883/4854226-hot.jpg Martian females]] are [[DiamondsInTheBuff dressed in nothing more than jewelry and gold ornaments]] and surprisingly never get fully exposed on page. |
| 84 | * ''ComicBook/XMen'': |
| 85 | ** [[Characters/MarvelComicsEmmaFrost Emma Frost]]. As a member of the Hellfire Club, her outfit, while skimpy, was believable. ([[DressedLikeADominatrix It was white lingerie resembling the kind that anyone could buy at Victoria's Secrets, combined with knee-high boots and a cape.]]) However, after her HeelFaceTurn, her outfits got more daring and more improbable in design. One good example was when she first joined the ComicBook/XMen: her outfit combined NavelDeepNeckline and ImpossiblyLowNeckline, using a few strategically placed scraps of fabric to form a reverse "X" with her exposed skin. (Of course, the lingerie was a dress code for the Hellfire Club, but being the [[AttentionWhore type of person she is]], quitting the Club actually gave her a chance to be ''more'' daring.) |
| 86 | ** [[Characters/MarvelComicsMadelynePryor Madelyne Pryor]] in the crossover ''ComicBook/Inferno1988'', as well as some later appearances. Her ragged outfit included a loincloth and one of the most famous cases of {{Underboobs}} in comics history. Especially given how often Madelyne raised her arms, it is widely assumed that only telekinesis was keeping her inside that costume! |
| 87 | ** During ''Inferno'', Havok's normal costume was shredded into the same form as Madelyne's during a brief FaceHeelTurn. Underpecs? |
| 88 | ** The outfits worn by Jena and Madelyne Pyre in ''ComicBook/XMenPhoenixLegacyOfFire'' are very tiny and not held by any sort of string. They must be using MindOverMatter to keep it in place. |
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| 90 | |
| 91 | [[folder:Comic Strips]] |
| 92 | * In one ''ComicStrip/BeetleBailey'' strip, Beetle, Killer, and Plato are in a nightclub where a dancer is performing onstage wearing a skimpy outfit made of flowers: |
| 93 | -->'''Beetle:''' Come on! We've seen the stage show ''twice'' already.\ |
| 94 | '''Killer:''' Let's see it again.\ |
| 95 | '''Beetle:''' How come?\ |
| 96 | '''Plato:''' He's waiting to see if they wilt. |
| 97 | [[/folder]] |
| 98 | |
| 99 | [[folder:Fan Works]] |
| 100 | * In ''Fanfic/LevelUpMHA'', Izuku's Gamer style Quirk gives both Momo and Itsuka "sexy kimono" skins which are described as always looking one deep breath or wrong movement from falling off entirely. |
| 101 | * When Manga/{{Naruto}} meets [[MsFanservice Anko]] in ''Fanfic/UchibiSasuke'', he discovers that the only think more distracting than boobs is clothing that looks like it will slip and show boobs. He even [[RefugeInAudacity outright asks Anko how she holds it up]]. |
| 102 | -->If you saw boobs, then you saw boobs: awesome!\ |
| 103 | However, if there was the ''potential'' for boobs, then it made people focus on them with every fiber of their being, trying to make the clothing slip down the rest of the way by sheer force of will. The fact that no one had ever been able to actually do this was the real proof there was no such thing as psychic powers in the human gene pool (because the lack certainly wasn't for lack of trying), but people still hoped. |
| 104 | [[/folder]] |
| 105 | |
| 106 | [[folder:Films -- Animation]] |
| 107 | * In Creator/{{Filmation}}'s ''[[WesternAnimation/FlashGordon1979 Flash Gordon: The Greatest Adventure of All]]'', Flash, Dale and Zarkov are captured by Beastmen soon upon crash landing on Mongo and dragged to their mountain settlement. Along the way, their [[ClothingDamage clothing disintegrates]] with [[https://youtu.be/O9Z9k0wAZtQ?t=5 Dale's dress so shredded with one shoulder is completely bare to the point where the whole blouse is just about to fall open completely.]] The look is so alluringly that when the film was reedited into the SaturdayMorningCartoon TV series instead, the gang had to be redrawn into their usual costumes to avoid imagery the NBC network could never allow in that timeslot. |
| 108 | [[/folder]] |
| 109 | |
| 110 | [[folder:Films -- Live-Action]] |
| 111 | * ''Film/DuelInTheSun'' thrived under the trope. There's a reason Creator/HowardHughes' advertising caused George S. Kaufman to call it "The Sale of Two Titties". |
| 112 | * ''Film/ReturnOfTheJedi'': Was there any more to Leia's dancing-girl costume beneath the panels of cloth hanging from front and back of the waistline? According to Creator/CarrieFisher on the DVDCommentary, there wasn't, and at times, crews standing behind her could see "all the way to Florida", as it were. Oola suffers a wardrobe malfunction as she is being dragged towards Jabba the Hutt, and again as she falls through the trap door. You can still see a short bit of the first malfunction in the current special edition. Older editions have longer scenes. |
| 113 | * Film/HammerHorror movies in particular lived on this trope. Women in form-fitting see-through nightwear that could slip off their smooth shoulders at any moment. |
| 114 | * Creator/UrsulaAndress in ''Film/TheBlueMax''. There is a protracted scene where she has a folded towel looped around her neck so that the two lengths of towel, draped strategically in front of her, both conceal most of a breast, or at least the nipples. Despite how she moves or speaks, despite how her unsupported breasts jiggle and move, her nipples are always concealed by the towel as if it was glued in place (and it probably was). |
| 115 | * Subverted in ''Film/{{Vampirella}}'' -- not very surprisingly, the iconic costume ''did'' have a nasty tendency to fall off, and the filmmakers had to adapt it into a more practical form. The original version only appears in some promotional photographs. |
| 116 | * All of Creator/PamelaAnderson's scenes in ''Film/BarbWire''. Creator/GeneSiskel outright invoked the trope, stating that the entire film was about whether or not [[MsFanservice Anderson's breasts would pop out of her outfits.]] |
| 117 | * The giant, elaborate, torso-covering necklace and perilously secured sarong-like skirt that Creator/IsabellaRossellini wears in ''Film/DeathBecomesHer''. |
| 118 | * ''Film/{{Pharaoh}}'': MsFanservice Kama ensnares Crown Prince Ramses when she meets him in a temple wearing an outfit best described as bikini bottoms and a translucent gown. She's motivated, as she is a HoneyPot meant to get the new pharaoh to back the Phoenicians against the Assyrians. |
| 119 | * ''Film/TarzanAndHisMate'': DiscussedTrope, as Arlington observes the flimsy dresses Holt has brought for Jane and says "The effect seems to be to promise to show something that is never quite shown." And outside that bit of lampshading, Jane spends most of the rest of the movie wearing a leather tank top and a flimsy loincloth down below. Later installments of the Franchise/{{Tarzan}} series, after censorship got stricter, saw Jane wearing a more conservative one-piece. |
| 120 | * ''Film/CarmensPureLove'': DiscussedTrope. When Carmen the model is deliberating on what outfit to wear, Hajime the artist, who's kind of sleazy, says "What makes an outfit attractive is the imagined naked body underneath." |
| 121 | * ''Film/QueenOfTheDamned'': Akasha appears to be wearing a ChainmailBikini with no straps. It's just glued to her chest. |
| 122 | [[/folder]] |
| 123 | |
| 124 | [[folder:Literature]] |
| 125 | * In ''Literature/ABrothersPrice'', Jerin manages to convince himself that his nightshirt, which just about reaches his knees and is very thin, is almost as decent as a walking robe. Later on, though, he is very aware that the tight trousers with a codpiece he is expected to wear are a lot more titillating than naked legs. |
| 126 | * Vetinari mentions this in Terry Pratchett's ''Literature/{{Jingo}}''. "Curiously, the purpose of the nautch girl or exotic dancer has always been less to reveal and more to suggest the ''imminence'' of revelation." |
| 127 | * All over the place in Creator/PiersAnthony works -- Anthony is fond of having some characters go completely clothed, others go completely nude, and a third group go partially clothed. The first two groups are seen as more-or-less nonsexual, but the third is a major turn on. |
| 128 | * {{Discussed}} in ''Literature/ProblemChildrenAreComingFromAnotherWorldArentThey'' by [[LovableSexManiac Shiroyasha]] and [[ChivalrousPervert Izayoi]], with the former explaining this effect as the reason she invented a literal MagicSkirt. |
| 129 | * Likewise {{Discussed}} in ''Literature/EightWorlds: Steel Beach'' as part of a larger exposition on why OurNudityIsDifferent in Lunar society. In a closed environment with no nudity taboo, actual nudity is considered a sign of either stodginess or poverty, neither of which are particularly attractive. |
| 130 | * Within Alan Dean Foster's ''Literature/SentencedToPrism'', one young lady acting as a walking billboard sports clothing that flashes advertisements on it and occasionally turns transparent on parts of her body. The protagonists muse that the really titillating spots are never going to turn transparent, but people will keep staring at the ads just in case... |
| 131 | * In the Literature/{{Lensman}} series, several of the outfits that the society women wear are described in terms that bring this to mind. Apparently, scientific advances allow for more daring clothing. |
| 132 | * In his biography, Creator/ChuckJones recounts how his fellow male students at college all told him how lucky he was to be taking art class, as he got to sketch beautiful nude models. When the woman disrobed and posed, however, Chuck found himself unaffected and sketched her as he would any other subject. Later that day, however, he was sitting outside in the common area between classes when a female student sat next to him to adjust her stockings. As she pulled back her skirt, all Chuck saw was the briefest glimpse of one of her bare thighs, but that was enough to [[RagingStiffie force him to take a moment to compose himself]] before heading to his next class. |
| 133 | * ''Literature/ThisAlienShore'': Invoked by Jamisia when she blends in with a crowd of rich tourists by wearing a crotch-length skirt with a [[{{Underboobs}} very short top]]. |
| 134 | -->Men. They were so funny, so predictable. They could pass by a dozen nudes and not pay attention to one, but hit them with a piece of clothing that ''might'' slip out of place and their eyes became riveted. It must be some evolutionary thing, survival of the fittest and all that; maybe from the days when a woman in a fur sarong ''might'' have been hiding an extra banana or two beneath her wrap, whereas a nude offered no food at all. |
| 135 | * ''Literature/WhenDorindaDances'': Private detective Michael Shayne has been hired to investigate the matter of a young woman named Dorinda, who dances while totally nude. He shows his SexySecretary Lucy a photo of Dorinda on stage, and is mildly surprised when Lucy isn't offended. Lucy then says "Actually, I think those scraps of cloth and fig leaves dancing girls wear are what makes them vulgar." |
| 136 | [[/folder]] |
| 137 | |
| 138 | [[folder:Live-Action TV]] |
| 139 | * ''Series/StarTrekTheOriginalSeries'': |
| 140 | ** The android [[https://memory-alpha.fandom.com/wiki/Andrea Andrea]] from "[[Recap/StarTrekS1E7WhatAreLittleGirlsMadeOf What Are Little Girls Made Of]]" has a costume with an upper portion that's merely two crossed strips of material. Off the set, models wearing this costume ''never'' failed to get a dramatically appreciative reception from at least the men. |
| 141 | *** In Creator/WilliamShatner's ''Get a Life'', he tells a story about how Creator/GeneRoddenberry talked that same outfit into a fashion show at a Sci-Fi con. According to one of the people there, the model apparently had to spend the evening [[ThatCameOutWrong "beating men off with a stick"]]. Notable is the fact that Star Trek ''hadn't even aired yet''. |
| 142 | *** According to Herb Solow and Robert Justman's book on ''Star Trek,'' William Shatner couldn't stop hitting on Sherry Jackson, the actress playing Andrea, once he saw her in the outfit. Further, the first public modeled display of the costume was in Desilu Studios' lunch room, where Ms. Jackson entered in said outfit -- according to Herb, forks stopped midway to people's mouths. |
| 143 | ** Similarly, the [[http://bp2.blogger.com/_tBl_3BU6-1c/RZrYC6QnGFI/AAAAAAAAAME/n-3uZ-gdEiM/s1600-h/Carolyn+Palamas+3.jpg top part]] of the Greco-Roman-style outfit worn by Leslie Parrish (playing Lieutenant Carolyn Palamas) in "[[Recap/StarTrekS2E2WhoMournsForAdonais Who Mourns For Adonais?]]" consisted of a single swath of cloth draped across her breasts and slung over her shoulder. Most people who were there believed that nothing held it in place except its own weight, and were absolutely certain it was going to fall off at any second. Parrish, on the other hand, knew that it was stuck to her skin via massive amounts of two-way tape which had torn off chunks of skin during the original fitting; this is why she instead wore a bathrobe during all rehearsals, even the dress rehearsal. |
| 144 | ** In "[[Recap/StarTrekS1E6MuddsWomen Mudd's Women]]", Maggie Thrett, playing the character of [[http://memory-alpha.org/wiki/File:Ruth_in_sickbay.jpg Ruth]], suffered repeated wardrobe malfunctions during shooting -- apparently one of her, ahem, assets refused to remain covered. (Unsurprisingly, the final version of the costume was another of Roddenberry's "improvements.") The ruined shot was saved for a [[HilariousOuttakes Gag Reel]], however. |
| 145 | * In a male example, one scene in an episode of ''Series/WhiteCollar'' had Neal Caffrey wearing nothing but some very low-riding sleep pants, with a waistband that looked ''very'' loose. You could practically hear the fangirls pleading for him to bend just a ''little further''... |
| 146 | * With the amount of bouncing and jumping around Creator/ElviraMistressOfTheDark does, it's a wonder her boobs never fell out of her dress. That's because she's a master (mistress?) of suspense. |
| 147 | * In the ''Series/BuffyTheVampireSlayer'' episode "[[Recap/BuffyTheVampireSlayerS7E8Sleeper Sleeper]]", Creator/JamesMarsters is shown in bed with the sheet loosely bunched around his waist, just barely above the groin. |
| 148 | * By ''Series/GameOfThrones'''s costumer Michele Clapton's own admission, the costumes of Dorne, the southernmost, hot region of Westeros, are not made of fabric; they are made of this trope. |
| 149 | -->'''Michele Clapton:''' I wanted it to look like one little pull of a strap and it would just drop to the ground. |
| 150 | * Non-fiction example: in the documentary series about women in the 17th century ''Harlots, Housewives, and Heroines'', Dr. Creator/LucyWorsley tries on the style of gown worn by the ladies at Charles II's court. |
| 151 | -->'''Dr. Lucy Worsley:''' Now, in contrast to the other one, it feels decadent and luxurious, and it also feels -- although it's comfortable -- it also feels like it could quite easily just sort of fall off. \ |
| 152 | '''Dr. Joanna Marschner:''' Well, I think that's most of the point, actually. |
| 153 | * Although the male Gladiators on ''Series/AmericanGladiators'' were generally more covered up that the women, Nitro's first season costume consisted of spandex shorts and two strips of fabric across the chest, which had a tendency to slip down his shoulders. |
| 154 | * Melanie from ''Series/HotInCleveland'' in a trash bag-dress when she causes it to ride up in "Duct Soup". |
| 155 | * ''Series/{{Perry Mason|2020}}'': InUniverse, both discussed and inverted in episode 1-4. A newspaper runs Perry's photo of a nude Chubby Carmichael (a morbidly obese film comedian), with a black bar covering his privates. A golfer, talking with his buddy about the photo, says "Is it me, or does printing a black bar over your jimmy make it look worse?" |
| 156 | * ''Series/StarTrekTheNextGeneration'' has a couple male versions: |
| 157 | ** The men of Ligon II in the episode "Code of Honor" wear tops that are quite similar to that of Andrea in the original series. |
| 158 | ** In the episode "Angel One", the men of the {{matriarchy}} planet Angel I wear blousy shirts that reveal a lot of chest. When Riker wears one for a one-on-one meeting with the planet's Elected One, Troi and Yar think he looks silly, though Yar admits "it's kind of sexy." |
| 159 | [[/folder]] |
| 160 | |
| 161 | [[folder:Music Videos]] |
| 162 | * Music/LadyGaga usually wears skin-tight clothing, bypassing this trope; but in the video for "Poker Face", one of her outfits is a crisscrossing number obviously inspired by the Franchise/StarTrek TropeCodifier. |
| 163 | * Music/KylieMinogue's video for ''Can't Get You Out Of My Head'' features a stunning outfit that ''must'' be just about to fall off. A still image can be seen [[http://i3.mirror.co.uk/incoming/article794454.ece/ALTERNATES/s615b/ here]]. Apparently, there was a lot of double-sided tape involved. |
| 164 | * In Creator/TheBBC's impressive library of music films, there is a late 1970's recording of Music/MeatLoaf and Karla de Vita performing his "Paradise by the Dashboard Light" sometime around 1979, from the music show ''The Old Grey Whistle Test.'' This is an energetically acted song. What makes the clip especially mesmerizing is that Karla is performing in a filmy black top slashed to below the navel in front and open at both sides. She gets within millimetres of inadvertent exposure several times but, perhaps due to strategic tape, never quite gets there. |
| 165 | * That sort-of top that Music/{{Beyonce}} wore in the video for [[Music/DestinysChild "Soldier"]] looked like a WardrobeMalfunction waiting to happen. |
| 166 | [[/folder]] |
| 167 | |
| 168 | [[folder:Pro Wrestling]] |
| 169 | * Wrestling/TaelerHendrix is a walking advertisement for double-sided tape or whatever it is she uses to keep herself from falling out of her clothes. |
| 170 | * No, Wrestling/HaniaTheHowlingHuntress' top did not come down during her match with Cherry Bomb at ''Valkyrie I: International Joshi Grand Prix'', May 24, 2014, but, it looked like it could have. |
| 171 | ** [[https://twitter.com/ChaosNOrder626/status/859837020184600580 This Twitter post]], about a picture from her match with Sage Sin Supreme at ''AWS/QPW Joint Show #2'', April 29, 2017, reads, "That moment you...hope...Hania's boobs doesn't spill out." |
| 172 | [[/folder]] |
| 173 | |
| 174 | [[folder:Religion and Mythology]] |
| 175 | * Literature/TheTalmud (Sotah 8b) notes an aphorism "Undressed, naked and wearing shoes," the idea being that wearing shoes would emphasize that someone is otherwise naked. However, in context, it's referring to [[ShamefulStrip the shame]] involved rather than sexiness. |
| 176 | [[/folder]] |
| 177 | |
| 178 | [[folder:Tabletop Games]] |
| 179 | * In the ''TabletopGame/DungeonsAndDragons'' 3.5 edition Player's Handbook, all of the female examples shown in the races chapter have clothing that looks ready to fall. Not to mention the Nymph in the Monster Manual, the Elemental Savant in ''Complete Arcane'', for that matter just about any female character pictured in any ''D&D'' book. A notable exception is the iconic 3.5 rogue, the halfling Lidda, who's typically fully clothed from her neck to her toes. On the other hand, that type of clothing tends to be skintight, so... |
| 180 | * This is the modern design philosophy for HotAsHell devils and Dark Elves in ''TabletopGame/Warhammer40000'' and ''TabletopGame/WarhammerAgeOfSigmar'', wearing just enough that they aren't technically showing anything but implying they could be at any time. Earlier versions of the models were outright topless. |
| 181 | [[/folder]] |
| 182 | |
| 183 | [[folder:Video Games]] |
| 184 | * ''VideoGame/AzurLane'' features plenty of this for its [[AnthropomorphicPersonification Ship Girls]] in either their default or paid alternate skins, where if swimsuits weren't enough, there are plenty of kimonos and dresses that look like they're about to fall off. One notable example being St. Louis in her [[https://azurlane.koumakan.jp/St._Louis/Gallery#Luxurious_Wheels Luxurious Wheels]] skin that features her in a flimsy dress that always looks like it's about to fall off, held only in place by two flimsy strings that are hard to notice due to her large breasts. |
| 185 | * Jessica Albert from ''VideoGame/DragonQuestVIII''. Her breasts are [[http://www.dqshrine.com/dq/dq8/dq8-40.jpg so large]], and [[http://media.giantbomb.com/uploads/0/4547/304451-jessica_7_large.jpg her top is so low,]] one would think her nipples were glued to the neckline, with how they never explode out -- even with her [[http://i1202.photobucket.com/albums/bb369/diony69/Jessica%20Albert/vlcsnap-2012-04-01-16h59m29s28.png idle stretching,]] her [[http://i1202.photobucket.com/albums/bb369/diony69/Jessica%20Albert/tumblr_lzv5qluESL1qzlgbao1_250.gif bouncing,]] or her [[http://i1202.photobucket.com/albums/bb369/diony69/Jessica%20Albert/vlcsnap-2012-04-01-17h07m52s162.png bending over.]] The "Sex Appeal" (as her skill in the game is) of Jessica's dress is that she is essentially naked from the nipple up. As such, her top attracts much attention and many camera shots in the game. |
| 186 | * Kongōke Bosatsu "Hana" in ''VideoGame/NamuAmidaButsuUtena'' wears robes with an ImpossiblyLowNeckline that only barely covers his nipples; then again, this guy has a pesky habit of [[ShamelessFanserviceGuy stripping himself naked no matter the time and place]]… |
| 187 | * The entirety of the female cast of ''VideoGame/SoulCalibur'' -- with the ''possible'' exception of [[LadyOfWar Hilde]] -- are participants in this trope, thanks to the implementation of female-focused clothing damage in ''Soul Calibur IV''. In addition to, you know, the huge quantities of cleavage and the rather unusual designs that were carried on from earlier games. |
| 188 | ** The award goes to resident {{Stripperiffic}} MsFanservice, Ivy Valentine, who, with the exception of ''V'', loses more and more of her already amazingly revealing default costume. By the time ''[[{{Pun}} IV]]'' rolled around, her dominatrix outfit has been diminished into ''strips'' of leather held together by ''strings''. (She was covered up more in ''V''; the developers likely realized by then that if they made her outfit any ''more'' revealing, they'd probably have to change the game's ESRB rating.) By the time ''VI'' kicked in however, [[https://www.polygon.com/2018/2/22/17039878/soulcalibur-6-ivy-zasalamel-character-trailer Ivy wore an even]] ''more'' revealing outfit that looks like any flex from her would send her flimsy tight clothing flying off her. |
| 189 | * Yoshino "Haru" Harusawa of ''[[VideoGame/DevilSurvivor Shin Megami Tensei: Devil Survivor]]'' wears an outfit that would do Theiss proud. Looking at her sprites, it's a wonder she isn't having a wardrobe malfunction every few seconds. Needless to say, she's a popular character. |
| 190 | ** Specifically, she wears what would normally be a form-fitting dress, except that it's at least two cup sizes too big for her. This makes the top half hang off dangerously low. |
| 191 | ** It doesn't help that she's ''constantly fiddling with the straps''. |
| 192 | ** And you know how significant that is when all the character animations are expressed in a few sprites. That's right; out of say, five sprites they drew of Haru, one of them is of her fiddling with the straps. |
| 193 | ** The [[http://megamitensei.wikia.com/wiki/Angel Angel]]: Her design from the original ''Devil Summoner'', which was swapped out, but later made a glorious return for ''Strange Journey'' and the new ''Devil Summoner'', can be described as so: a light chained blue scarf that barely covers the breasts ''and nothing else''. |
| 194 | * Katsuragi of ''VideoGame/SenranKagura'' wears an open dress shirt with a NavelDeepNeckline. You would think that with all of her flipping around, her nipples would pop out any second, or at least she'd suffer an areola slip, but somehow her top always stays in place. |
| 195 | * Pretty much the entire cast of ''VideoGame/DisgaeaHourOfDarkness'', males included. The archers are only kept decent by the camera angles. |
| 196 | * ''VideoGame/DeadOrAlive [[BeachEpisode Extreme Beach Volleyball]]'': Unrealistic clothing physics are the only thing that keeps this from being an HGame. |
| 197 | * This would probably explain the immense popularity of [[http://wiki.guildwars.com/wiki/File:Elementalist_Sunspear_armor_f.jpg Sunspear]] [[http://wiki.guildwars.com/wiki/File:Elementalist_Elite_Sunspear_armor_f.jpg armor]] and [[http://wiki.guildwars.com/wiki/File:Ritualist_Kurzick_armor_f.jpg Kurzick]] [[http://wiki.guildwars.com/wiki/File:Ritualist_Elite_Kurzick_armor_f.jpg armor]] among ''VideoGame/GuildWars'''s Elementalists and Ritualists, respectively. |
| 198 | * Morrigan's robes in ''VideoGame/DragonAgeOrigins''. There are more {{Stripperiffic}} examples, but the loose fit, the cleavage and {{Sideboob}} indicating lack of a bra, make it look like she could escape her top during any of her magical gestures. |
| 199 | ** Averted in her appearance in ''VideoGame/DragonAgeInquisition''; her robes are the same, but you can see that she's wearing a bra underneath them. |
| 200 | * Mai in ''VideoGame/FatalFury''[=/=]''VideoGame/TheKingOfFighters''. Her outfit looks ''designed'' to fall off. |
| 201 | * ''Franchise/FinalFantasy'': |
| 202 | ** ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyVII'': Tifa Lockhart runs around kicking ass in a white tank top, leather mini-skirt, and combat boots. Then there are her [[MostCommonSuperpower assets.]] |
| 203 | ** After Wol's outfit in ''VideoGame/MobiusFinalFantasy'' had to be changed for being "too sexy" for the playtesters, it's worth observing that he's actually slightly ''more'' dressed than some previous ''FF'' protagonists like Vaan or Tidus. The difference might have been how it looked like it was one gust of wind and two bootlaces away from falling off his body -- Vaan and Tidus's outfits might be scant, but look secure, giving a sort of a more innocent, schoolboy feel as opposed to the stripper effect that Wol ended up with. |
| 204 | * The eponymous Lunna from the unofficial mini-expansion mod ''Lunna - Astray in'' ''VideoGame/StardewValley'', is always wearning a white dress with one sleeve falling down to her right arm. According to her, the dress used to belong to the Wizard Rasmodius' ex-wife. |
| 205 | * In the ''Franchise/StreetFighter'' games, Chun-Li doesn't exactly show ''that'' much skin (in fact, a lot of other females in the series, including Cammy, show more). Still, that skirt of hers... How she manages all those acrobatic flips and wicked kicks while not showing too much (yet still showing off her great legs) is hard to fathom. |
| 206 | * The reboot of ''Franchise/MortalKombat.'' Most female fighters' outfits start off this way and get only worse as battle damage sets in (to the point where the only thing that could possibly be keeping some of them on is glue or magic, and the only thing keeping them from flashing is BarbieDollAnatomy.) |
| 207 | * This trope is why some perceive North America's attempt to censor Tharja's swimsuit scene in the ''VideoGame/FireEmblemAwakening'' Summer Scramble DLC as ''more'' risque than the original version: in the original version, she's just adjusting her swimsuit bottom, in the censored version, thanks to some SceneryCensor, it looks like she's about to take the bottom off. [[http://fireemblem.wikia.com/wiki/File:Sallya_Beach_DLC.png Compare]] for [[http://fireemblem.wikia.com/wiki/File:Tharja_eng.png yourself.]] |
| 208 | * In ''VideoGame/GodEater'' Sakuya's SexyBacklessOutfit is held up only by a pair of strings tied behind her neck and back. With [[https://vignette3.wikia.nocookie.net/godeater/images/7/7d/Tachibana_Sakuya.jpg how much sideboob is showing,]] it's a wonder nothing slips out. |
| 209 | ** Along similar lines in [[VideoGame/GodEater2 the sequel]], Nana wears a strip of fabric slightly too small to completely cover her breasts, held up by a single suspender. [[https://vignette2.wikia.nocookie.net/godeater/images/f/f5/133.jpg It must be seen to be believed.]] Naturally, it never slips or malfunctions in any way. |
| 210 | * In ''VideoGame/UntilDawn'', Sam's ModestyTowel manages to stay on her even while she's running away from the killer, despite the fact that it probably would have fallen off in real life. Some players might be disappointed but it's a survival horror game, not a sexy one. |
| 211 | * ''VideoGame/ValkyrieDriveBhikkhuni'' has Viola's outfit. It's a miracle she doesn't have constant Wardrobe Malfunction with how low the neckline of her kimono is. Amusingly, she receives special versions of everyone's else costumes named "risque versions" that have been modified to show this. |
| 212 | * In ''VideoGame/{{Otomedius}}'', there is almost no way the Stripperific outfits that barely cover the breasts of some of the characters can stay on when they are flying. |
| 213 | * ''VideoGame/EndlessFrontier'': |
| 214 | ** The game's leading lady, one [[RebelliousPrincess HRH]] Kaguya Nanbu, has huge tracts of land stuffed into a microdress held on by the cruelty of the Universe. She has an extremely [[DanceBattler acrobatic fighting style]], which results in, uh, chestquakes, in keeping with the metaphor, but never a WardrobeMalfunction. Whoever [[MagicSkirt enchanted]] that thing deserves either a medal or to be hanged, depending on your perspective. |
| 215 | ** Her successor in the [[NoExportForYou never-released-overseas]] sequel, Neige, is just as, eh, perky and wears a maid costume with a similarly too-small blouse; also imbued with cosmic malice by a bashful sorceror. She has a SuperMovePortraitAttack wherein the camera does a closeup full-body pan, with her skirt *just* managing to hide what kind of underwear she has on, if any. |
| 216 | * [[MsFanservice Krystal]] from ''Videogame/StarfoxAdventures'' is a NubileSavage who wears a skimpy tribal outfit that's basically [[WalkingSwimsuitScene just a bra]] and a hazardously short loincloth. In particular, the way the loincloth stays on (two button clips, one on each of her hips) makes it [[https://web.archive.org/web/20190419190727/https://i.ytimg.com/vi/mbcWxUuho-g/maxresdefault.jpg physically]] [[https://pbs.twimg.com/media/DhR5v-nWAAAecbC.jpg impossible]] for her to be wearing underwear. [[note]]''VideoGame/SuperSmashBrosUltimate'' takes this trope to it's [[SurprisinglyRealisticOutcome logical conclusion]]: while many of the other female characters with similarly explicit outfits had their designs [[DigitalBikini slightly altered for modesty]], Krystal's private area was outright modeled without anything covering them up. Naturally, there have been several [[VideoGamePerversityPotential up-skirt]] screenshots [[https://i.imgur.com//OffoMLh.jpg of]], [[https://pbs.twimg.com/media/DuDzYdAVsAEHAK-.jpg her]] [[https://pbs.twimg.com/media/D1NEb5AXcAATaog.jpg exposed]] [[http://archive.fo/Q2aPZ privates]].[[/note]] |
| 217 | * Sylvanas Windrunner's outfit, specifically her skin-tight pants, in ''VideoGame/WarcraftIII'' and ''VideoGame/WorldOfWarcraft''. Prior to the Battle For Azeroth expansion, many wondered about her top as well (though tbf, it did look like it was reinforced with metal). While one can suspend disbelief in the case of the dragons who dress in similar styles, since their "clothes" may actually be body parts, one really has to wonder about Sylvanas. The front of her pants sits well below her belly button or even her hip line. If she jumped in the air, the fabric SHOULD be pulled down sufficiently as to show her vaginal opening. Of course, it never does: no matter how many crazy archery stunts she pulls. |
| 218 | * Trish, in ''VideoGame/DevilMayCry4'', goes undercover as "Gloria" in a ludicrous outfit with a NavelDeepNeckline, semi-sheet sides, and only two little flaps of cloth in the front and back preserving her modesty. Her intro cutscene features kicks and flips that threaten to expose her entire crotch at ''any second'', but nothing shows. |
| 219 | * ''VideoGame/{{Skullgirls}}'': [[ImpossiblyLowNeckline Cerebella]], [[{{Underboobs}} Ms. Fortune]], [[NaughtyNurseOutfit Valentine]], [[{{Sideboob}} Eliza]], and Black Dahlia all wear outfits so slinky that it's a wonder they don't straight up fall off during combat. Eliza at least has the excuse that [[spoiler:her dress is actually created by her haemokinetic powers; she literally ''is'' holding it on with sheer willpower]], but the others somehow contrive to jump, tumble, and beat the crap out of each other without once showing more than usual. [[FanDisservice Well, in the context fans would like]]. |
| 220 | [[/folder]] |
| 221 | |
| 222 | [[folder:Web Comics]] |
| 223 | * Averted in ''Webcomic/{{Oglaf}}'' with Vanka of Brogoria. She wears a very low-cut tunic with a NavelDeepNeckline, but it often slips and exposes her breasts. |
| 224 | * A rare male example with ''Webcomic/{{Wuffle}}''. As put by one fan, [[MrFanservice his suspenders get lower and lower every time he's drawn]]. |
| 225 | [[/folder]] |
| 226 | |
| 227 | [[folder:Web Original]] |
| 228 | * In ''Theatre/HolyMusicalBatman'', ComicBook/{{Robin}} is a rare male example of this trope. All he's got on is a shirt, cape, mask, shoes, and ''briefs'' the whole musical. It gets worse after a scene where we see Superman and Batman rip off each other's UnderwearOfPower. |
| 229 | * ''Website/GaiaOnline'': |
| 230 | ** Ruby is wearing what appears to be a strategically tied ''bedsheet'' with [[VaporWear no bra]]. The jury's out on whether it's being held up by her rack or by the sheer force of her hotness. |
| 231 | ** [[WrenchWench Sam]]'s original design couldn't find coveralls in her size, so the ones she had were open to her belly-button and on the verge of falling off. |
| 232 | * WebVideo/ToddInTheShadows discusses this in his review of Music/RobinThicke's "Blurred Lines": he claims that the unrated video, which features full-on topless women, is [[FetishRetardant significantly less sexy]] than the TV version, where they're merely wearing {{Stripperiffic}} outfits. When the girls are still clothed, the viewer can at least still imagine them taking the clothes off, which will probably lead to sex. If they're already naked and sex still isn't happening, something must have gone wrong. |
| 233 | [[/folder]] |
| 234 | |
| 235 | [[folder:Western Animation]] |
| 236 | * This is parodied in ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons'' episode "[[Recap/TheSimpsonsS13E17GumpRoast Gump Roast]]" when it's Agnes Skinner who wears a skintight dress to Homer's award ceremony as "Man of the Hour". Homer's father, her co-host, asks, "What's holding that dress together?", to which Sideshow Mel stands and answers, "The collective will of everyone in this room!" |
| 237 | * {{Invoked}}/{{Parodied}} on ''WesternAnimation/AdventureTime'' -- [[ValleyGirl Lumpy Space Princess]] is normally naked, being a sort of [[SiliconBasedLife purple cloud-creature]], but puts on a transparent dress ([[ImprovisedClothes made from a used plastic bag]]) when she wants to seduce [[KidHero Finn]]. Due to her shape and attire, she only ends up failing. |
| 238 | * In one episode of ''WesternAnimation/SupermanTheAnimatedSeries'', Lois and Clark are attending a fashion show, where Lois opines of one garment, "The only thing holding that dress up is faith." |
| 239 | * The page image is Minerva Mink from ''WesternAnimation/{{Animaniacs}}'', who is basically this trope in cartoon weasel form. |
| 240 | [[/folder]] |
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