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13	[[caption-width-right:320:Underboobs, und ''his'' boobs....]]
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15	When a top is short enough or strategically cut to show the undersides of the breasts it's known as Underboobs. This is the standard outfit for females in loose-fitting armor in pulp fantasy. It is possibly the [[AwesomeButImpractical most impractical outfit for fighting, ever]], as it leaves vital organs exposed, particularly when the top is loose-fitting.
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17	This sort of top needs the aid of tape to stay in place, other than in drawn examples.
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19	A type of FanService, naturally. Will always imply VaporWear.
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21	Underboobage is also known as ''shitapai'', neathage, reverse cleavage, or Australian cleavage ([[DontExplainTheJoke as in, "Down Under".]] Geddit?).
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23	The underside of a breast is almost never seen in public in RealLife (seeing as how ''breathing'' wrong could risk exposure) and thus audiences aren't used to seeing it, in theory making it sexier for being unexpected and rarely shown.
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25	Compare NavelDeepNeckline, ImpossiblyLowNeckline, {{Multiboobage}} and {{Sideboob}}. See also TheissTitillationTheory.
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28	!!Examples
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32	[[folder: Anime & Manga]]
33	* Belldandy in ''Manga/AhMyGoddess - The Movie''. While receiving [[spoiler:an antivirus "vaccine" from Heaven]], her clothes and bodily form begin to dissolve starting at her midriff, [[spoiler:revealing the virus contained within her body core]].
34	%%* ''Manga/{{Bleach}}'':
35	%%** Harribel, the Hot Arrancar Espada displays this.
36	%%** Also the former Espada [[spoiler:Neliel]], though it only appears because of her suddenly transforming from her [[spoiler: child]] form to that of an [[spoiler: adult]] Arrancar. In contrast to Halibel, her day wear while she was an Espada was, by female Arrancar standards, an extremely modest pantsuit.
37	%%** Lieutenant Rangiku Matsumoto's bikini during the anime filler BeachEpisode #228.
38	%%* Sei from ''Anime/BurstAngel''.
39	* ''Anime/CodeGeass'':
40	** Kallen during the festival episode where she had to wear a plush costume.
41	** Also, Anya, [[PetitePride though she's so flat one would hardly notice]]. You can just barely see it in R2's first opening.
42	%%* In ''Anime/DogDays'', Yukikaze and Adelaide's swimsuits both feature this.
43	%%* Lucy in ''Manga/FairyTail''. A lot.
44	%%** [[spoiler: Knightwalker as well]].
45	%%* Maiya Kokuchouin in ''Manga/GetBackers''.
46	* Miyo Takano in the first episode of ''[[VisualNovel/HigurashiWhenTheyCry Higurashi no Naku Koro ni Rei]]''.
47	* Kan'u Unchou from ''Manga/IkkiTousen'' had her school outfit too short.
48	* In ''Anime/KillLaKill'', Ryuko Matoi sports this when her sentient uniform Senketsu transforms into its armor form.
49	* Quite often in the later manga volumes of ''Manga/{{Kochikame}}'' when portraying Reiko and Maria in skimpy outfits within chapters or concept art.
50	%%* Naru of ''Manga/LoveHina'' had this during the Pararakelse arc.
51	* ''Franchise/LyricalNanoha'':
52	** Arnage of Huckebein from ''Manga/MagicalRecordLyricalNanohaForce''.
53	** Sister Shante's Barrier Jacket in ''Manga/MagicalGirlLyricalNanohaVivid''. [[NaughtyNuns Not exactly a very holy attire]].
54	* From ''Anime/MacrossFrontier'', one of [[TheOjou Sheryl Nome]]'s favorite IdolSinger outfits consists of a hat, a miniskirt (with suspenders,) boots, and a tube top.
55	* Nadia of ''Anime/NadiaTheSecretOfBlueWater'' tends to reveal the underside of her breasts when she adjusts her bandeau top, which naturally catches Jean's eye, which in turn triggers Nadia's {{Tsundere}} tendencies.
56	* The outfit Theodora from ''Manga/NegimaMagisterNegiMagi'' wears under her [[AllEncompassingMantle cloak]] qualifies.
57	* Sadi-chan's devil-themed {{Dominatrix}} outfit from the Impel Down arc in ''Manga/OnePiece'' has this.
58	%%* Mimete of The Witches 5 from ''Manga/SailorMoon's'' S series.
59	* In ''Manga/SoulEater'' when four of the Mizune sisters combine together they turn into a woman whose outfit shows some underboob. Though technically this part would be covered were it not that one of the Mizune sisters was killed.
60	%%* Amane in episode 8 of ''Anime/TenchiMuyoGXP'' is full of this trope.
61	* Yoko's bikini top in ''Anime/TengenToppaGurrenLagann''.
62	* ''Anime/TransformersCybertron'' gives us Thunderblast who, thanks to the animators at Creator/{{GONZO}}, is the first Transformer to be depicted with underboobs (a feature that is noticeably absent from her toy, by the way).
63	* Yugi's Spellcaster [[http://yugioh.wikia.com/wiki/Choco_Magician_Girl Choco Magician Girl]] from ''Anime/YuGiOhTheDarkSideOfDimensions'' has an Underboob ''CleavageWindow''.
64	* Chris Tasker from ''Anime/ZoidsNewCentury'' has an outfit with an open front down to past her navel.
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67	[[folder:Comics]]
68	* An early cover for the comic ''ComicBook/AnimalMystic'' featured the heroine in an outfit with a circle cut out of the midriff to display reverse cleavage.
69	* The story "Shadowjack" in ''ComicBook/TheIllustratedRogerZelazny'' has this with one of Vara's costumes.
70	%%* Fly Girl from Creator/DCComics' ''ComicBook/MajorBummer'' series.
71	* Several of ComicBook/PowerGirl's particularly hideous costumes had this as a feature, until she went back to the usual CleavageWindow.
72	* Madeline Pryor of the ComicBook/XMen during her stint as [[ComicBook/{{Inferno1988}} the Goblin Queen]].
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76	%%* One of the Dabo Girls in ''Series/StarTrekDeepSpaceNine''.
77	%%* The Orion Slave Girls of ''Series/StarTrekEnterprise''.
78	* ''Series/StarTrekTheNextGeneration'': Tasha Yar in "The Naked Now".
79	* The Making of ''Series/StarTrekTheOriginalSeries'' mentioned how showing this was absolutely forbidden by the network censors, and scripts mentioning [[TheissTitillationTheory costumes]] frequently got notes back warning against showing the area below the nipple. "Perhaps the censors think moss grows there."
80	* A ''Series/StarTrekVoyager'' episode features the return of two Ferengi who have been stuck in the Delta Quadrant since [[Series/StarTrekTheNextGeneration their last appearance]]. The two swindlers make their appearance with a couple of slave girls, one of which shows this trope.
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84	* "Underboob" by Possible Oscar praises this.
85	* ''Music/{{Vocaloid}}'':
86	** Sometimes Meiko or Haku is seen sporting one of these shirts.
87	%%** Megpoid's extend designs.
88	%%* The album cover of ''Chocolate and Cheese'' by ''Music/{{Ween}}''.
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91	[[folder:Music Videos]]
92	* The video of "Music/BadRomance" features Music/LadyGaga in a jeweled...thing on top, with a kind of rhinestone fishnet sheet on the rest of her upper body.
93	* The opening scene of Music/DavidLeeRoth video for "California Girls" has a couple of models in a store in the upper half of tank tops. When ''WesternAnimation/BeavisAndButthead'' see the video, Butt-Head remarks how he likes it when he can see "the bottom of the thingies".
94	* "Don't speak" by Music/NoDoubt features an underboob shot of singer Music/GwenStefani.
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98	* Avalanche Press' [[TabletopGame/DungeonsAndDragons d20]] supplement ''Aztecs: Empire of the Dying Sun''. ALL of their early 2000's d20 supplements featured some gratuitous T&A slapped on top of some moderately well-researched material, but this was one of the more improbable looking covers.
99	* Last Unicorn Games' ''TabletopGame/DuneChroniclesOfTheImperium'' Core Game. An illustration of a harem on page 8 showed a slave girl with this.
100	* ''TabletopGame/DungeonsAndDragons'' adventure G1-3 ''Against The Giants''. In the "Glacial Rift of the Frost Giant Jarl" section, there's an illustration of a female fighter with this odd style choice.
101	* Several of the ''TabletopGame/{{Malifaux}}'' miniatures, especially Taelor, Lady Hammerstrike.
102	* ''TabletopGame/{{Shadowrun}}'':
103	** ''The Neo-Anarchists' Guide to Real Life'' had a prostitute wearing a tank top with this feature.
104	** ''Magic in the Shadows''. An illustration portrays a spirit of the voudoun loa Erzulie this way.
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107	[[folder:Video Games]]
108	* ''VisualNovel/AoiShiro'' has Kaya's whose coat plays the trope straight.
109	* Leslie from ''VideoGame/ArcRiseFantasia'' had this in her original character design, but this was covered up in a slight revision of her outfit later in development.
110	* One of the group collages in the official art for ''VideoGame/AzureDreams'' (used on the cover of the OST among others) has Nico display this.
111	* Makoto from ''VideoGame/BlazBlue'' shows this when wearing her combat outfit. Mu-12 displays a bit of this too.
112	%%* The Zaulia in ''VideoGame/BrutalLegend''.
113	* [[GenderBlenderName Hermes]] [[AsLongAsItSoundsForeign Gberardini]] from ''VideoGame/ChaosCode'' has a top with a cut out.
114	* ''VideoGame/DeusEx'' has several (oft-repeated) female models showing underboob.
115	* The Sorceress of ''VideoGame/DiabloII'' has such an outfit while she is not wearing any armor.
116	* [[PosterGirl Alisa]] of ''VideoGame/GodEaterBurst'' wears a sleeveless crop top that leads to this. In the sequel manga ''The 2nd Break'' and ''God Eater 2'', her new uniform still does this because it conveniently has to be zipped downwards and can't be zipped further down her chest. This was lampshaded by her InstantFanclub.
117	%%* Dizzy from ''VideoGame/GuiltyGear''.
118	* Whiptail in ''VideoGame/HeavenlySword'' wears a costume that shows the underside of one of her breasts.
119	* ''VideoGame/LeisureSuitLarry6ShapeUpOrSlipOut'': Cavaricchi Vuarnet's (the fitness instructor) T-shirt. [[spoiler:If you keep grabbing at it, eventually you'll trigger an EasterEgg where Larry lifts the T-shirt... and she [[HaveANiceDeath kills you right after.]]]]
120	%%* Death from the ''VideoGame/MagicalDrop'' series.
121	%%* ''Franchise/MortalKombat'' has Mileena sporting this trope.
122	* [[HospitalHottie Anesthesia's]] Flight Attendant-themed Superstar Outfit in ''VideoGame/RumbleRoses'' sports some.
123	* ''VideoGame/NoMoreHeroes2DesperateStruggle'': Charlie [=MacDonald=] shows up with an entire troop of cheerleaders with shirts short enough to display their breasts' undersides very prominently.
124	* The ''VideoGame/SoulSeries'':
125	** PsychoForHire Tira and her... green... bodysuit... thing.
126	** Seong Mi-Na has been sporting underboobage since ''III''.
127	* Christie Monteiro's outfit in ''VideoGame/Tekken5'', as she was supposed to be dressed as a Brazilian dancer. Capoeira's nickname is "The Brazilian Dance of Death", not that ''actual'' capoeira fighters dress like dancers...
128	* In ''VideoGame/WWFNoMercy'', one of Terri Runnells' 4 costumes had underboobs.
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131	[[folder:Webcomics]]
132	* ''Webcomic/{{DevilBear}}'', Cayenne flashes a rock band.
133	%%* Ultima, Radical's doppelganger from ''Webcomic/GamingGuardians''.
134	%%* Ferretina, the Weasel Queen from ''Webcomic/GirlGenius''.
135	* Rayne from ''Webcomic/LeastICouldDo'' ends up having a threesome with a woman showing this trope.
136	* [=DiDi=] in ''Webcomic/MenageA3'', when she had to borrow a shirt from her much smaller friend, Sandra.
137	* Shelly of ''Webcomic/WapsiSquare'' doesn't wear much when playing basketball with the guys.
138	* When Dixie, of ''ComicStrip/WhatsNewWithPhilAndDixie'', is in her Ninja persona, her outfit includes underboobs.
139	* In ''Webcomic/TheWhiteboard'', when [[MsFanservice Pirta]] reaches up to a mask on display, [[http://www.the-whiteboard.com/autotwb1701.html her shirt rises up enough to unintentionally flash a customer with the underside of her breasts.]] The customer is surprised by the flash, but not unappreciative, [[AllMenArePerverts asking her to get a different mask down for him from that same display]].
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