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| 12 | [[caption-width-right:349:"Don't tell me I need a shirt for fighting giant robots, [[CharacterCatchphrase just who the hell do you think I am!?]]"]] |
| 13 | |
| 14 | ->''"Doesn't he own a shirt?!"'' |
| 15 | -->-- '''Edward Cullen ''' (about Jacob Black), ''Literature/{{Twilight|2005}}'' |
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| 17 | If the cast of your favorite show happens to include an [[MrFanservice attractive male]], the chances are high that he's going to wind up [[ShirtlessScene losing his shirt]] [[note]][[StripPoker probably not in a gambling parlor]][[/note]] sooner or later. It may be gratuitous, [[FinalBattleInducedShirtLoss or caused by the antagonist]], and it will almost certainly bring the {{squee}}, but it will also be temporary. Eventually, Mr. Fanservice will replace his shirt, and you'll have to resort to rewinds and freeze-frames if you haven't gotten your fill. |
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| 19 | Unless, of course, the object of your PerverseSexualLust is ''this guy''. |
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| 21 | The typical Walking Shirtless Scene is the dude whose ''default attire'' involves parading around half-naked. His LimitedWardrobe is ''so'' limited, that it doesn't even include a shirt -- or if it does, he seems to be totally incapable of keeping it shut (in a sort of [[DistaffCounterpart Spear Counterpart]] to NavelDeepNeckline). And even if he ''does'' have an UnlimitedWardrobe, every outfit would have the singularly shared trait of lacking anything that covers his upper torso. Alternatively, a variant exists where the dude does wear a shirt, though he removes or loses it a lot to evoke the same amount of eye candy as one who forgoes any upper torso covering. |
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| 23 | As you might guess, [[EstrogenBrigade fangirls love him]]. [[EvenTheGuysWantHim And sometimes guys, as well]]. |
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| 25 | SuperTrope to NoShirtLongJacket. SubTrope of {{Stripperiffic}}. For non-{{Fanservice}}-y examples of shirtless {{Funny Animal}}s[=/=]{{Civilized Animal}}s, see HalfDressedCartoonAnimal. Male HalfHumanHybrid creatures often also apply, such as [[OurCentaursAreDifferent centaurs]] or [[OurMermaidsAreDifferent mermen]] (in the latter case the trope name may be a misnomer as merfolk can't exactly ''walk.'') |
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| 27 | For [[NippleAndDimed obvious reasons]], this is a practically [[AlwaysMale male-exclusive]] form of {{Stripperiffic}}-ness. Normally, the closest you can hope from [[DistaffCounterpart someone without a Y chromosome]] is some [[BareMidriffsAreFeminine bare midriff]], GodivaHair, NavelDeepNeckline, [[TankTopTomboy tank tops]], or a WalkingSwimsuitScene. Exceptions to this rule are '''very''' rare, and require some rather impressive design gymnastics to implement. Or are in works intended for more mature audiences in the first place, or those from cultures where female breasts aren't seen as inherently sexual. |
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| 29 | !!Examples: |
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| 31 | [[foldercontrol]] |
| 32 | |
| 33 | [[folder:Advertising]] |
| 34 | * "A Thousand Quivers" [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=57kX_8gTdM0 Coty Wild Musk]] |
| 35 | * The BOD Man [[https://youtu.be/Ax8npVGa024 football]] and [[https://youtu.be/HgKI0dkzj1c soccer]] commercials. |
| 36 | * Advertising/TheManYourManCouldSmellLike |
| 37 | * [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F_7zjKIl050 This]] Subaru Forester commercial. |
| 38 | * The Watch ESPN commercial [[http://www.ispot.tv/ad/77CE/watch-espn-app-store-models Store Models.]] |
| 39 | * ''Series/TheYoungAndTheRestless'' [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WPbfS19IBGE promo]] |
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| 42 | [[folder:Anime & Manga]] |
| 43 | * ''Manga/{{Adekan}}'': Both Shiro and Anri wear clothing that reveals their chests. Anri doesn't wear a shirt and Shiro's kimono frequently falls open to reveal his chest and [[GoingCommando his junk]]. |
| 44 | * ''Manga/BattleAngelAlita'': Zekka's outfit consists entirely of boots, pants, and a vest that he is physically unable to button, [[HellBentForLeather all leather]]. [[{{Shotoclone}} Toji's]] ''gi'' is also always much too loose on his chest. Largely justified in that not only are both [[TheAce epic level]] [[MartialArtsAndCrafts martial artists]] but in that settings about 90% of the population are {{cyborg}}s, so they don't ''need'' clothes in the first place. |
| 45 | * Creed from ''Manga/BlackCat'' has his chest constantly exposed due to the [[strike:ridiculously gay]] [[https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/blackcat_creed_25.jpg interesting clothes]] he wears. And when he's not a Walking Shirtless Scene, it's because he's butt naked. |
| 46 | * ''Manga/{{Bleach}}'': |
| 47 | ** Grimmjow Jaegerjaquez, whose finely sculpted abs draw about as much attention as his blue hair. He might as well not be wearing a shirt at all with the amount of coverage it provides. |
| 48 | ** Kensei Muguruma has an open shirt to expose the 69 tattooed on his finely sculpted abs. |
| 49 | ** Avirama doesn't wear a shirt, or anything else on his upper body for that matter, save for a pair of detached sleeves. |
| 50 | ** In the ({{filler}}) Zanpakuto Strange Tales Arc, the spirit manifestations of Ruri'iro Kujaku and Kazeshini are constantly shirtless. |
| 51 | ** Gerard Valkyrie dresses like a Viking caricature or an anime version of ComicBook/TheMightyThor: baggy trousers, boots, bracers, winged helmet-mask, and even a superhero cape. However, his upper body is completely naked. The cape has to be strapped to his shoulders. |
| 52 | * ''Manga/BusoRenkin'': While he [[DownplayedTrope does wear an unbuttoned jacket]] and {{Sarashi}}, Hiwatari is almost never shown to wear a shirt underneath them, leaving most of his well-developed chest exposed. |
| 53 | * Ginga from ''Manga/Change123'', as befitting the wild-child personality and appearance, runs around shirtless for large portions of their early appearance. [[spoiler:Until ''she'' starts growing breasts, anyway.]] |
| 54 | * The eponymous Chrono of ''Manga/ChronoCrusade'' is this whenever he's in his [[OneWingedAngel true form]]. |
| 55 | * Crow of ''Manga/DeadmanWonderland'' occasionally wears a coat, but doesn't seem to want to button it up. |
| 56 | * Inosuke Hashibira in ''Manga/DemonSlayerKimetsuNoYaiba'' hates wearing shirts, believing that covering his torso will dull his SuperSenses. Even if he has to wear a shirt for whatever reason, he'll usually keep it unbuttoned. |
| 57 | * ''Manga/FairyTail'': |
| 58 | ** Natsu's pre-TimeSkip vest isn't very concealing. |
| 59 | ** Gray, who is prone to unconsciously stripping down to his underwear, is an even better example. |
| 60 | * Senzaimon Nakiri of ''Manga/FoodWars'' sports a robe in most instances. When he tastes delicious food, he will end up bursting out of his robe to go topless. This trope is exploited heavily when he judges the Autumn Elections. |
| 61 | * ''Manga/FullmetalAlchemist'' |
| 62 | ** Both Greed and Ling in the manga wear vest/jacket-type things that nevertheless leave their chests and tummies nice and visible. {{Foreshadowing}}? |
| 63 | ** In Chapter 104, [[spoiler:after Father absorbs God]], he ends up looking just like Hohenheim. Specifically, a half-naked, teenage Hohenheim. And he spends the next several chapters like this too. Quickly turns into FanDisservice after [[spoiler:Hohenheim's countermeasure strips him of the souls needed to comfortably contain his new power]], causing unsightly, bulging veins to pop all over his body. |
| 64 | ** Alex Louis Armstrong is [[RunningGag always getting his shirt ripped off]] when he flexes his muscles. Lampshaded by Greed in one of the outtakes. |
| 65 | -->'''Greed''': ''[[spoiler:(talking about Father)]]'' "Within him is a Philosopher's Stone powered by many thousands of people. You could say he used its energy [[spoiler:to claim the powers of God for himself]]. Now will you please put on a [[PrecisionFStrike fucking]] shirt?!" ''(Armstrong narrows his eyes, as if genuinely offended by the statement)'' |
| 66 | * ''Manga/HellsParadiseJigokuraku'': The [[OneWingedAngel final form]] of the FinalBoss is, rather than the monstrous, BotanicalAbomination forms of their lesser henchmen, a [[BishonenLine shirtless and mostly-humanoid being]]. [[spoiler: It's also a very rare female example; the shirtlessness and attendent exposed breasts are presented in a very un-titilating, "[[NationalGeographicNudity National Geographic]]" style meant to emphasize her [[PostHumanNudism disconnection from humanity]], but she's still at the end of the day a topless woman with no BarbieDollNudity.]] |
| 67 | * ''Manga/HenkyouNoRoukishiBardLoen'': Jogg Ward, the illegitimate child of Kaldus, is a man that walks around with an open shirt at all times. He even refuses advice from his minions to wear any protection before dueling Bard. |
| 68 | * ''Manga/HoshinEngi'': |
| 69 | ** Raishinshi never wears a shirt. Justified, since the [[WingedHumanoid huge wings]] on his back probably prevent him from wearing one. |
| 70 | ** Tenka's upper body is covered only by his short jacket, leaving his chest and [[SleevesAreForWimps his arms]] exposed. |
| 71 | ** Nataku was initially wearing a white top, but about halfway through the manga, he stops and joins them in this trope. |
| 72 | * ''Anime/JinzoKonchuKabutoBorgVXV'': Big Bang wears nothing but a mask, a cape, and pants. |
| 73 | * All four of [[OurVampiresAreDifferent the Pillar]] [[MachoCamp Men]] in ''Manga/JojosBizarreAdventureBattleTendency.'' The sole exception is when [[BigBad Kars]] dons a coat-and-hat ensemble to pass as human. |
| 74 | * Shichika from ''Literature/{{Katanagatari}}''. Upon removing him from his secluded island home, Togame took him to a clothing store in the hope of doing away with his ragged, half-naked state. He somehow left the store with an outfit that covers even ''less''. |
| 75 | * After (quite literally) stripping off his teacher disguise in the fourteenth episode of ''Anime/KillLaKill'', resident MrFanservice Aikuro Mikisugi pretty much never puts on a shirt (or pants, or [[GoingCommando underwear]]...though occasionally a [[NoShirtLongJacket labcoat]]) again. This trope applies to every other member of Nudist Beach too, including Tsumugu, as well as [[spoiler:Gamagoori, Inumuta, Sanageyama, Nonon, and the Mankanshokus]] after episode eighteen. |
| 76 | * [[JerkWithAHeartOfGold Marco Owen]] in ''Manga/KingOfThorn''. He loses his shirt fairly early on and never bothers to replace it, thus giving us a good view of all the [[TattooedCrook tattoos he got whilst in prison]]. [[spoiler:And later, all the scars he's gotten as a result of his fight with one of the Zeus Race/dying/being resurrected.]] |
| 77 | * Reg from ''Manga/MadeInAbyss'' usually wears a cape with no shirt. It doesn't really come off as fanservice, though, since he [[VagueAge looks like]] a [[MuscleAngst skinny]] twelve-year-old. |
| 78 | * Deville of Huckebein from ''Manga/MagicalRecordLyricalNanohaForce'', whose outfit consists of boots, pants, a strip of cloth hanging off from his shoulders, and nothing else. |
| 79 | * In ''Manga/MagiLabyrinthOfMagic'' no [[OurGeniesAreDifferent Djinn]], male or female, has ever been depicted wearing a shirt. Likewise, every male who uses [[WillingChanneler Djinn Equip]], except [[NumberTwo Koumei]] for some reason. (Maybe because of his relatively scrawny GeekPhysique.) |
| 80 | ** There's also Judar, who thought to cover his shoulders with a tiny choli but for some reason bares the rest. |
| 81 | * ''Manga/MermanInMyTub'' has Wakasa the merman, who never wears a shirt in the entire series (and contrary to the trope name he can't walk, he usually stays in the tub and can only crawl.) |
| 82 | * ''Anime/MobileFighterGGundam'' is notable for having ''a giant robot'' pull this off. Chibodee's Gundam Maxter has a "Boxing Mode" that makes its shoulder pads become boxing gloves, and also makes its chest plate fly off. [[http://vignette4.wikia.nocookie.net/gundam/images/b/b5/Maxter.jpg/revision/latest?cb=20131121232637 Turns out it sports some nice pecs.]] |
| 83 | * All pilots of Chryse Guard Security in ''Anime/MobileSuitGundamIronBloodedOrphans'' are prone to this. Justified, they pilot Mobile Suits with their back wired with cords and most of them have cybernetic implants jutting out of their backs that act as ports for the [[{{Synchronization}} biometric interfaces.]] |
| 84 | * Van Fanel from ''Anime/TheVisionOfEscaflowne'' TV series is not a case of this, despite a certain [[WingedHumanoid race-related ability]] that [[ClothingDamage renders shirts unusable]]. ''[[TheMovie Movie]]'' Van, on the other hand, sees the futility of such clothing and instead chooses to [[http://media.animegalleries.net/albums/Escaflowne/hitomi-van/esca_hito-van042.jpg parade]] [[http://media.animegalleries.net/albums/Escaflowne/hitomi-van/esca_hito-van047.jpg around]] [[http://media.animegalleries.net/albums/Escaflowne/van/esca_van027.jpg half]] [[http://media.animegalleries.net/albums/Escaflowne/van/esca_van042.jpg naked]] -- and for that, we thank him. |
| 85 | * In ''Manga/MyHeroAcademia'', the one standout example is Eijiro Kirishima, whose costume leaves him bare-chested because he's trying to pass himself off as really manly. That, and if he's not careful when he uses his "Hardening" Quirk, he's liable to [[ClothingDamage tear up his clothes with his sharpened body.]] Tetsutetsu Tetsutetsu, his redundant counterpart, is a slightly less prevalent example, as his hero costume covers up a bit more of his chest and his Quirk, "Solid Steel", doesn't pose the risk of damaging his clothes. |
| 86 | * ''Manga/{{Naruto}}'': |
| 87 | ** Both Sasuke in Part II (who is lean, but moderately muscular) and the Raikage (who is ''utterly freaking ripped'') have very open shirts, and the latter takes his off completely when fighting. |
| 88 | *** Sasuke actually has a functional reason for his not-shirt; it's so his Cursed Seal form's wings don't rip his clothes every time he uses them as they erupt from his back. [[spoiler:When Itachi removes this ability, Sasuke reverts to more standard clothing.]] |
| 89 | ** On the other hand, Zabuza doesn't wear anything on his upper body in his first appearance but a few straps and arm-warmers (except for some flashbacks to when he was still with the Mist Village and he wears a standard flak jacket). He later switches to a tanktop |
| 90 | ** Utakata, the container of the Six-Tailed Slug (believe it or not he's a {{bishounen}}) wears his kimono half open, revealing his chest and, if it weren't for his strategically-placed soap container, much more. |
| 91 | ** We see in a flashback that Hanzo used to fight shirtless because [[PoisonousPerson he can release poison]] from a venom sac he implanted in his abdomen and clothes apparently make it hard to release it. |
| 92 | ** And let's not get started on Hidan, who can't be troubled to wear a shirt or button up his cloak all the way. |
| 93 | ** Kimmimaro often keeps his shirt open. Justified as he needs to pull out his bones whenever necessary. |
| 94 | * Jack Rakan of ''Manga/NegimaMagisterNegiMagi'' generally wears his shirts open, if he wears one at all. |
| 95 | * ''Manga/OnePiece'': |
| 96 | ** This could be the reason [[TheAce Portgas. D. Ace]] got so much extra screentime in the anime. There's also Whitebeard, Luffy, Marco, Mihawk, Eustass, Mr 1... the list goes on! They're {{pirate}}s after all. |
| 97 | ** Occasionally [[MrFanservice Zoro]] as well, depending on the arc; same with [[{{Bishounen}} Law]], who had this during the Dressrosa arc. |
| 98 | ** Franky gets bonus points for only wearing Speedo on his bottom half. |
| 99 | ** Let's not forget Smoker, who walks around in an open-fronted jacket. [[spoiler:For added fun, when he forcibly has his body switched with that of his female subordinate Tashigi, he decides [[NoShirtLongJacket to keep the look]], much to her embarrassment. She finds it equally embarrassing for Smoker's chest to be exposed while she's in his body, and thus immediately zips up his jacket all the way.]] |
| 100 | ** Also [[FanDisservice Hannyabal and Blackbeard]]. |
| 101 | * ''Franchise/{{Pokemon}}'': |
| 102 | ** The ''Manga/PokemonAdventures'' manga features Brock being shirtless at first just like the original sprite of the game. |
| 103 | ** ''Anime/PokemonTheSeries'': |
| 104 | *** From ''Anime/PokemonTheOriginalSeries'', Bruno of the Elite Four is always shirtless, just like his game counterpart. Oliver, a CanonForeigner from Johto, spends most of his time shirtless as well, though that is to be expected of someone who spends most of the day swimming in the sea. |
| 105 | *** From ''Anime/PokemonTheSeriesSunAndMoon'': Kiawe is always shirtless, even in class, on the plane, or in others' homes (the only exception is in the baseball game, he is wearing a baseball uniform). Professor Kukui also counts, since he just wears an open lab coat with no shirt underneath. Like Bruno, it's justified by being based on game counterparts, as well as the fact that it fits the island theme. |
| 106 | * Sanosuke Sagara from ''Manga/RurouniKenshin'' is a lean, mean, shirtless fighting machine! Complete with {{sarashi}}. |
| 107 | ** In the live-action movies he tends to take his jacket off pretty frequently to enhance the effect. |
| 108 | * Several characters from ''Manga/SakigakeOtokojuku'' wear their uniform jackets unbuttoned with no shirts beneath. |
| 109 | * In the ''Anime/ScienceNinjaTeamGatchaman'' original series, [[TheLancer Joe Asakura]] wore a rather skin-tight shirt. In the OAV, however, he wore [[HellBentForLeather leather pants and jacket]], [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vV8XUkgMrpQ but no shirt.]] |
| 110 | * In the manga ''Manga/ShamanKing'', [=HoroHoro's=] battle outfit is just shorts and a long, sleeveless, unbuttonable coat, but he tends to spend a lot of time sporting only bandages and his boxers. When he's not having a bath with all the other guys wearing only a towel. On another hand, Ren is a repeat offender (bathes completely naked even with other people), Hao is shirtless under his poncho and Yoh's uniform shirt is always unbuttoned, but they're not as bad/good. |
| 111 | * The anime-exclusive villain Valgaav from the third season of ''Anime/{{Slayers}}'': first half of series: flimsy top that exposes most of his chest and all of his midriff. Second half: no shirt. And in a flashback of him in his past: [[OverlyLongGag no shirt.]] Seriously, he's allergic to shirts. |
| 112 | * [[spoiler:Blair]] becomes this in ''Manga/SoulEater'', when [[spoiler:she and the main cast go into the Book of Eibon and get {{gender flip}}ped in the Lust Chapter. Her gender-swapped version wears an opened shirt]]. |
| 113 | * South Carolina of ''The Statetan-Project'' never wears shirts or shoes. Even during the Civil War. Seriously. Apparently this exposure works very well since a certain Virginian can't keep her eyes off of him... |
| 114 | * ''Anime/TengenToppaGurrenLagann'': |
| 115 | ** Kamina (pictured). As one of our own has put it: "Kamina has no shirt. Kamina NEEDS no shirt." The one time he did doesn't count due to the local LotusEaterMachine [[spoiler:-- also the Kamina with a shirt was a blatant fake.]] |
| 116 | ** Simon for the entirety of the Lordgenome arc and the final battle against [[spoiler:Anti-Spiral]]. |
| 117 | ** The aforementioned Lordgenome for 90% of his screentime. |
| 118 | ** The manga lampshades this in an early {{Yonkoma}}, pointing out that [[CampGay Leeron]] is the only one of the cast that actually wore a shirt at that point in the story. YouDontWantToKnow why that is, or at least that's what Simon decides. |
| 119 | * In ''Anime/TigerAndBunny'', after Jake Martinez gets released from prison, he either wears an unfastened fur coat or nothing on his upper body to show off his rock-hard abs and numerous tattoos. It's compounded by the fact that he doesn't seem to know how to fasten his pants. |
| 120 | * Urek Mazino from ''Webcomic/TowerOfGod''. Maybe not that great an idea, because then everyone can see that he had his own name tattooed on his back. |
| 121 | * Johnny Rayflo of ''Manga/{{Vassalord}}''. Also seems physically incapable of buttoning up his PANTS. |
| 122 | * In ''Manga/WildRock'', the young men of both clans never wear shirts. Emphasized further by wearing necklaces, arm warmers, {{Loincloth}}s and leg warmers, all of which just serve to frame their bare torsos. |
| 123 | * Nalu Tanaka in ''Anime/WaveLetsGoSurfing'', to the point that actual surfers on Reddit have called him out for being so irresponsibly under-dressed while surfing. |
| 124 | * Ryota Kajiki/Mako Tsunami from ''Anime/YuGiOh'', which [[WebVideo/YuGiOhTheAbridgedSeries The Abridged Series]] naturally lampshaded ("I like that he doesn't wear a shirt"). Back when Yami/The Pharaoh was... well, ''alive'', he also was one -- along with pretty much ''everyone'' in Egypt. Odd, considering how much sun there was. |
| 125 | ** TruthInTelevision; the fact that it was so sunny was precisely why shirts would be impractical (you would overheat too quickly in them, and robes weren't always practical or acceptable). Sunburn wouldn't be a problem. |
| 126 | * ''Anime/YuYuHakusho'': In a sense Hiei fits this as well. For the entirety of 12 episodes of the 40-episode Dark Tournament arc, he is completely shirtless. That and in the entire first season he doesn't wear a shirt under his jacket at all, including in the intro, and he takes off his jacket whenever he fights. Later on, he wears a shirt more often, either black or light blue, and also tends to lose them less often in battle (after Zeru he only loses his shirt again to Mukuro). |
| 127 | [[/folder]] |
| 128 | |
| 129 | [[folder:Art]] |
| 130 | * ''[[Art/CharityBouguereau Charity]]'': She has her shirt off to allow her to breastfeed the gaggle of children around her. |
| 131 | [[/folder]] |
| 132 | |
| 133 | [[folder:Comic Books]] |
| 134 | * ComicStrip/AlleyOop: Alley Oop the cave man always walked around bare-chested. |
| 135 | * ''ComicBook/AngelCatbird'': Strig usually only wears a set of shorts when he's in Angel Catbird form. |
| 136 | * As part of the DarkerAndEdgier revamp of ComicBook/{{Aquaman}} in the 90s, he became this (along with [[BarbarianLonghair growing his hair]], growing a beard and getting a hook hand). It's probably his most iconic look, apart from his original orange-and-green costume. |
| 137 | * [[ComicBook/{{BPRD}} BPRD agent]] Simon Anders has had a shirtless scene in most of the stories he has appeared in. |
| 138 | * Any number of LoinCloth-wearing barbarian heroes, most notable of whom is ComicBook/ConanTheBarbarian. Averted in the original ''Conan'' stories, where he usually wears armour or clothing appropriate to the environment. |
| 139 | * Creator/DCComics' ComicBook/{{Hawkman}}, most of whose costumes leave his whole chest bare except for a logo and some bondage-y leather straps to attach his wings. |
| 140 | * ''ComicBook/ElfQuest'': Cutter and Skywise, plus some other male elves, wear nothing more than vests most of the time, which bare their abs. |
| 141 | * In the graphic novels, ComicBook/{{Hellboy}} rarely wears a shirt under his BadassLongcoat. The animated films and [[Film/Hellboy2004 live-action movies]] give him one more often. |
| 142 | * [[https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/2726104-h_el_large_9103.jpg H'el]] from ''ComicBook/HelOnEarth'' never wears a shirt over his muscled chest. |
| 143 | * ''ComicBook/TheIncredibleHulk'': The Hulk. Not Bruce Banner, though. |
| 144 | * In ''ComicBook/ImmortalIronFist'', both Danny and Davos, as well as Davos' father Lei Kung (though has some minor covering). Danny often ''does'' wear a shirt, but a lot of the time it either gets destroyed, discarded, or had a plunging neckline that exposed his chest, tattoo, and abs. |
| 145 | * [[ComicBook/SonOfSatan Daimon Hellstrom]] in ''ComicBook/JourneyIntoMysteryGillen''. The fanservice is both pointed out in the letters column and a RunningGag in the actual story. |
| 146 | -->'''Kid Loki:''' So...why the leather trousers and lack of shirt? |
| 147 | -->'''Leah:''' [[FemaleGaze I like the lack of shirt.]] |
| 148 | -->'''Hellstrom:''' A guy's got a certain reputation, you know. |
| 149 | * Mike Grell's [[http://www.comicartcommunity.com/gallery/details.php?image_id=33361 costume]] for the ''ComicBook/LegionOfSuperHeroes''[='=] ComicBook/CosmicBoy. |
| 150 | * Like Hawkman, ComicBook/MartianManhunter usually wears nothing on his chest except crisscrossing red straps. |
| 151 | * [[TheBeastMaster Mouse]] from ''ComicBook/TheMovement'' as part of his street rat look. |
| 152 | * Rogue, and for that matter all [[SuperSoldier GIs]], in ''ComicBook/RogueTrooper'' aren't even given shirts when sent into battle. {{Justified|Trope}} in that the Norts have scanners specifically designed to detect Souther armour, so going shirtless gives them a stealth advantage. Still, you'd think some sort of breastplate would increase their ability to kill enemies. |
| 153 | * The Stalk from ''ComicBook/{{Saga}}'' is a rare female example, and the artists rarely resort to GodivaHair. [[FanDisservice She also has no arms, eight eyes and the body of a gigantic spider from the waist down.]] |
| 154 | * The title character in ''ComicBook/ShirtlessBearFighter''. |
| 155 | * Nävis from ''ComicBook/{{Sillage}}'' spends the entire first album wearing nothing but a LoinCloth, making her a female example, at least temporary. |
| 156 | * Most of the male Smurfs from ''Franchise/TheSmurfs'', as they wear nothing but [[LimitedWardrobe a hat and pants]], even [[ExposedToTheElements in cold weather]]. Not done as Fanservice except on a few occasions, such as with Hefty in the [[Film/TheSmurfs live-action film series]]. |
| 157 | * Most incarnations of ComicBook/TheSpectre, barring [[ComicBook/GreenLantern Hal Jordan's]] brief stint, are shirtless and usually lack pants as well. |
| 158 | * Namor [=McKenzie=] a.k.a. ''ComicBook/SubMariner''. Always almost naked unless we count his iconic green speedo. And in ''ComicBook/{{Marvels}}'', he wears ''nothing''. [[EvenTheGuysWantHim Fanboys AND fangirls love him]]. In ''ComicBook/TheAvengersJasonAaron'', his Phoenixified costume is a few scraps of yellow metal that produce a negative-space Phoenix insignia on his torso. Even a cosmic force can't make him wear a shirt. |
| 159 | * ''ComicBook/SuskeEnWiske'': Jerom, the WorldsStrongestMan was a thawed caveman who walked around bare-chested in the early stories but gradually started wearing more modern attire. Creator Willy Vandersteen did this after complaints from readers who wrote to him that "their breakfast didn't taste anymore after seeing this primitive creature in their newspaper every morning." |
| 160 | * ''ComicBook/UltimateXMen'': |
| 161 | ** Angel often goes without a shirt. In fairness, it's hard to find anything that fits with the wings taking up all that space. |
| 162 | ** Juggernaut's uniform doesn't have any kind of shirt, leading to him looking like this all the time he is wearing it. |
| 163 | * The titular character of ''ComicBook/WerewolfByNight'' tends to break his shirt basically every time he transforms and we often see him just after turning back. In the dark age he sometimes just didn't bother with a shirt, although he had a leather jacket. |
| 164 | * ComicBook/TheWickedAndTheDivine has [[https://31.media.tumblr.com/f45488d79d6da87eaa52bb923fbc6d5a/tumblr_inline_neb14sdiLm1s06jb1.jpg Baphomet,]] whose favorite outfit is low-slung pants, a leather jacket, and, you guessed it, no shirt. |
| 165 | * ''Franchise/WonderWoman'': |
| 166 | ** ''ComicBook/WonderWoman1942'': Ronno is a merman and never wears a shirt. He doesn't walk either, rather swims, hops, and occasionally crawls. |
| 167 | ** ''ComicBook/WonderWoman1987'': Hermes basically wears a helmet, scarf, sandals, and skirt. |
| 168 | ** Poseidon wears a bit of draped fishing net instead of a shirt in most manifestations. |
| 169 | ** Hawaiian god Kāne Milohai, who acts as Diana's patron in ''ComicBook/WonderWoman2006'' after the Olympians flee Earth, has no use for shirts, and never manifests with one. |
| 170 | ** Achilles initially has no shirt after Zeus shoves him into a new body with the intent of having Achilles replace Diana. Unfortunately for Zeus' plans Achilles actually adapts to the modern world with relish instead of acting as his stagnant sycophant. |
| 171 | * Nate Grey a.k.a. ComicBook/XMan, has worn only a leather jacket and leather trousers since the early 2000s. This may have had something to do with his resurgence in popularity. |
| 172 | [[/folder]] |
| 173 | |
| 174 | [[folder:Fan Works]] |
| 175 | * In ''Fanfic/BlizzardStorm'', the main character, Eric Elexion, does this starting from chapter 22. Justified, since his new VoluntaryShapeshifting ability would result in ClothingDamage on any clothing he wears, except his boxers at first. He later gets partial MagicPants |
| 176 | * Empath of ''Fanfic/EmpathTheLuckiestSmurf'' was a follower of this trope along with most of his fellow [[Franchise/TheSmurfs Smurfs]] until he decided to wear a shirt. His friend Tapper also averts this trope, since he most of the time wears [[WaistcoatOfStyle a buttoned vest]]. Empath and Smurfette make a big deal about this since Smurfette finds Empath [[InformedAttractiveness attractive without a shirt]]. |
| 177 | * Hero of ''Fanfic/HeroTheGuardianSmurf'' pretty much goes shirtless except when he's training. So also does his friends Fergus [=MacSmurf=] and Hawkeye Smurf. |
| 178 | * Defied in ''Fanfic/ImaginarySeas''. Percy feels uncomfortable walking around with his pecs and abs showing in a ridiculously gaudy-looking set of armor he had no say in wearing, so he puts on a shirt the first chance he gets. |
| 179 | * As a MythologyGag to the original games (see below), Brock in ''Fanfic/PokemonClefairyTales'' goes shirtless--only khaki pants and rubber boots according to a description of him--when Leaf challenges him to a Gym Battle. |
| 180 | * Franchise/SonicTheHedgehog is this in a lot of fanart. Technically, he's this in canon, but as an animal, it's a lot less noticeable or sexy. |
| 181 | * [[Franchise/TouhouProject Mokou]] in ''Roleplay/TouhouAGlimmerOfAnOutsideWorld'' is inflicted with this due to clothing damage. Luckily, she has a {{sarashi}} to prevent ogling. Sort of. |
| 182 | * Voldemort in ''Theatre/AVeryPotterMusical''. Once he's reborn you can understand why he wanted to get his body back so much. |
| 183 | * From the ''Fanfic/PokemonWings'' series, Takan Lainuiki never has a shirt on. Even if he does have one on, expect him to either strip it off or watch it get destroyed. |
| 184 | * ''Fanfic/AHerosWrath'': Izuku has not worn a shirt since he was six years old. He claims that he will ''only'' ever wear one at his sister's wedding and not a second more. When Deus scolds him for breaking dress code, Izuku makes it clear that he ''is'' [[ExactWords wearing the shirts and tie in the order that is required of him as school rules say]], even if he only wears them tied around his waist. |
| 185 | [[/folder]] |
| 186 | |
| 187 | [[folder:Films -- Animation]] |
| 188 | * ''WesternAnimation/{{Aladdin}}''. Initially, because he can't afford buttons for his vest. Or a shirt. Or [[BarbieDollAnatomy nipples]]. He is more covered up in his "Prince Ali" outfit. For [[WesternAnimation/AladdinTheSeries the TV series]] he returns to his bare-chested street rat outfit despite living in the royal palace. The Genie also is completely shirtless (except when he magically conjures clothes on himself). |
| 189 | * ''WesternAnimation/{{Coco}}'': An unusual example, as it isn't done for fanservice. Most models in the land of the dead are designed to draw attention to the fact that they are skeletons. This means that most men wear vests or jackets, but no shirt underneath, leaving their rib cages on full display. Both Héctor and Ernesto do this throughout the film. |
| 190 | * Guy from ''WesternAnimation/TheCroods'' wears pants and boots but no shirt, as opposed to the body-covering fur dresses of the eponymous family. |
| 191 | * Being an animated swords-and-sorcery film with art style by Creator/FrankFrazetta, ''WesternAnimation/FireAndIce'' is filled with topless (and nearly bottomless) barbarians. The blond Larn and the masked Darkwolf are most prominent, and the villain Nekron wears an open robe that he removes when he duels Larn and leaves off for the rest of the movie. |
| 192 | * Mowgli from ''WesternAnimation/TheJungleBook1967'' is a non-{{Fanservice}} example, as he's a young boy [[FeralChild living in the jungle]]. |
| 193 | * In the first ''WesternAnimation/LiloAndStitch'' movie, Nani's love interest David doesn't put on a shirt until the epilogue, and even then only because it was snowing. |
| 194 | * Every single male human character in ''{{WesternAnimation/Moana}}'' (and any female characters when they are about six years old or younger) go around topless. {{Justified|Trope}} because of the ancient Polynesian setting and the tropical climate. |
| 195 | * ''Anime/{{Promare}}'': Galo wears nothing but gloves, a left sleeve, belted pants, and boots. Though he is seen wearing a shirt at some points, it later catches fire and is burned off; the only time he wore his full formal uniform without losing his shirt was the day of his badge ceremony. |
| 196 | * Kale from ''WesternAnimation/SinbadLegendOfTheSevenSeas'' is shirtless throughout the entire movie, even in freezing temperatures. |
| 197 | * ''WesternAnimation/StrangeMagic'': The Bog King much like his subjects, doesn't wear clothing since he's a [[BuffySpeak insecty human thing.]] Curiously, his mother is only [[OurGoblinsAreDifferent goblin]] to wear clothing. |
| 198 | * In ''WesternAnimation/{{Tarzan}}'', due to his feral upbringing, the titular hero wears nothing but a LoinCloth. It's especially fanservice-y when he becomes a very well-toned adult man. |
| 199 | [[/folder]] |
| 200 | |
| 201 | [[folder:Films -- Live-Action]] |
| 202 | * The male cast of ''Film/ThreeHundred'' wear only briefs, sandals, and capes when going to battle -- basically the male equivalent of a ChainmailBikini. One would think wearing some protective armor would be useful... |
| 203 | * In ''Film/ArtOfTheDead'', Louis starts to walk around shirtless and [[BarefootLoon barefoot]] once he's under the effect of wrath, giving him a more "wild" vibe. |
| 204 | * The JerkJock Max in ''Film/TheBabysitter2017'' spends most of the film shirtless, seemingly just to show off his muscles. Cole even asks what happened to his shirt. In the sequel, ''[[Film/TheBabysitterKillerQueen Killer Queen]]'', we see in a flashback that he wasn't even wearing a shirt at his old job as a waiter before he joined Bee's {{cult}}. Somehow, his nametag is attached to his pec. |
| 205 | * ''Film/{{Barbarella}}'': Pygar is a very handsome angel who's perpetually nude except for a LoinCloth (very much in the style of classical art depictions of angels). His quite large wings must make it impractical for him to wear upper-body clothing, so it's probably justified. |
| 206 | * ''[[http://www.hellhorror.com/video/1263/Beach-Babes-2-Cave-Girl-Island.html Beach Babes 2: Cave Girl Island]]'' |
| 207 | * ''Film/BlackPantherWakandaForever'': Namor's costume consists of a pair of green shorts and a large collar with no shirt. He occasionally wears a cloak wrapped around his shoulders, but still leaves his torso completely bare. |
| 208 | * Christopher Atkins in much of the 1980 ''Literature/TheBlueLagoon'', and also his 1949 and 1923 predecessors. |
| 209 | * In many Creator/BruceLee movies, the only times his torso was fully covered was when he was in one of his disguises. This suggests that ''his chest is more distinctive identification than his face''. |
| 210 | * ''Film/TheChroniclesOfNarnia'': It's [[JustifiedTrope justified]] for Mr. Tumnus because he's a faun. |
| 211 | * ''Film/CirqueDuSoleilWorldsAway'': The Aerialist spends nearly the entire movie without a shirt. |
| 212 | * Holbrooke (Creator/MarkWahlberg) in ''Film/DateNight''. Might be an ActorAllusion, as in his rapper days, Mark Wahlberg often performed shirtless and appeared in Calvin Klein ads. Also [[LampshadeHanging lampshaded]] in-movie by Steve Carrell, who pleads with Holbrooke to help save his wife, concluding [[ArsonMurderAndJaywalking "and will you, for the love of God, ''put on a shirt?!''"]] It's later revealed that [[SexyShirtSwitch his girlfriend is wearing his shirt]]. |
| 213 | * ''Film/DaylightsEnd'': One of Rourke's first scenes shows him removing his shirt, exposing his muscular, tattooed chest. |
| 214 | * After [[AgonyOfTheFeet being forced to run across broken glass in bare feet]], John [=McClane=] uses his wifebeater to improvise bandages in ''Film/DieHard'' and spends the last act of the movie shirtless. |
| 215 | * ''Film/DoctorSeries'': |
| 216 | ** Tommy is mostly only seen with swimming shorts on as all of his scenes (barring one) are in the pool. |
| 217 | ** A long-haired patient is without a shirt so Dr. Grimsdyke can mistake him for a woman. |
| 218 | * In ''Film/GhostRock'', the outlaw known as the Barber never wears more than a leather vest over his naked torso, and he strips it off when he gets into his final fight with John Slaughter. |
| 219 | * In ''Film/GuardiansOfTheGalaxy2014'', Drax doesn't bother with a shirt throughout the whole film (much like his comic book counterpart) showing off his muscular torso covered with elaborate tattoos. In the second movie, he admits that covering his chest disturbs his "sensitive nipples". However, in ''Film/AvengersEndgame'', he wears a shirt at [[spoiler:Tony Stark's funeral]] as a sign of respect. |
| 220 | * In ''Film/Hellboy2019'', Hellboy never bothers to close his BadassLongcoat, nor does he wear a shirt underneath. Until of course the end of the movie, [[spoiler:where he puts on the BPRD shirt with Alice and Daimio]]. |
| 221 | * In ''Film/{{Hunk}}'', the title character spends most of the film either shirtless or wearing his shirts fully open. He even invents a fashion trend of wearing an open sleeveless shirt with a necktie over his bare chest which becomes insanely popular. |
| 222 | * Vincent Perez' character in ''Film/{{Indochine}}'' doesn't seem to know how to button the flimsy silk shirts he's constantly non-wearing. |
| 223 | * ''Film/JesseJamesMeetsFrankensteinsDaughter'': The muscular Hank is shirtless from the time Maria transplants the artificial brain into his body onwards. |
| 224 | * The title character of ''Film/JohnCarter''. Throughout the whole Mars experience, he's almost always shirtless for no particular reason. In the books, he was bare-ass naked. Anything more and the fangirls would have revolted. |
| 225 | * In the movie version of ''Theatre/JosephAndTheAmazingTechnicolorDreamcoat'', after being thrown in jail, Joseph somehow never manages to find a shirt again, despite becoming right-hand man to the Pharaoh. |
| 226 | * ''Film/TheLastVoyage:'' Lawson (Woody Strode) is the most muscular character in the movie and sheds his shirt while working to aid in the rescue and damage control efforts. |
| 227 | * In the [[TheApunkalypse post-apocalyptic]] world of ''Film/TheLostFuture'', the population wears [[PostApunkalypticArmor tatty but still recognisable]] clothes. Savan's outfit is so tatty that it ''just'' qualifies for this trope. Evan, on the other hand, goes the full way and wears just boots and a LoinCloth. The latter's choice of attire is sufficiently incongruous that it verges on him being ExposedToTheElements. |
| 228 | * Nux and all the other War Boys in ''Film/MadMaxFuryRoad''. |
| 229 | * The three angels/gods in ''Film/TheManWhoCouldWorkMiracles'' do not wear shirts. |
| 230 | * In ''Film/{{The Mummy|1999}}'', after Imhotep is fully regenerated, he wears first a LoinCloth with an open robe over it, and then just the loincloth. |
| 231 | * Teddy, for the most part in ''Film/{{Neighbors|2014}}''. [[spoiler:He eventually makes money on this by working for Abercrombie & Fitch.]] |
| 232 | * ''Film/TheNightTheyKnocked'': A non-erotic example, in that one of the killers doesn't have a shirt on. |
| 233 | * Areola in ''Film/NotAnotherTeenMovie'' is a walking '''nude''' scene. |
| 234 | * The killer in ''Film/{{Pitchfork}}'' doesn't wear a shirt. His outfit is an animal skin mask, dirty torn brown pants, and brown shoes. |
| 235 | * John ''Franchise/{{Rambo}}'' is depicted in pop culture as being this in every movie, but he doesn't go shirtless in the first and fourth films. |
| 236 | * In ''Film/SurferDude'' Matthew [=McConaughey=] chose to be shirtless throughout. He doesn't wear much on top in ''Film/ReignOfFire'', either. |
| 237 | ** His penchant for shirtlessness is [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CuYD2cwMbpw mocked]] by Creator/MattDamon. |
| 238 | ** And has made him a ''byword'' for shirtlessness amongst the Podcast/RiffTrax crew. |
| 239 | -->"Aw, this vest is just ''weighing'' me down!" |
| 240 | * Kai in ''Film/RobotHolocaust'' spends the entire film in a dinky LoinCloth. |
| 241 | * Stacee Jaxx in both ''Theatre/RockOfAges'' and ''Film/RockOfAges''. |
| 242 | * Rocky of ''Film/TheRockyHorrorPictureShow'' spends the entire movie in golden briefs... and not much else. |
| 243 | * The ironically-named "Shirts" in ''Film/TheSasquatchGang'' is always bare-chested. His brothers and father are also bare-chested -- first thing his father does when entering the house is to remove his shirt. |
| 244 | * In ''Film/SandsOfTheKalahari'', O'Brien gives his shirt to Sturdevant for extra cover when the latter sets out across the desert in search of help. He spends the rest of the movie shirtless (and in short shorts). |
| 245 | * In ''Film/ShowdownInLittleTokyo'', Kenner (Dolph Lundgren) spends the gunfight at his home, the electric torture scene, and the final sword fight with Yoshida continuously shirtless. Many of the Yakuza are also shirtless a lot of the time to show off their gang tattoos. |
| 246 | * Pyramid Head in both of the ''[[Film/SilentHill Silent Hill]]'' [[Film/SilentHillRevelation3D films]] only wears an apron and no shirt. |
| 247 | * In ''Film/TheThiefOfBagdad1940'', Abu's default outfit is a LoinCloth. Ahmad, the male lead, wears an open vest for most of the movie, but it can't really compare. |
| 248 | * Nick from ''Film/TuffTurf'' almost always wears an open shirt. |
| 249 | * ''Film/{{Twilight}}'' |
| 250 | ** How many stills are there out there of Jacob Black/Taylor Lautner with a shirt on? Or any of the other male actors playing werewolves in that movie, for that matter? |
| 251 | *** According to [[WebVideo/BumReviews Chester A. Bum]], they all suffer from The Curse of the Missing Shirt. |
| 252 | *** Lampshaded in ''Eclipse'', where Edward asks: "Doesn't he own a shirt?" |
| 253 | *** Lampshaded in ''Film/ValentinesDay'', where the character played by Taylor Lautner is offered a new shirt, starts changing shirts but stops less than halfway through saying that he doesn't want to take his shirt off in public. |
| 254 | *** Originally, ''New Moon'' was going to have a scene where his character simply walked into school and took his shirt off. Lautner rejected that for being overly blatant {{Fanservice}}. |
| 255 | ** James from the first film is introduced completely shirtless. In subsequent scenes, he wears an open shirt that still exposes his torso. |
| 256 | ** Nahuel, a vampire-human hybrid who shows up in the final film, is shirtless in every scene he is in. |
| 257 | * In ''Film/UpTheChastityBelt'', MachoCamp outlaw Will Scarlet is shirtless in every scene and usually posing. |
| 258 | * Frankie spends much of ''Film/VoyageOfTheRockAliens'' in an open jacket with no shirt. |
| 259 | * In ''Film/WildThing'', the titular protagonist wears an open vest with no shirt. During the second half of the movie, he wears nothing but cut-offs. |
| 260 | [[/folder]] |
| 261 | |
| 262 | [[folder:Literature]] |
| 263 | * Like every other member of the Torturers' Guild in ''Literature/BookOfTheNewSun'', Severian goes shirtless no matter how frosty the temperature is, relying on his cloak to keep him warm. |
| 264 | * The entire Hani species in Creator/CJCherryh’s ''Literature/ChanurNovels'', being covered in fur and not sexually dimorphic above the waist. The protagonists have to buy shirts from the stsho when their [[HumansThroughAlienEyes rescued human passenger]], who is not covered in fur, gets cold. As for the fanservice aspect, see the cover of ''[[https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/531150.Chanur_s_Venture Chanur’s Venture]].'' |
| 265 | * Nick from ''[[Literature/TheDemonsLexicon The Demon's Lexicon]]'' takes any opportunity to take off his shirt. It's {{Lampshaded}} by pretty much everyone. |
| 266 | -->'''Mae:''' Is this no-shirts festival day?\ |
| 267 | '''Alan:''' Every day with Nick is no-shirts festival day. |
| 268 | * There's a rare female example in ''Literature/TheFaerieQueene'', an English poem written just before the time of Shakespeare. Charissa is a beautiful mother who is shirtless because she's constantly breastfeeding many children who she happily attends to. |
| 269 | * ''Literature/TheHungerGames'': Befitting his status as MrFanservice, Finnick Odair is constantly shirtless before the Quarter Quell. |
| 270 | * ''Literature/LastLegionary'' has a villainous example in Lord Thr'un of Irruq-hoa, a huge, heavily muscled man, who never wears a shirt. As it turns out this isn't just because he wants to show off his impressive chest -- it's also because Thr'un is capable of growing plates of organic armour that cover his torso, and a shirt would simply be in the way. |
| 271 | * ''Literature/OneFatSummer'': Due to the book taking place at a lakeside resort his family owns and he works at, Pete Marino is rarely if ever wearing a shirt. While this is quite pleasing to some, for main character Bobby Marks, who has body image issues, this only serves to further make him self-conscious. |
| 272 | * Cueseg in ''Literature/ShadowOfTheConqueror'' comes from a culture with [[NoNudityTaboo very lax standards of modesty]]. Among people of other cultures, he covers the essential bits but leaves his chest uncovered, [[DistractedByTheSexy much to the discomfort of the women around him.]] |
| 273 | * ''Literature/StarWarsHonorAmongThieves'': SmallNameBigEgo thief Hunter Maas swaggers around wearing tight black leather pants and a red cape over a bare chest, acting as if he has the physique to pull off the look, instead of scrawny arms and a potbelly. |
| 274 | * In ''[[Literature/TheElenium The Tamuli]]'', Empress Elysoun is a female example, as is standard for her Valesian culture. While the Tamul court doesn't think anything of it, strait-laced young Westerners like Berit are a bit {{distracted|ByTheSexy}}. |
| 275 | * ''Literature/WeCanRememberItForYouWholesale'': Another female example in Shirley who works at Rekall without even a bra on her big bosom and just covers the lower half of her body. |
| 276 | * In ''Literature/TheWheelOfTime'', shirtlessness is standard costume for the Sea Folk, men and women alike, although women tend to wear shirts when visiting land [[YourNormalIsOurTaboo to avoid unwanted attention]]. When the main characters book passage on a Sea Folk vessel, they're a bit startled when the ship leaves shore and the women promptly lose their blouses. |
| 277 | [[/folder]] |
| 278 | |
| 279 | [[folder:Live-Action TV]] |
| 280 | * ''Series/AwkwafinaIsNoraFromQueens'', "Grandma & Chill": In the flashbacks to Nora's grandmother's youth, her grandfather for some reason did all of his garbage collection shirtless, allowing for heavy FemaleGaze on Young Grandma's part. |
| 281 | * This is a common quality among the men with fit physiques who appear as contestants on ''Series/BigBrother''. Since there are so many examples per season and per region variants of the show, it's hard to pick one without naming them all. |
| 282 | * Leto Atreides II from the miniseries ''Series/ChildrenOfDune'' spent almost all of part three shirtless. |
| 283 | * Vaughn on ''Series/{{Community}}''. |
| 284 | * ''Series/DoomPatrol2019'': Flex Mentallo only wears leopard-print briefs, which puts on display the [[RealityWarper reality-warping powers]] of his muscle flexes. |
| 285 | * ''Series/FlashGordon1954''. OncePerEpisode, Steve Holland (playing Flash) had a mandatory scene where he'd enter the cabin of his rocketship while still changing his shirt, revealing a well-muscled chest. |
| 286 | * In the 1960s ''{{Series/Flipper}}'', Luke Halpin was, early on, FanService strictly for the bubble-gum set; but toward the end of the series, at age 19, he had developed into "[[http://www.rottentomatoes.com/celebrity/luke_halpin/pictures/14105220/#14100167 the real thing]]". |
| 287 | * Played for laughs in the 1986 soap opera parody mini-series ''Series/{{Fresno}}'', where one character was literally named in the credits as "The Man With No Shirt". The IMDB lists him as "Torch", and he was played by Gregory Harrison. At one point, Torch goes back to his room to get a fresh white T-shirt; he doesn't put the new one on, just carries it in one hand, as he did the previous one. At a costume ball, he is a bare-chested centurion and is surprised that one of the female characters--perhaps Carol Burnett's--recognizes him so easily despite his face-concealing helmet. |
| 288 | * The father in ''Series/FridayNightDinner'' is constantly shirtless. |
| 289 | * Khal Drogo on ''Series/GameOfThrones''. Never seen without his admirable pectorals on display. |
| 290 | * Pretty much all the male characters in ''Series/HerculesTheLegendaryJourneys'' and ''Series/{{Xena}}'' count because those vests don't cover anything... and the fangirls (and boys) are grateful. |
| 291 | * Jack and Sawyer in ''Series/{{LOST}}'', almost every episode in ALL seasons. Sawyer spends most of the fifth season premiere shirtless, having removed it while swimming back to the island in the fourth season finale. He's actually pretty annoyed about his state of undress as it means he's too exposed to the sun and his skin starts burning. |
| 292 | * Bobby Lee from ''Series/MadTV1995'' is regularly shirtless in sketches, particularly the ones parodying ''Series/TwentyFour'' where he often doesn't have pants as well. Unlike most examples of this trope, Bobby doesn't have a muscular physique and is instead very short and a bit pudgy. |
| 293 | * The main character of Brazilian telenovela ''Kubanacan'' was rarely seen with a shirt on, a fact that was lampshaded several times. |
| 294 | * Parodied on ''Series/TheManShow'': [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=keOpzEnQq_4#t=3m55s The No Shirt Guy]]. |
| 295 | * [[MrFanservice Axl]] from ''Series/TheMiddle'' is [[{{Fanservice}} too lazy to wear anything]] but his boxers most of the time. |
| 296 | * One guy in the ''Series/{{Psych}}'' episode "Shawn and the Real Girl" never wore a shirt, though he did once partly cover up with a tuxedo jacket. |
| 297 | * Robin in ''Series/RobinOfSherwood'' is always wearing a half-open shirt. |
| 298 | * Beck Bennett usually appeared topless while portraying Vladimir Putin on ''Series/SaturdayNightLive'' to spoof Putin's staged publicity photos hunting and riding horses topless. |
| 299 | * In the first two seasons of ''Series/SchittsCreek'', Mutt appears without his shirt or with his shirt open in most of his scenes. |
| 300 | * On ''Series/{{Sheena 2000}}'', Matt Cutter usually is with a shirt either not completely on all the way, a workout shirt, and no shirt at all, as it is often rendered by circumstance. |
| 301 | * The '''entire male cast''' of ''Series/SpartacusBloodAndSand'' (except John Hannah), but especially the title character. When it comes to this TV series, being a Starz series and all, there's even a female version of this as some brief scenes in Batiatus' Household show some servant girls topless in an obviously non-erotic context, i.e., as they go about their duties. This TV series '''LIVES''' on this trope. |
| 302 | * Series/StarTrekTheOriginalSeries: |
| 303 | ** The male Feeders of Vaal in "[[Recap/StarTrekS2E5TheApple The Apple]]" |
| 304 | ** Captain Kirk is [[MemeticMutation widely perceived this way]]. He ''normally'' wears a shirt, of course, it's just that those shirts seem to [[ClothingDamage encounter terrible fates]] more frequently than one would expect. However, in [[Recap/StarTrekS2E16TheGamestersOfTriskelion one episode]] he does spend roughly the entire last half the episode shirtless after it is damaged. All other times, he keeps his damaged shirt on or the time he is shirtless is for one short scene. |
| 305 | * Randy of ''Series/TrailerParkBoys'' never wears a shirt, even in the middle of winter (in Canada!), and is quite unhappy when forced to wear one for whatever reason. The catch is that [[FanDisservice he's not all that attractive]]. His aversion to shirts was never given any explanation until Season ''9''. Apparently, he has some kind of allergic reaction to fabric and breaks out in a terrible rash when wearing anything on his upper body for too long. In one season he has a son with [[ReallyGetsAround Lucy]], who is also named Randy and wears the exact same LimitedWardrobe as his father. |
| 306 | * Trusty intern Taylor in [[https://youtu.be/oejYFxlKPTs this segment]] on ''Good Day America''. |
| 307 | * Omar Little of ''Series/TheWire'' is a downplayed version; he wears shirts (and body armor) when he's out and about, but at home, he tends to go shirtless (displaying his impressive if scarred physique). |
| 308 | [[/folder]] |
| 309 | |
| 310 | [[folder:Music]] |
| 311 | * Beth Ditto from The Gossip's regular stage outfit is just underpanties and sometimes a bra. |
| 312 | * [[Music/{{Soundgarden}} Chris Cornell]] pre-Superunknown. [[https://youtu.be/sNh-iw7gsuI Case]] [[https:/youtu.be/14r7y6rM6zA in point]] |
| 313 | * Angus Young of Music/{{ACDC}} is known for his trademark schoolboy uniform, but he regularly strips down to just the shorts about 30 minutes into their concerts. |
| 314 | * The lead singer of Music/{{Airbourne}}, Joel O'Keefe, never wears a shirt on stage. |
| 315 | * MC Ride of Music/DeathGrips. |
| 316 | * Rick Allen of Music/DefLeppard used to wear only a pair of shorts onstage, but after losing his arm in a car accident and [[HandicappedBadass relearning to play with an electronic drum kit]], he had to start wearing a shirt onstage to keep the sweat off the electronics. Bandmate Phil Collen also regularly performs shirtless. |
| 317 | * Music/{{EXO}}'s Kai has done this for his solo performances in concert, the most famous being "Confession," where he takes off his jacket and dances shirtless for his screaming fans. |
| 318 | * Music/FelaKuti also did this, both on stage and backstage. |
| 319 | * Music/FreddieMercury of Music/{{Queen}} frequently ended up shirtless by the end of shows, when he didn't start that way. |
| 320 | * The {{Trope Maker}}s with respect to rock has to be Music/IggyPop, of Music/TheStooges fame. He ''never'' wore shirts when performing (and often while not performing), to MemeticMutation levels (yes, continuing to the present day -- 73 years old and counting). Interestingly enough, he doesn't appear barechested that much on album covers. ''Music/{{Fun House|Album}}'' and ''Music/RawPower'' are the notable exceptions. |
| 321 | * Eugen Hutz from Music/GogolBordello. |
| 322 | * Music/{{Gorillaz}} bassist Murdoc Niccals. |
| 323 | * Mark Farner of Music/GrandFunkRailroad in his younger days. |
| 324 | * Matt Pike from Music/{{Sleep}} and High On Fire. |
| 325 | * Music/HenryRollins, who generally performs wearing only exercise shorts. |
| 326 | * Brandon Boyd of Music/{{Incubus}}. |
| 327 | * Dave Navarro, guitarist of Music/JanesAddiction, is popularly thought to not bother owning any shirts. |
| 328 | * Music/JustinBieber has been known to do this. |
| 329 | * Country singer Music/KennyChesney in his music videos. |
| 330 | * Robert Plant, quite often in his Music/LedZeppelin days. |
| 331 | * Music/NickCave is shirtless on the album cover of ''Music/LetLoveIn''. He often performed shirtless during his Music/TheBirthdayParty and early solo periods. |
| 332 | * Pete Doherty of the Libertines and Babyshambles. |
| 333 | * Music/NewFoundGlory's bassist Ian Grushka is usually topless, big belly and all. |
| 334 | * Music/{{Prince}} appeared bare chested on the cover of his album ''[[Music/PrinceAlbum Prince]]''. |
| 335 | * The Music/RedHotChiliPeppers. In fact, "chilipeppering it" refers to wearing a single sock on a... [[GagPenis certain body part]]. |
| 336 | * Right Said Fred's "I'm Too Sexy": "I'm too sexy for my shirt, too sexy for my shirt, so sexy it hurts." Fittingly, they spend a lot of the music video either shirtless or wearing open shirts, skimpy tank tops, or mesh tops. |
| 337 | * Music/TaijiSawada was not to be outdone. |
| 338 | * Music/TedNugent, who wore a [=loincloth=] as part of his "wild man" persona. |
| 339 | * Music/ToshimitsuDeyama also brought the shirtless scenes, until around 1995. |
| 340 | * Music/{{Usher}} was so famous for this, Website/TheOnion [[http://www.theonion.com/articles/usher-to-put-shirt-back-on-when-usher-ready-to-put,9616/ once featured the headline]]: "Usher to Put Shirt Back on When Usher ''Ready'' to Put Shirt Back On". These days he's tended to stop the constantly topless look. |
| 341 | * Music/YoshikiHayashi from Music/XJapan. |
| 342 | [[/folder]] |
| 343 | |
| 344 | [[folder:Music Videos]] |
| 345 | * [[https://youtu.be/8-Ky5Yc00uI The video]] for "As Long As You Belong To Me" by Holly Dunn. |
| 346 | * The video for [[https://youtu.be/pzkTcGnVf2g "Connection"]] by Elastica. |
| 347 | * The first guy's shirt in the video for [[https://youtu.be/31UEGl9tvX8 "As If"]] by Music/SaraEvans is totally unbuttoned. |
| 348 | * Gerardo in the videos for [[https://youtu.be/xeX9zoWSut8 "Rico Suave"]] and [[https://youtu.be/jcjHEbALkAc "Latin Till I Die (Oye Como Va)"]]. |
| 349 | * [[https://youtu.be/LDsX7TxgECw "Indian Disco"]] by Jasmine. |
| 350 | * Many promotional pictures of Music/{{Creed|Band}}. Scott Stapp also shed his shirt on stage on occasion. |
| 351 | * Music/EdKowalczyk of {{Music/Live}} usually sheds his shirt around the third or fourth song of most concerts. He also shows up shirtless in the videos for "I, Alone" and "Operation Spirit". In his older years, he's let go of this habit. |
| 352 | * [[https://youtu.be/vWz9VN40nCA The video for "Let's Get Physical"]] by Olivia Newton-John. |
| 353 | * Music/TearsForFears: In the "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EE6aevyJaIQ I Believe (A Soulful Re-Recording)]]" music video, Roland Orzabal spends most of his screen time shirtless. |
| 354 | * Music/TanyaTucker: |
| 355 | ** The video for [[https://youtu.be/SArW2QjMIEo "Hangin In"]]. |
| 356 | ** Also her love interest in the video for "[[https://youtu.be/Q5XmFGG-uXQ Soon]]". |
| 357 | * [[https://youtu.be/GMul1ZBdRmc The video for "What Made You Say That"]] by Music/ShaniaTwain has a guy who alternates shirt-free and wearing [[SleevesAreForWimps a sleeveless]], unbuttoned blue shirt. |
| 358 | * Very, very common with the Music/RedHotChiliPeppers, including concerts and an EP cover where they only wore socks... and not on their feet. The exception was Josh Klingoffer, who felt cold. John Frusciante also became more modest when he returned to the band, mostly to keep the nasty scars from his addict days out of view. |
| 359 | * The only guy dancing with the women through out the [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UoUmyY6CQRo old Macarena music video]]. |
| 360 | [[/folder]] |
| 361 | |
| 362 | [[folder:Pinballs]] |
| 363 | * All of the men in ''Pinball/FutureSpa'' eschew shirts, except for a single man on the backglass. |
| 364 | * Even though they're exploring a hostile LostWorld filled with monsters of all sorts, half the men in Atari's ''Pinball/MiddleEarth'' pinball can't be bothered to put on a shirt. |
| 365 | * The unnamed protagonist of ''Pinball/{{Paragon}}'', probably because a shirt would get in the way of [[WingedHumanoid his enormous reptile wings.]] |
| 366 | * Just about everyone in ''Pinball/WWFRoyalRumble'' runs around without a shirt, for obvious reasons. |
| 367 | [[/folder]] |
| 368 | |
| 369 | [[folder:Podcasts]] |
| 370 | * Flint from ''Podcast/TheFallenGods'' only wears armour in battle; outside of it he usually just wears pants, or sometimes just a furry LoinCloth. |
| 371 | [[/folder]] |
| 372 | |
| 373 | [[folder:Pro Wrestling]] |
| 374 | * The vast majority of wrestlers wrestle shirtless, probably due to a combination of sweating and {{Fanservice}}. |
| 375 | ** Wrestling/RandyOrton takes the trope even further, wearing nothing but his UnderwearOfPower even when he's backstage, and even on nights when he hasn't even got a match scheduled. |
| 376 | [[/folder]] |
| 377 | |
| 378 | [[folder:Radio]] |
| 379 | * On ''Woody & Jim in the morning'', bare-chested Nashville firefighters [[https://youtu.be/Ae1Wa1H1VuA surround Tawsha Connell]] and tell her stories. |
| 380 | [[/folder]] |
| 381 | |
| 382 | [[folder:Sports]] |
| 383 | * All professional boxers and mixed martial artists don't wear shirts at all. They also benefit from LimitedWardrobe. |
| 384 | * [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Calcio_Fiorentino Calcio Fiorentino players.]] |
| 385 | * In some leagues, male beach volleyball players' uniforms are shirtless. |
| 386 | * Swimmers. Besides the full-body vest. |
| 387 | * Male divers and water polo players do not wear shirts either. |
| 388 | [[/folder]] |
| 389 | |
| 390 | [[folder:Tabletop Games]] |
| 391 | * ''TabletopGame/TheDarkEye'' has the goddess Rahja, a goddess of love and ... related activities, whose priests wear as little as they can get away with. Which in the male's case is this. [[http://yephire.deviantart.com/art/Rahjadan-354865488 Here's a fanart.]] They usually have tattoos, too, though. |
| 392 | * Hennet, ''TabletopGame/DungeonsAndDragons'' 3e's iconic sorcerer. And he's got [[PowerTattoo dragon tattoos]]! It's also worth mentioning that he covers the remainder of his body [[TooManyBelts purely in belts]]. Perhaps he's related to [[VideoGame/FinalFantasyX Lulu]]? |
| 393 | * ''TabletopGame/{{Exalted}}'''s canon "priest", Panther, only wears a pair of pants and has a massive stylized sun tattoo on his chest. |
| 394 | * ''TabletopGame/MagicTheGathering'' has its quota of MrFanservice: |
| 395 | ** [[https://scryfall.com/card/som/94/koth-of-the-hammer Koth of the Hammer]]. Possibly justified in that, like the rest of his Vulshok kin, he has metal protruding from his torso, making it impossible for him to wear a shirt in the first place. |
| 396 | ** Some leonin like [[http://gatherer.wizards.com/pages/card/Details.aspx?multiverseid=73569 Raksha]] and [[http://magiccards.info/ddh/en/1.html Ajani Vengeant]]. |
| 397 | ** [[https://scryfall.com/card/rna/166/domri-chaos-bringer Domri Rade]] from Ravnica. |
| 398 | * ''TabletopGame/MutantChronicles'' gave us Nick Michaels, whose regular attire consists of combat boots, [[ManInAKilt a kilt]], [[HellBentForLeather a leather jacket]] and very little else. |
| 399 | * Sajan Gadadvara, ''TabletopGame/{{Pathfinder}}'''s iconic monk, wears sleeves but no shirt. The iconic [[MagicKnight Magus]], Selytiel, is also frequently shirtless. |
| 400 | * Ra in ''TabletopGame/SentinelsOfTheMultiverse'' has a habit of running around with his abs and pecs on display, mostly because Ra spends his entire time in his hero form PlayingWithFire and keeping things that fire can destroy near his arms isn't such a good idea. |
| 401 | * Catachan Jungle Fighters in ''TabletopGame/Warhammer40000''. Rather unsurprising, them being Franchise/{{Rambo}} expies after all. |
| 402 | ** Early editions of the game stated the Adeptus Custodes, the bodyguards of the Emperor, showed their mourning by eschewing their armor, walking around the Imperial Palace in nothing but their helmets, capes, and {{loincloth}}s. Later on, the Custodes would return to wearing their armor. Lots and lots of it. |
| 403 | [[/folder]] |
| 404 | |
| 405 | [[folder:Theatre]] |
| 406 | * Creator/CirqueDuSoleil examples: |
| 407 | ** Quite a few of the men in ''Mystere'' qualify as this at some point (i.e., the aerial cube and hand-to-hand performers), but the most obvious example is with the recurring character Red Bird, as when the role is played by a man the costume leaves the chest exposed. This is spoofed within the show when the clown Brian Le Petit encounters him -- as soon as the bird has danced off, Brian mockingly mimics the dance and opens ''his'' shirt for a quick moment (that Brian is a CoolOldGuy just makes this funnier). |
| 408 | ** ''Theatre/{{Alegria}}'' has the handbalancer, flying man, and aerial high bar performers going shirtless; the fire spinners and cyr wheel performer also have most of their chests exposed. |
| 409 | ** The aerial straps act from ''Theatre/{{Varekai}}'' gives you two for the price of one with the very hunky, very shirtless twins. |
| 410 | ** The handbalancer in ''Zarkana''. Technically he has a shirt, but it's so short it leaves his midriff bare, and his contortions quickly expose the rest of his chest. By his act's end, the shirt's off completely. |
| 411 | [[/folder]] |
| 412 | |
| 413 | [[folder:Toys]] |
| 414 | * Some (super)hero action figures come without shirts, some expected like ''Franchise/{{Rambo}},'' Jacob from the ''Literature/{{Twilight}}'' franchise, ComicBook/{{Wolverine}}, ComicBook/TheSpectre, Franchise/{{Tarzan}}, and [[ComicBook/TheIncredibleHulk The Hulk]], and at least one unexpected, Suicide Squad Shirtless Joker Action Figure at http://www.superheroesdirect.com/p-44648-suicide-squad-shirtless-joker-action-figure.aspx. |
| 415 | * Rare Female Examples: The alien doll line ''Novi Stars'' has Mae Tallick in her default outfit as well as Tily Vizon and Roe Botik. All three are robotic aliens. |
| 416 | * Stretch Armstrong. |
| 417 | * Wrestling action figures. |
| 418 | [[/folder]] |
| 419 | |
| 420 | [[folder:Video Games]] |
| 421 | %%* ''VideoGame/ActionDoom2UrbanBrawl'' has two types of shirtless, muscled fist-fighting enemies (somewhat based on Creator/JeanClaudeVanDamme). |
| 422 | * The eponymous character in ''VideoGame/TheAdventuresOfBayouBilly'' wears an open vest with no shirt. |
| 423 | * Some units from ''[[VideoGame/AgeOfEmpiresI Age of Empires 1]]'' are shirtless, notably the villagers, the clubmen, the bowmen, and the war elephant riders. |
| 424 | * ''VideoGame/AvengersAcademy'' has both Hulk and Frost Giant Loki. The former only has pants and shoes, and the latter wears a black fur shawl over his shoulders and leaves his torso completely exposed. |
| 425 | * ''VideoGame/BarbarianTitus'': A little over half the characters in this ''VideoGame/PowerStone''-style PlatformFighter are shirtless. The characters in question are 21, Corath, Dagan, Mongo, Stitch, and Jinn (of which the last is female, though an otherworldly being with BarbieDollAnatomy in effect). |
| 426 | * Bang Shishigami from ''Franchise/BlazBlue'' reveals quite a bit of his chest and abs. The newcomer in ''[[VideoGame/BlazBlueChronoPhantasma Chrono Phantasma]]'', Azrael, follows suit. |
| 427 | * The Glutton bloodline of ''VideoGame/BloodlineChampions'' never wears a shirt on their outfits. [[FanDisservice They are also fat and ugly.]] |
| 428 | * Krieg in ''VideoGame/Borderlands2'', just like the Psycho enemy type he is based on, never wears a shirt by default. In fact, he has exactly ''two'' alternate skins out of dozens where he ''does'' wear a shirt, both of them DLC: an [[HomemadeSweaterFromHell ugly Christmas sweater]] and a Hawaiian shirt, and the latter is worn completely open and exposes his chest anyway. This means he spends the first chunk of the game as well as the aforementioned Christmas-themed DLC ExposedToTheElements, but a large part of his playstyle involves [[ManOnFire lighting yourself on fire]], so it likely cancels out. |
| 429 | * Practically a pandemic in ''VideoGame/TheBouncer''. Of the three playable characters, only Sion wears a shirt... and he leaves it half-open, exposing his chest and giving a peek at his abs. Volt wears a leather jacket that's constantly open, and Koh wears a small vest that not only leaves his chest on display but doesn't do all that great of a job at covering his back. BigBad Dauragon doesn't like wearing a shirt either, although the fact that he wears overalls means that the bib from the overalls mitigates this trope somewhat. |
| 430 | %%* Rei and Garr from ''VideoGame/BreathOfFireIII''. |
| 431 | * ''Franchise/{{Castlevania}}'': |
| 432 | ** Isaac in ''VideoGame/CastlevaniaCurseOfDarkness'' wears no shirt, only some odd bits of armor, nice tattoos, and absurdly tight pants. |
| 433 | %%** Cornell from ''[[VideoGame/CastlevaniaLegacyOfDarkness Legacy of Darkness]]'' falls under this trope, even more so when transformed. |
| 434 | * Vincent from ''VideoGame/{{Catherine}}'' has recurring nightmares about climbing block towers in nothing but his boxers, which make up roughly half the game. Generally this is not by choice, but by the end of the game [[spoiler:he voluntarily chooses to wear them when confronting the final boss. If the player gets either of the good Cheater endings, he loses his shirt for good.]] |
| 435 | %%* ZOAH from ''VideoGame/ChronoCross'', in an almost LeatherMan way. |
| 436 | * Barbarians of ''VideoGame/ClashOfClans'' don't need shirts to fight. Just swords and ManlyFacialHair. |
| 437 | %% [[LargeHam "Did somebody say Hog Riders?!"]] |
| 438 | * ''VideoGame/ClunkyHero'': [[PlayerCharacter Rufus]] is a peasant who's dressed in shoes, pants, and belt... but no shirt. One must wonder if he's too poor to afford one. |
| 439 | * Two men in ''VideoGame/ColdAndFluInvasion'' never wear shirts. |
| 440 | %%* Try ''running shirtless scene'' with ''VideoGame/{{Contra}}'' dudes Bill Rizer and Lance Bean. |
| 441 | * Keith J. Snyder from ''VideoGame/CountdownVampires'' spends the game wearing nothing above the beltline. |
| 442 | * Cthulhu in ''VideoGame/CthulhuSavesTheWorld'' never wears a shirt. Lampshaded in a bar in Providence. |
| 443 | -->'''NPC''': I'm sorry, but our fine establishment has a strict no shirt, no service rule. |
| 444 | -->'''Cthulhu''': No shirt can contain the awesomeness that is Cthulhu! |
| 445 | * In the ''VideoGame/DarkSouls'' games, not uncommon for the ''players'' to invoke this. Stripping off most, or all, of a character's armor lets them have very long and fast dodges and makes them very mobile, so players focusing on evasion, [[SelfImposedChallenge challenge]], or simply wanting to screw around may have their character running around shirtless or even wearing only their underpants. It's a common saying in the fandom that the most dangerous players are the ones who run around in just their underwear. Of course, even ''more'' dangerous are the ones who have [[MinMaxing min-maxed]] their way into [[LightningBruiser having the same level of agility as a character in his underwear while still wearing gigantic heavy armor]]. |
| 446 | * ''VideoGame/{{Darkstalkers}}'': By all technicality, Felicia runs around, fights, and dances completely nude, forgoing any amount of clothing. She snakes around requiring censorship via conveniently placed strips of fur over her nipples and nether regions. |
| 447 | * Dante ''became'' this trope in the ''VideoGame/DevilMayCry3DantesAwakening'', to the point where his [[AndYourRewardIsClothes unlockable outfit]] is, ironically, a complete lack of anything at all on his upper body. |
| 448 | %%* The Warrior from ''VideoGame/{{Diablo}}'', and Barbarian from ''VideoGame/DiabloII''. And probably the Barbarian from ''VideoGame/DiabloIII'', in keeping with the pattern. |
| 449 | %%* A number of characters, both story and generic, in the ''Franchise/{{Disgaea}}'' (and other Nippon Ichi games) series. To be fair, it gets very hot in [[FireAndBrimstoneHell Hell]]. |
| 450 | %%** [[VideoGame/DisgaeaHourOfDarkness Mid-Boss]] and [[VideoGame/Disgaea2CursedMemories Axel]]. |
| 451 | %%** Great Overlord Laharl! |
| 452 | ** ''VideoGame/{{Disgaea 4| A Promise Unforgotten}}'' has Fenrich, the perpetually shirtless werewolf. |
| 453 | %%** ''VideoGame/Disgaea5'' has Killia and Red Magnus, the former a slender {{Bishonen}} and the latter a musclebound man... demon... whatever. |
| 454 | * All of the Qunari in ''VideoGame/DragonAgeII'', apparently because they were survivors of a shipwreck and lost their armor. By the third act of the game, Merrill says she's sad that they left because they were "easy on the eyes." |
| 455 | ** [[LovableRogue Varric]] also wears an open shirt, displaying a serious CarpetOfVirility. |
| 456 | ** The Iron Bull, a Qunari party member in ''VideoGame/DragonAgeInquisition'', explains that this is a consequence of living in a hot climate and the difficulty of getting a shirt on over their horns. They refer to being surprised as "getting caught with your shirt on your horns". |
| 457 | ** When ''Inquisition'' was nominated for Game of the Year 2014, Creator/BioWare responded with a thank-you video for the fans who had caused it to happen. [[UnreliableNarrator Varric]] and Cassandra talk to the viewers and snark at each other... and then, [[MrFanservice Cullen]] -- who gets a ShirtlessScene in the game, two if romanced -- wanders in. |
| 458 | * ''VideoGame/DynastyWarriors'': |
| 459 | ** Sima Zhao wears a jacket, but leaves his chest bare in ''7''. |
| 460 | ** OldSoldier Huang Gai, meanwhile, just wears various straps and shoulder pads on his upper torso in almost all appearances. |
| 461 | ** Gan Ning is topless in most other installments of the series. |
| 462 | ** Meng Huo is topless in most installments. |
| 463 | ** Zhang He is shirtless in ''3''. |
| 464 | * ''Franchise/TheElderScrolls'': |
| 465 | ** ''[[VideoGame/TheElderScrollsIIIMorrowind Morrowind]]'': |
| 466 | *** At the very start of the game, Jiub, your fellow prisoner aboard the Imperial Prison Ship, is shirtless. Despite his [[SpearCarrier minor role]], this is one of his many traits which made him popular enough with the fans to make him an AscendedExtra later in the series. |
| 467 | *** Caius Cosades, Imperial {{Spymaster}} of the Blades in Morrowind, doesn't wear a shirt. It's one of his defining characteristics, even if it's never explained exactly ''why'' he does this. (Possibly justified by his cover identity, which is a [[FantasticDrug Skooma]] [[ObfuscatingStupidity addict]].) He definitely ''owns'' a shirt, though, and apparently sometimes wears it off-screen -- about halfway through the main quest, [[spoiler:as he is informing you that he has been recalled to the Imperial City]], he gives you a ring, pants and a shirt, [[spoiler:mentioning he won't need them while he's in Cyrodiil]]. |
| 468 | *** BigBad Dagoth Ur doesn't wear a shirt, or for that matter, anything besides a golden mask and red loin cloth. Given that he is a [[MadGod deranged]] PhysicalGod hell-bent on spreading a BodyHorror [[TheCorruption Corruption]] around the world, it doesn't require much justification. |
| 469 | ** In ''[[VideoGame/TheElderScrollsIVOblivion Oblivion]]'', Xivilai are a [[GiantMook massive]] and [[EliteMooks powerful]] form of humanoid [[OurDemonsAreDifferent lesser Daedra]] that goes around exclusively bare-chested. |
| 470 | ** In ''[[VideoGame/TheElderScrollsVSkyrim Skyrim]]'', one must travel to [[spoiler:[[WarriorHeaven Sovngarde]]]] late in the main quest to pursue [[BigBad Alduin]]. There, you meet Tsun, the old Nordic god of "trials against adversity" and [[BodyguardingABadass shield-thane]] to [[TopGod Shor]]. In order to prove your worthiness to enter Shor's Hall of Valor, you must [[DuelBoss best Tsun in single combat]]. Naturally, befitting a BarbarianHero deity, Tsun does not wear anything on his upper body. |
| 471 | * ''VideoGame/EnemyOnBoard'': Lucius, a crew member, only wears a shoulder plate and a bandolier. No shirt. |
| 472 | * ''VideoGame/FarCry'': |
| 473 | ** Joseph Seed of ''VideoGame/FarCry5'' only very rarely ever wears a shirt. This is especially jarring considering he's a [[SinisterMinister preacher]], but he has a lot of scars and tattoos on his torso he evidently wants to be visible. [[spoiler:As of ''VideoGame/FarCryNewDawn'', he ditches his shirt permanently.]] |
| 474 | ** ''VideoGame/FarCryPrimal'' takes place in prehistoric Central Europe, so the majority of characters are bare-chested cavemen, including PlayerCharacter [[HandsomeHeroicCaveman Takkar]]. Batari the DarkActionGirl is a RareFemaleExample, strolling around with both breasts on display, covered only with blue paint. |
| 475 | * Female example in ''VideoGame/FatalFrameIII''. The main antagonist Reika wears only hakama, but she's covered in tattoos and out of focus, so it's not exactly taughty to see her. It is, however, terrifying. |
| 476 | ** Same goes for the Engravers, except they have GodivaHair. |
| 477 | * ''VideoGame/FateGrandOrder'' has a handful, though examples are still ''relatively'' infrequent due to the tons of characters. A few notables: |
| 478 | ** Aŋra Mainiiu, who wears nothing but a ragged cloth around the waist, exposing the curses engraved all over his torso. |
| 479 | ** Fergus mac Róich wears just trousers in his first and final ascensions. In between, he gains a sort of partial vest that's too small to be fastened. |
| 480 | ** The Caster version of Gilgamesh, who wears a kilt and a kind of ArabianNightsDays mini-vest that only really covers his armpits. At one point he's referred to in-universe as the "Shirtless King of Uruk."[[note]]This is actually sort of accurate, a rarity in the Nasuverse -- Sumerian men in the Early Dynastic period when Gilgamesh's legend is set really did tend to wear nothing above the waist.[[/note]] |
| 481 | * ''Franchise/FinalFantasy'': |
| 482 | ** The Monk classes of most of the games tend to be shirtless. |
| 483 | ** ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyIV'': |
| 484 | *** Yang, the BareFistedMonk, wears ''nothing'' on his torso for the entirety of the game. He can still pull it off [[VideoGame/FinalFantasyIVTheAfterYears 17 years later]]. |
| 485 | *** In the [[VideoGame/FinalFantasyIVTheAfterYears sequel]], the Man In Black [[spoiler:actually Golbez]] is another such character. |
| 486 | ** ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyTactics'': Male Geomancers qualify for this trope in addition to male Monks. They do wear some sort of weird turtleneck/wifebeater combo, but the fabric of the wifebeater portion is so short that it only covers the nipples and nothing else. |
| 487 | ** ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyVII'': |
| 488 | *** Sephiroth combines this trope with a BadassLongcoat and suspenders. Other than variations on this outfit, the only other thing he wears are those leather pants such as at the end of the game and as his alternate costume in ''VideoGame/DissidiaFinalFantasy''. Said costume is also his alternate costume in ''VideoGame/{{Ehrgeiz}}'' and ''VideoGame/SuperSmashBrosUltimate''. |
| 489 | *** Weiss from ''VideoGame/DirgeOfCerberus'' wears nothing on his upper body at all. |
| 490 | ** The Sorceress Adel in ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyVIII'' is somewhere between this and NippleAndDimed. Though female, her bare chest was ''completely'' flat like a man's chest, and thus went completely uncensored. |
| 491 | ** ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyX'': |
| 492 | *** Jecht. If he ''did'' wear a shirt, he would of course not have been able to show off the tattoo running across his entire torso. |
| 493 | *** Tidus himself wears an open shirt that bares his chest. In ''Dissidia 012'', he follows in his father Jecht's footsteps and goes full-blown shirtless. |
| 494 | *** Kimahri wears clothing that exposes a significant part of his torso, including his pectorals and arms. |
| 495 | ** Vaan from ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyXII''. In his guest appearance in ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyTacticsA2'', he gets a shirt that goes a long way to making that vest he usually wears look... less like a battle bra. He's got both outfits in ''VideoGame/DissidiaFinalFantasy 012''. Hashmal, Ivalice's earth Esper/Lucavi, is shirtless in all of his appearances except for ''Tactics'' where he wears a robe. |
| 496 | ** ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyXV'': Gladiolus wears an unbuttoned shirt. |
| 497 | * ''VideoGame/FireEmblem'': |
| 498 | %%** Volug from ''VideoGame/FireEmblemRadiantDawn''. Of course, he spends a lot of time as a {{wolf|Man}}, but when he's in his human form... |
| 499 | ** Hawkeye from ''VideoGame/FireEmblemTheBlazingBlade'' is shirtless in his character art. All the barbarian-class sprite art are shirtless. |
| 500 | %%** Dieck in ''[[VideoGame/FireEmblemTheBindingBlade FE6]]''. |
| 501 | ** Vaike from ''VideoGame/FireEmblemAwakening'' goes into battle shirtless. Additionally, the barbarian-class sprites are also shirtless, so any guy who reclasses there gets the look. |
| 502 | %%** ''VideoGame/FireEmblemFates'' has [[http://fireemblem.wikia.com/wiki/Fuga Fuga]], [[http://vignette3.wikia.nocookie.net/fireemblem/images/c/cb/FatesSpellcasterPortrait.png/revision/latest?cb=20150703022512 the male Diviners]] (save for [[AdorablyPrecociousChild Hayato]]) and [[http://vignette1.wikia.nocookie.net/fireemblem/images/6/64/FatesOniSavagePortrait.png/revision/latest?cb=20150703021629 the Oni Savages]]. |
| 503 | * The man hopping around in the cauldron in ''VideoGame/GettingOverItWithBennettFoddy'', is always shirtless. It's unclear if he's wearing ''anything'' under the cauldron, in fact, and for a while, some people weren't sure he had ''legs'' (though WordOfGod confirms that he does). |
| 504 | * [[LargeHam Kratos]] from ''VideoGame/GodOfWar''. He is seen wearing armor in flashbacks and during his tenure as the god of war. Also the goddess Erinys and the various {{Optional Sexual Encounter}}s, as the series has no qualms about showing exposed female breasts. |
| 505 | * ''VideoGame/GoldenSunDarkDawn'': Ayuthay seems to have "shirts omitted" in its male dress code. The guards may or may not wear armor, but neither the king nor his nephew wear anything on top. The latter, for protection's sake, dresses up before leaving the castle. Eoleo, another player character, comments that he never saw anyone from that place wear "real clothing" before. WordOfGod is that Ayuthay was in part of the Lamakan Desert -- that place in [[VideoGame/GoldenSun the first game]] where your player characters would get heatstroke. So, some of the shirtlessness is justified. |
| 506 | * Commander Hurgh from ''VideoGame/GrappleForceRena'' has two bandoliers in place of a shirt as his default appearance. |
| 507 | * The title character of ''VideoGame/{{Guy Spy and the Crystals of Armageddon}}'', spends the whole game in an open vest with no shirt, except for the Switzerland section, where he wears a coat, averting ExposedToTheElements. In one scene, he takes off the vest. |
| 508 | * Rex in ''VideoGame/IWasATeenageExocolonist'' stops wearing a shirt as soon as he hits his late teens and wears nothing but short sleeves and a collar on top, and is debating the necessity of pants. |
| 509 | * You in ''VideoGame/KingdomOfLoathing''. The ability to put on a shirt [[YouHaveResearchedBreathing is a special skill available only to those who ascend under a Moxie Sign]], and also in Bad Moon sign, after accidentally mutilating the torso stick figures would be oblivious to, the gnomes kindly teach you to identify it for free. |
| 510 | * ''VideoGame/KuriKinton'': Plenty of the enemy types you encounter in the game are guys dressed only in pants and shoes. Same goes for at least one boss, and possibly also mini-bosses. |
| 511 | * ''VideoGame/TheLastStory'' has Incredible Invisibility Dye, [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin a special magical dye that renders your clothing invisible.]] Its sole purpose is to make your characters appear as if they aren't wearing any armor when, in fact, they are. And naturally, you get the dye that makes your shirt invisible long before the one that makes your pants invisible. |
| 512 | * ''VideoGame/LegacyOfKain'': Kain, at least in his adult form. In fact, going topless seems to be the fashion ''de rigueur'' for male vampires. Raziel and his brothers trade shirts for leather pants and a half-cape, and Janos rocks the NoShirtLongJacket and the bare-chested look in turns. |
| 513 | * Female example: Every single character in ''VideoGame/LesbianSpiderQueensOfMars'' is completely topless at all times. The closest exceptions are characters who are tied up, and that's only if having a rope wrapping around one's body is counted as a "shirt." The Creator/AdultSwim version of the game censors this with BarbieDollAnatomy in-game and bars/glitches in cutscenes, while the itch.io version is uncensored. |
| 514 | * The player character's grandson in ''VideoGame/LifeTheGame'' wears only underwear, so not only is he a walking shirtless scene, he's a walking pants-less and shoe-less scene too. |
| 515 | * Walking Shirtless Scene + PhysicalGod = Roark of ''VideoGame/{{Lusternia}}''. He's fond of wandering around and expounding on his [[TheSocialDarwinist own superiority]] -- justifiably. |
| 516 | * ''VideoGame/MassEffect2'': |
| 517 | ** A rare female example is Jack, a.k.a. Subject Zero. Her entire outfit waist-up is a leather strap covering her nipples. And tattoos. Lots and lots of tattoos. |
| 518 | ** [[HitmanWithAHeart Thane]]. Justified, because covering up his chest will worsen his illness. |
| 519 | * ''VideoGame/MetalGearSolid'': |
| 520 | ** Liquid Snake wears a trench coat without a shirt underneath it. [[ExposedToTheElements In Alaska, no less.]] |
| 521 | ** Vulcan Raven, similarly, foregoes any kind of top-wear and just attaches a giant [[GatlingGood M61 Vulcan cannon]]. |
| 522 | ** ''VideoGame/MetalGearSolid3SnakeEater'': Naked Snake, abiding by his [[ShapedLikeItself codename]], has [[FanService an option of having him run around shirtless.]] Playing on the easiest settings, you can have him fanservice you the whole game through, as you don't have to care for either camo or stamina. Additionally, he does have a few [[ShirtlessScene scenes in the game in which this is mandatory]]. |
| 523 | ** In ''[[VideoGame/MetalGearSolidPeaceWalker Peace Walker]]'', Naked Snake can run around in nothing but a pair of swimming trunks. |
| 524 | * Allen O'Neal from ''VideoGame/MetalSlug'' wears nothing above the waist but an ammo belt and a {{beard|OfEvil}}. |
| 525 | %%* ''Franchise/MortalKombat'' has Johnny Cage, Liu Kang, Jax, Sub-Zero ([[VideoGame/MortalKombat3 MK3]] only), Nightwolf ([[VideoGame/MortalKombat3 MK3]] only), Jarek, Kai, Reiko, and of course Goro, Kintaro, and Shao Khan. The furries get Motaro. Combine with the {{Stripperific}} likes of Li Mei, Kitana, Mileena, Jade, and Khameleon, and it's actually fairly balanced in its {{Fanservice}}. |
| 526 | * ''VideoGame/MountainTroll'': [[PlayerCharacter The titular troll]] doesn't wear a shirt... or shoes. |
| 527 | * ''VideoGame/NieR'': |
| 528 | ** ''VideoGame/NierAutomata'' has Eve, who doesn't understand modesty since he is a machine with no genitals. The only reason he covers his crotch is because Adam won't play with him if he doesn't. |
| 529 | ** Nier from ''[[VideoGame/NieR NieR Gestalt]]'', showing off how ripped he is. [[RealMenWearPink Kinda weird]] seeing as how he is the father of an adorable little girl and, besides fighting the legions of darkness, grows watermelons in his free time. |
| 530 | %%* ''VideoGame/{{Onmyoji|2016}}'': |
| 531 | %%** Many characters, but most notably Minamoto no Hiromasa. |
| 532 | %%** [[http://newsimg.5054399.com/uploads/userup/1701/041I2253251.jpg Yasha]] is this when [[http://www.37kf.com/zixun/uploads/allimg/161228/3-16122Q34K2361.jpg upgraded]]. How he manages to keep [[TheissTitillationTheory the rest of his outfit]] on is anyone's guess. |
| 533 | * ''VideoGame/{{Overwatch}}'': |
| 534 | ** FatAndSkinny duo Roadhog and Junkrat both go around shirtless. Suitable attire in their home country of Australia, where the already hot weather has likely gotten even hotter after the country essentially fell victim to a nuclear apocalypse. But in Nepal or Russia? [[ExposedToTheElements Not so much]]. |
| 535 | ** Several [[RidiculouslyHumanRobots Omnics]] are shown fully dressed, yet Zenyatta only ever wears a tattered pair of pants and a sash, befitting of his personality as a [[ReligiousRobot spiritual monk]]. |
| 536 | * In ''VideoGame/ParadiseKiller'', Doctor Doom Jazz wears an unclosed labcoat and nothing else on his top half, even when he's called as a witness in a murder trial. To be fair, the island ''is'' very hot, and the Syndicate he belongs to have very different norms than any mortal society. |
| 537 | * ''VideoGame/PlanescapeTorment'' has the Nameless One, who wears only a belt and LoinCloth, though his gray skin and vast number of scars may make this FanDisservice. |
| 538 | * ''Franchise/{{Pokemon}}'': |
| 539 | ** Marlon, the Water-type Gym Leader in ''VideoGame/PokemonBlack2AndWhite2''. His default sprite is a shirtless one. Justified as, being a Water-type Trainer, his main hobby is swimming, and thus [[WalkingSwimsuitScene his default outfit is a swimsuit]]. |
| 540 | ** In all games in the series, you can have one ''on your team'' in the form of the Fighting-type powerhouse Machamp, who was clearly modeled after professional wrestlers. |
| 541 | ** Brock started out this way when he was introduced in ''VideoGame/PokemonRedAndBlue'', crossing his arms in front of his bare chest. This was later undone in ''Pokémon Yellow'', as well as the remakes. |
| 542 | * In ''VideoGame/PrinceOfPersiaTheSandsOfTime'' and ''VideoGame/PrinceOfPersiaTheTwoThrones'', the Prince starts out wearing a shirt, but as he acquires ClothingDamage loses it. In ''Sands of Time'', he tears off his sleeves one after another as they're damaged, and after falling into a hole shucks the rest of his top. In ''Two Thrones'', he skips the sleeves part, falls into a hole, and wakes up shirtless. From thereafter, in both games, he just runs around bare-chested. |
| 543 | %%* The ''VideoGame/PunchOut'' series. It would be easier to list the characters who ''do'' wear shirts. [[JustifiedTrope They're all professional boxers though, so it's okay.]] |
| 544 | %%** Soda Popinski stands out for walking shirtless and pantless in the Russian winter. See [[http://www.gamesradar.com/fun-with-stereotypes-starring-punch-out/?page=2 this blog page.]] |
| 545 | * The shirt-free, LoinCloth-clad male barbarians in ''VideoGame/PuzzleQuest 2'' can, like everybody else, buy extensive armor. And like everybody else's, it never appears on their avatars. |
| 546 | %%* Ratchet in ''[[VideoGame/RatchetAndClank2002 Ratchet & Clank]]'' and ''[[VideoGame/RatchetAndClankSizeMatters Size Matters]]''. |
| 547 | * ''VideoGame/RedEarth'': Leo wears a LoinCloth, boots, and nothing else. |
| 548 | %%* Quite a few {{NPC}}s in ''VideoGame/{{Rift}}''. And one particular [[http://oi52.tinypic.com/k50foz.jpg chestpiece style]] brings warrior player characters pretty close. |
| 549 | * Kevin in ''VideoGame/SaintsRow2022''. A recurring RunningGag is characters telling him to [[PleasePutSomeClothesOn put a shirt on]], which he does at the end of the game. |
| 550 | * ''VideoGame/{{SALVATOR}}'': [[PlayerCharacter [=SALVATOR=]]] only wears a black pair of pants. |
| 551 | * ''VideoGame/SengokuBasara'': |
| 552 | ** Sanada Yukimura wears an open shirt that bares his ripped abs. |
| 553 | ** Chosokabe Motochika wears a CoatCape and sleeves. Because as we know, {{pirate}}s don't require shirts. |
| 554 | ** Maeda Toshiie wears only a {{Fundoshi}}. |
| 555 | * Aarbron from the ''VideoGame/ShadowOfTheBeast'' trilogy. The first two games, in which he is a [[WasOnceAMan beast]], then a [[HalfHumanHybrid beast-man]], have him in just a {{Loincloth}} (except for the Platform/SegaCD version of ''Shadow of the Beast II'', which gave him a breastplate). In the third game, he is fully human and wearing modern clothes, but still shirtless (the opening depicts him with a shirt, but his in-game sprites are clearly lacking). |
| 556 | %%* The Demi-Fiend from ''VideoGame/ShinMegamiTenseiIIINocturne'', although a lot of his demon body is covered in runic tattoos. |
| 557 | * ''VideoGame/SoulSeries'': |
| 558 | ** Mitsurugi's samurai armor always leaves a major part of his upper body, usually the right half, exposed. The first game does not have it, but he has an unbuttoned shirt in return. This is finally averted in ''VI''. |
| 559 | ** Being the wrestler type, Rock is topless (or near-topless) in every game he is in. His clone, Astaroth, is likewise also topless in every game. |
| 560 | ** In the first two games, Hwang's second costume features no shirt. |
| 561 | ** Kilik, as he was trained to be a monk. In ''II'', he is constantly half-naked, with the first costume being a ShoutOut to [[VideoGame/DevilMayCry Dante]]'s unzipped red long jacket, [[NoShirtLongJacket except with nothing underneath]] (amusingly, Dante goes through this exact same thing in ''VideoGame/DevilMayCry3DantesAwakening'' three years later). He becomes more prudish starting from ''IV'', possibly to symbolize his maturity. |
| 562 | ** Likewise, Kilik's mate Maxi, who used to be a pirate. They seem hold a treaty in ''II'' since Maxi is also constantly half-naked there. Unlike Kilik, Maxi stays a stripper for the rest of the series. |
| 563 | ** Yun-seong continues Hwang's undressed legacy in ''II''. However, he doesn't go full-blown shirtless until ''IV''. |
| 564 | ** Siegfried is normally clad in full-body armor, but during the time he is possessed by Soul Edge in ''II'' and known solely as "Nightmare", he is completely shirtless. |
| 565 | ** Raphael's costume in ''III'' and ''IV'' is a masquerade ball outfit that is bare in the front. ''V'' replaces this with a Dracula-esque suit, which is no less bare. |
| 566 | ** Z.W.E.I. from ''V'' wears a fetishistic attire consisting of an open fur jacket and tight leather pants that happen to be partially unzipped, showing that he is GoingCommando (it's noticeable in the concept art). |
| 567 | ** In ''V'', Algol wears a white thong...and nothing else. |
| 568 | ** Cervantes has an open shirt in ''VI''. Until then, he either only exposed his chest or his navel, but not both at the same time. |
| 569 | %%* One of the two title characters of ''VideoGame/SphinxAndTheCursedMummy'' exhibits this trope, and it's not the one who is completely wrapped in bandages. |
| 570 | * In ''VideoGame/StrayGods'', Apollo's default outfit is walking around with an open jacket wearing nothing underneath. |
| 571 | * The ''Franchise/StreetFighter'' series has several. |
| 572 | %%** ''VideoGame/StreetFighterI'' had Birdie, Joe, Adon, and Sagat. |
| 573 | %%** ''VideoGame/StreetFighterII'' had Blanka, Zangief, and Vega, while the UpdatedRerelease added Fei Long, Dee Jay, and T. Hawk. |
| 574 | %%** ''VideoGame/StreetFighterIII'' features Alex, Urien and Gill. |
| 575 | %%** And ''VideoGame/StreetFighterIV'' has El Fuerte, with Hakan debuting in the UpdatedRerelease. |
| 576 | %%** ''IV'' also has it as alternate outfits for Abel and Ryu. |
| 577 | ** In ''V'', Ryu gets a shirtless alternate outfit plus ManlyFacialHair. |
| 578 | %%* Creator/{{SNK}} is no stranger to shirtless manservice either, with [[VideoGame/SamuraiShodown Genjuro]] [[https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/genjuro_7330.jpg Kibagami]], [[VideoGame/FatalFury Joe]] [[http://images2.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb20100426205428/snk/images/1/1b/Joe-kofXIII.jpg Higashi]] and [[VideoGame/TheKingOfFighters Shen]] [[http://media.giantbomb.com/uploads/0/208/317555-shen_woo_large.jpg Woo]] serving as the primary purveyors. |
| 579 | * ''VideoGame/SwooningOverStansAGrunkleDatingSimulator'': In Ford’s route, the player can convince Ford to take his sweater off at the community pool. |
| 580 | * Almost every male character in the obscure PSX beat-'em-up platformer ''[[VideoGame/TaiFuWrathOfTheTiger Tai Fu: Wrath of the Tige]]r'' falls under this trope, both friend and foe, including the title character himself. And that's a LOT of bare chests, considering that every character except one or two of them is male. |
| 581 | * ''VideoGame/TalesSeries'': |
| 582 | * Moses Sandor, one of the playable characters from ''VideoGame/TalesOfLegendia'', is never seen with a shirt on, even in flashbacks. |
| 583 | * Zaveid in ''VideoGame/TalesOfZestiria'' goes about shirtless, wearing only a large necklace. In the prequel ''VideoGame/TalesOfBerseria'', he wears a jacket that covers up most of his arms and a good portion of his chest, though a fairly decent portion is still exposed. Magilou even refers to him at one point as "ol' check-out-my-pecs." |
| 584 | * [[TestosteronePoisoning Saxton Hale]] from ''VideoGame/TeamFortress2'' refuses to wear clothing on his upper body for "obvious reasons." To be fair, if ''you'' had [[CarpetOfVirility chest hair]] [[LandDownUnder shaped like Australia]], would ''you'' hide it? He's also commented before that he always wears as little as possible to [[InsaneTrollLogic avoid wearing disease-contaminated clothing]] (such as [[ItMakesSenseInContext rabies-slathered hats]]) and thus avoiding sickness altogether; he states he's never been sick in his life, so it must have worked. |
| 585 | * It is easier to count male characters of ''Franchise/{{Tekken}}'' who have never been shirtless in their default costumes than those who have been: |
| 586 | ** Marshall Law's main costume never changes from game to game: athletic pants, a sash, shoes, and nothing else. He is a BruceLeeClone, after all. %%His son, Forest Law, is much the same in ''3'' and ''Tag''. |
| 587 | ** The core Mishima family (Jinpachi, Heihachi, Kazuya, and Jin) have at least one shirtless costume in each game. The junior Kazuya and Jin wear modern karategi pants, gloves, and footpads, while the senior Jinpachi and Heihachi forgo gloves and footpads and wear antique hakama instead of gi. In ''4'', Jin's karategi is complemented by a buttonless shirt that still shows his impressive abs, while Heihachi replaces the hakama with a mawashi. Jin and Kazuya finally avert this in ''7'', where their default costumes are a hooded jacket and a slick business suit, respectively. |
| 588 | ** King, Armor King, and Craig Marduk are shirtless in their wrestler getups. |
| 589 | ** Steve Fox, because he is a boxer. In his debut game, ''4'', he is shirtless in ''both'' of his costumes (his P1 is the boxing getup, while his P2 has him wear an unbuttoned Hawaiian shirt). He wears a boxer jacket in ''7'', though like Jin's karategi and Hwoarang's dobok, it is buttonless. |
| 590 | %%** Bruce Irvin, as he is a kickboxer. |
| 591 | %%** Ganryu, because he is a rikishi. |
| 592 | ** Hwoarang's dobok is open on the front side, exposing his abdomen. This is to highlight his rebellious personality because dobok is supposed to be fastened by a sash (his teacher, Baek Doo-san, on the contrary, wears his properly). This dobok is his default costume in all games except for ''4'' and ''7''. |
| 593 | ** Baek himself does this in ''2'' and ''Tag'', where his P2 costume includes an unbuttoned vest. When he returns in ''5'', it changes into [[SharpDressedMan a formal suit]], likely to show his CharacterDevelopment. |
| 594 | ** Similar to Baek, Lee Chaolan's P2 costume in ''2'' and ''Tag'' includes an unbuttoned vest. |
| 595 | ** Lei Wulong's blue shirt in ''4'' is oddly unbuttoned, unlike other games where it is buttoned. |
| 596 | ** Until ''7'', Bryan Fury always has a costume where he wears military-style pants, boots, gloves, and no shirt. Like Steve, both of his costumes in ''4'' show his upper body (P1: unbuttoned shirt, P2: shirtless), and in ''7'', he complements the military pants with an unbuttoned military jacket. |
| 597 | ** Feng Wei is shirtless in his shaolin attire, which is weird since flashbacks show that his fellow students wore one. |
| 598 | ** Eddy Gordo's P1 recolored costume in ''Tag'' is sans shirt (in the original, he wears a crop top). In ''4'', he wears an unbuttoned shirt. |
| 599 | ** Ogre's sole costume features no shirt. |
| 600 | ** Miguel in ''Tag 2'' gets to show his hairy abs as his red shirt is unbuttoned. |
| 601 | ** Other than the above, from ''6'' onward, virtually all male characters can be customized to fight shirtless. The only exceptions so far are [[BigBeautifulMan Bob]] and [[OldMaster Wang Jinrei]]. |
| 602 | * This would be filled out by the bounty hunter Xenetes in ''VideoGame/TrinitySoulsOfZillOll''. Matter of fact, boldans are pretty much a walking shirtless ''race''. |
| 603 | * ''VideoGame/TokyoAfterschoolSummoners'' has plenty of characters that very rarely were any kind of shirts. |
| 604 | ** Horkeu Kamui, a big burly WolfMan, does have a jacket, but he mostly wears it like a cape and it would seem to be too small to actually fit him. |
| 605 | ** Macan, a Weretiger that spent most of his life in the jungle, is never shown wearing a shirt, even when he gets to leave his cage. |
| 606 | ** Arsalan wears a cape and a shirt for his Frankenstein skin but is otherwise never shown wearing a shirt. Justified since his ability to create oil from his Sacred Artifact and using it to anoint himself would probably make for some wet and ruined shirts. |
| 607 | ** Surtr's only clothing he wears are a thong, a few pieces of armor, and his fiery helmet. Other than that, his only apparel for his torso is a chestpiece that showcases his muscles. |
| 608 | * The title character of ''VideoGame/{{Tomba}}'' in his first game. In the second, his default outfit is still shirtless, but he can acquire a variety of other costumes that give him special abilities and cover his torso. |
| 609 | * Bam Margera in ''VideoGame/TonyHawksUnderground''. Also, this is an optional outfit choice for a created skater starting with ''[[VideoGame/TonyHawksProSkater Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 2]]''. |
| 610 | * ''VideoGame/WarCraft'': |
| 611 | ** Illidan Stormrage is always without a shirt. Even more so after he absorbed the powers of the skull of Gul'dan, which made him grow wings on his back, which means he cannot wear shirts anymore, As [[http://www.darklegacycomics.com/126.html this]] ''Webcomic/DarkLegacyComics'' strip mentions in the second panel. |
| 612 | ** The other Demon Hunters throughout ''[=WC3=]'' and ''VideoGame/WorldOfWarcraft'' seem to have adopted Illidan's sensibilities. Except for the one female Huntress in [=WoW=], not that she wears ''much''. |
| 613 | ** The Blademasters in ''[=WC3=]'' and ''[=WoW=]'', Grom Hellscream included. Ironically, in terms of gameplay, the Demon Hunter and Blademaster had the highest armor scores out of all the {{Hero Unit}}s in the game. |
| 614 | ** Ogres not only rarely wear shirts but also wear {{loincloth}}s. |
| 615 | ** Liam Greymane, the son of the racial leader of the Worgen, walks around without a shirt in the Worgen starting zone. |
| 616 | %%** Kil'jaeden, and Eredar in general, like this trope. |
| 617 | ** Garrosh Hellscream seems to have given up shirts since becoming Warchief. His shoulder guards are massive enough to make chest armor somewhat redundant, anyway. |
| 618 | ** Fandral Staghelm never wears a shirt. |
| 619 | ** Malfurion Stormrage never wears a shirt (must be part of the archdruid dress code), though he ''did'' wear a cloak in ''[=WC3=]''. Admittedly, his feathered arms in ''[=WoW=]'' would probably be difficult to fit through sleeves. |
| 620 | ** Night Elf males in general tend to prefer being topless. The player character can also become this by earning a leather chest armor reward from a quest in The Hinterlands that is invisible. Several other various chest armors also show quite a lot of the upper body, from a bit of fabric draped over the shoulders to an X-crossed leather harness. |
| 621 | * ''VideoGame/{{Weaponlord}}'' reaches a record by having every male character in the game (four-sevenths of the entire cast) not wear a shirt. The other three are women. |
| 622 | * Does it count if [[GentleGiant Brad]] [[MightyGlacier Evans]] from ''VideoGame/WildArms2'' wears a shirt with only one shoulder strap, leaving the other half of his chest always bare? |
| 623 | * In ''VideoGame/WorldHeroes'', we have Mudman (a witch doctor) and Captain Kidd (pirate). The latter is notable for wearing a [[BadassLongcoat long, sleeveless coat]] instead of a shirt. |
| 624 | * ''VideoGame/XenobladeChronicles1'': |
| 625 | ** Although not this by default, Dunban gets ''several'' skills that give him special effects if he's not wearing any armor, and he'll become this if the player chooses to utilize him. And thanks to the fact that characters in the game can share skills if they have high enough RelationshipValues, he can spread this trait to ''anyone else in the cast.'' Including the girls. |
| 626 | ** Certain pieces of "armor" in the game are actually described as specialized balms or lotions that have a special effect when applied to the skin. In practice, this means that the character appears to be wearing nothing up top, thus becoming this trope. The ladies can take advantage of it too. |
| 627 | [[/folder]] |
| 628 | |
| 629 | [[folder:Visual Novels]] |
| 630 | * ''VisualNovel/FateStayNight'' has Berserker, who wears only an armored kilt and cuffs. Though it's not fanservice in this case, because being summoned as a Berserker gives him a monstrous appearance. |
| 631 | * Razi in ''VisualNovel/HavenfallIsForLovers'' goes shirtless whenever he's in his djinn form. |
| 632 | * Arsenik of ''VisualNovel/War13thDay'' wears only a lion's mane. Justified [[spoiler:because this is Wildfire's [[AllJustADream dream]] and she sees him as a LustObject. Plus, she has a rather massive crush on him.]] |
| 633 | * Alice of ''VisualNovel/VirtuesLastReward'' is a rare female example. She wears no shirt or bra and an open jacket that, due to her breast size, she probably can't close even if she wanted to. The only thing keeping her decent is the enormous gold necklace she wears. |
| 634 | [[/folder]] |
| 635 | |
| 636 | [[folder:Web Animation]] |
| 637 | * Oran from ''WebAnimation/BrokenSaints'', who is shirtless for half the series. Also, although Kamimura always wears his cloak, he never has a shirt on underneath. |
| 638 | * Given Free Country, USA's lax clothing laws (and also because it's called "Free Country"), characters in ''WebAnimation/HomestarRunner'' are not required to wear pants (or any clothes). Strong Bad is one big Walking Shirtless Scene; he thinks it's better to show off his abs. Homestar has had his shirt removed a few times, but nobody knows if he wears pants or not, so... |
| 639 | * In ''WebAnimation/IfTheEmperorHadATextToSpeechDevice'', the Adeptus Custodes refuse to wear their armor, instead becoming enormously muscular, homoerotic bodyguards who spend all day oiling their abs, making sexy poses, and fapping (but only on Thursdays). They even go so far as to conveniently mishear the Emperor whenever he tells them to put on some armor, with the Captain-General being the only one who is still sane enough to stay in his armor all the time. |
| 640 | * ''WebAnimation/InvestigationOfObjectNuclearity'': TokenHuman Orange Herald doesn't wear a shirt under his jacket. |
| 641 | * ''Animation/{{Pucca}}'' has Abyo, the local BruceLeeClone, who has a habit of ripping his shirt before going {{Kiai}}. |
| 642 | * ''WebAnimation/{{RWBY}}'': Sun wears a shirt that he leaves unbuttoned under almost all circumstances. His idea of dressing in disguise or to smarten himself up is to button his shirt. He's originally from Vacuo, a place where dressing smartly doesn't happen. When the students from all four kingdoms are lined up in their formal military attire, Vacuo stands out because their "uniform" is literally "We're all wearing shirts now." |
| 643 | * Dr. Giselle from ''WebAnimation/RotaryPark'', technically a subversion as he is a merman and thus cannot walk. |
| 644 | [[/folder]] |
| 645 | |
| 646 | [[folder:Webcomics]] |
| 647 | * In ''Webcomic/AliceGrove'', Ardent is a [[ShamelessFanserviceGirl Shameless Fanservice Boy]] from a utopian {{Arcology}} who tends to wear as little clothing as he can get away with. {{Lampshade|Hanging}}d when he's given a shirt, but it vanishes off-panel. |
| 648 | -->'''Alice:''' Wait, what happened to your shirt?\ |
| 649 | '''Ardent:''' I got scared so I took it off.\ |
| 650 | '''Alice:''' That's... ''almost'' an explanation. |
| 651 | * By virtue of being focused on nudists this is expected of almost every character (major or minor) in ''Webcomic/TheBarePit.'' |
| 652 | * ''Webcomic/DanAndMabsFurryAdventures'': |
| 653 | ** Abel |
| 654 | ** Dan also, ever since Abel turned his robe into more of an [[BuffySpeak open... vest... thing.]] |
| 655 | ** Quoth Dark Pegasus: [[http://www.missmab.com/Comics/Vol_1146.php "Insolent fool! I shirt for no one!"]] |
| 656 | * ''Webcomic/{{Fite}}'' has ''three'': |
| 657 | ** Gorgado only wears a {{Loincloth}}, and never once appears with a shirt. |
| 658 | ** Lucco only appears with a shirt in [[http://home.comcast.net/~x8099/thomasblue/fite5to8.html#51 one strip.]] He's a boxer, so most of the time he's [[GoingCommando only]] wearing his trunks. Bonus points for actually [[http://home.comcast.net/~x8099/thomasblue/fite1to4.html#64 turning down an offered shirt]] once. |
| 659 | ** Ricci appears with a shirt in two strips, and an unzipped jacket with no shirt in one more. He still qualifies for having more access to shirts than the other two but refuses to make use of it. |
| 660 | * Numerous examples in ''Webcomic/{{Glorianna}}'', including Portai, Ravi, Gith, Thanaktos, and the Mountain King. |
| 661 | * A number of characters from ''Webcomic/{{Goblins}}'' have this sort of outfit. |
| 662 | * In ''Webcomic/ElGoonishShive'', Lord Tedd wears [[BadassCape a red cape]] but otherwise goes shirtless. |
| 663 | * Muut from ''Webcomic/GunnerkriggCourt''. Kat {{lampshade}}s his fetish appeal [[http://www.gunnerkrigg.com/archive_page.php?comicID=339 here]]; her reaction upon finally meeting him is [[http://www.gunnerkrigg.com/archive_page.php?comicID=529 priceless]]. |
| 664 | * Burk in ''Webcomic/HeroOhHero'' starts with no shirt whatsoever and later gets an open vest. |
| 665 | * In ''Webcomic/ImpureBlood'', [[http://www.impurebloodwebcomic.com/Pages/Issue3/ib061.html Roan, except when in disguise, which he finds frustrating.]] |
| 666 | * The characters Jake and (to a lesser extent) Tyrone from the gay furry webcomic ''Webcomic/{{ISO}}''. |
| 667 | * Jordan Joan, the main character of ''Webcomic/JoJopolis'', is arrested when he's shirtless at the start of the story, and he doesn't get a chance to put a shirt on before crazy Stand shenanigans start happening. |
| 668 | * ''Webcomic/{{Nebula}}'': Mars never wears, or posssibly even ''owns'' a shirt -- he lives in the void of space, after all, so who knows where he buys his clothes. In any case, all he's got over his chest is the BadassCape tied around his 'neck'. |
| 669 | * A rare female example is pretty much the entire cast of ''Wind Spirits'', where both the men and women of the tribes wear only {{Loincloth}}s. |
| 670 | * In ''Webcomic/SatanAndMe'', Satan is shirtless a good portion of the time. |
| 671 | * In ''Webcomic/SirensLament'', the siren Ian isn't at home with human customs, including wearing shirts. And the fangirls hope he never will be. |
| 672 | * [[InvertedTrope Inverted]] in ''Webcomic/SluggyFreelance'' with Zorgon Gola, an unattractive small-scale GalacticConqueror who never wore ''pants''. |
| 673 | * Ganymede in [[http://a-gnosis.deviantart.com/art/The-Family-Party-9-514405772 ''The Family Party'']] by Creator/AGnosis unsurprisingly. He got his job because of his good looks, after all. |
| 674 | [[/folder]] |
| 675 | |
| 676 | [[folder:Web Original]] |
| 677 | * Parodied in Website/{{Cracked}}'s [[http://www.cracked.com/photoplasty_717_33-special-editions-that-are-too-awesome-to-exist_p2/ 33 Special Editions That Are Too Awesome to Exist]] photoplasty, with ''Film/{{Thor}}: Shirtless Edition'' and ''The Chest Set: [[Matthew [=McConaughey=] and Jason Statham's]] most popular movies, revised and re-edited for maximum shirtlessness''. |
| 678 | * ''Literature/GoldTongues'' has Five Strikes and Stix, two drifters who travel only wearing a pair of trousers and underwear. |
| 679 | * [=GoodTimesWithScar=] seems to be in fond with this trope alongside with NoShirtLongJacket. |
| 680 | ** ''WebVideo/{{Hermitcraft}}'': |
| 681 | *** In Season 6, when the pufferfish trap set up by Rendog and [=StressMonster101=] kills him, due to the fact his jacket and shirt were torn off by the pufferfish, he spends the entirety of being deceased in Demise shirtless. |
| 682 | *** In Season 9, Scar's initial [=HotGuy=] outfit has him shirtless. At one point, when he was set ablaze, his [[ClothingDamage Scarland uniform got burnt]] to reveal his initial outfit before he showcases the progress he did for his HQ. |
| 683 | ** In ''WebVideo/ThirdLifeSMP'', he spends the entire season going shirtless. Because his server-mates [[PleasePutSomeClothesOn told him to put a shirt on]], he keeps the armor on. However, because of the heatwave from living in the desert, which in turn caused him to become sweaty, he would take his chestplate off, resulting in Grian (who was in a life debt to Scar because of the [[DeadlyPrank creeper incident]] on Day 1) telling him to put the chestplate back on. |
| 684 | ** His tendency to go shirtless in-game has since reached {{memetic|Mutation}} status in the greater MCYT fandom, who would often either be jokingly exasperated by or [[EstrogenBrigade fawn]] [[TestosteroneBrigade over]] his characters' "Scitties". |
| 685 | * The ''Literature/{{Legatum}}'' series has dozens of background and minor characters who freely walk around showing off their bare upper bodies. Some notable characters are listed below. |
| 686 | ** Lorko Maeliss and Nickolas Corveel from ''Literature/SmirvlaksStone''. |
| 687 | ** Bunng from ''Literature/HelpNotWanted''. |
| 688 | ** King Chorn Torgash from ''Literature/TheRoadToHell''. |
| 689 | * [[TheBrute Dolan]], [[TheBigGuy Carson]], and [[BigBad Captain Lyle Krinkor]] from ''Literature/ThePiratesCoveredInFur'' are all mentioned as being shirtless for the whole story. |
| 690 | * ''Literature/TailsSeries'': |
| 691 | ** ''Literature/TailsOfTheBountyHunter'' has Cale's partner Stollar, who seems to only wear a pair of pants wherever he goes. |
| 692 | ** ''Literature/TailsOfTheSpaceGladiators'' has a justified example with Unklok Koknarf. The alien's so obese that he physically ''can't'' wear a shirt. |
| 693 | * Maximus Slade from ''Literature/{{TOT}}'' never wears a shirt for the entirety of the story. Given that he's a giant werewolf, it's more than likely because he can't fit into one. |
| 694 | * The three mermen Dace, Kiyi and Varden from ''WebOriginal/ThreeLittleFishAndABird'' certainly fit this trope, never wearing any clothing at all, even to cover their buttocks that aren't quite [[ExposedExtraterrestrials concealed by their dolphin-like tails]]. Though technically, they're really more of a "'''Crawling''' Shirtless Scene", given that being mermen they can't exactly ''walk''. |
| 695 | [[/folder]] |
| 696 | |
| 697 | [[folder:Web Videos]] |
| 698 | * Blogger [[https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCwNPPl_oX8oUtKVMLxL13jg Connor Murphy]] makes all of his Website/YouTube videos shirtless. |
| 699 | * [[https://www.youtube.com/user/wickydkewl Davey Wavey]] is a gay Blogger who makes all of his Website/YouTube videos shirtless. |
| 700 | * When ''VideoGame/DragonAgeInquisition'' was nominated for Game of the Year 2014, Creator/BioWare responded with a thank-you video for the fans who had caused it to happen. The bulk of the video is [[UnreliableNarrator Varric]] and Cassandra talking to the viewers and snarking at each other... and then, for no reason whatsoever, [[MrFanservice Cullen]] wanders randomly through the scene without a shirt. [[https://youtu.be/AWfPDg8_gvM It's hard to blame Cass, really...]] |
| 701 | * ''WebVideo/EpicRapBattlesOfHistory'': In "Rasputin vs. Stalin", [[spoiler:Vladimir Putin]] spends his entire appearance shirtless, reflecting his manly image at the time. |
| 702 | * Same for Eight-Bit Mickey in ''WebVideo/{{Kickassia}}''. |
| 703 | * ''WebVideo/RatsSMP'': GenderInvertedTrope with Bek, who is shirtless no matter the weather. She explains that it's to have the widest range of motion in a fight. Of course, being a Minecraft rat probably helps with getting past the media nudity taboo… |
| 704 | * [[https://youtu.be/BsSQKspCPHg Shirtless Anonymous]]. |
| 705 | * Benzaie provides this in ''WebVideo/SuburbanKnights'', since he dresses as Franchise/ConanTheBarbarian. Cast commentary demonstrates how much he suffered to bring us this fanservice, given the film was shot during April in Chicago. |
| 706 | [[/folder]] |
| 707 | |
| 708 | [[folder:Western Animation]] |
| 709 | * Another robot example is [[WesternAnimation/MegaManRubySpears Ruby-Spears Mega Man]]. |
| 710 | * ''WesternAnimation/AvatarTheLastAirbender'': '''THE BOULDER''' is too busy burying people in ''a rockalanche'' to bother wearing a shirt. |
| 711 | ** Aang himself for much of the third season. |
| 712 | * In ''WesternAnimation/Ben10UltimateAlien'' the first season BigBad [[MagnificentBastard Aggregor]] never wore a shirt. Before going OneWingedAngel he wore a nice open-chested [[BadassLongcoat tunic]]. |
| 713 | * ''WesternAnimation/BikerMiceFromMars'': Technically none of the Biker Mice wear a shirt, but Vinnie is especially notable since the only things on his chest are two crossed bandoliers. In the episode "The Pits", Modo and Throttle are captured and forced to work for the Pit Boss. [[FanService For some reason]], they lost their armor and jacket. |
| 714 | * In ''WesternAnimation/TheBrothersGrunt'', all Grunts walk around shirtless in their underwear. |
| 715 | * Jesse, the bass player for Mystik Spiral on ''WesternAnimation/{{Daria}}'', is almost always seen wearing an open vest with no shirt underneath, revealing a muscular chest. In his first appearance, he mentions that Trent owes him a new shirt after having [[NoodleIncident thrown up on him at some point]]--apparently Trent never got around to it. |
| 716 | * Creator/{{Filmation}} had an [[PerverseSexualLust enduring affection]] for ripped muscle-men ([[FunnyAnimal Thun]] the [[UsefulNotes/FurryFandom Lion-Man]], Franchise/{{Tarzan}}, WesternAnimation/{{Blackstar}}, [[WesternAnimation/HeManAndTheMastersOfTheUniverse1983 He-Man]], [[WesternAnimation/SheRaPrincessOfPower Bow]]), all in [[{{Stripperiffic}} extremely]] exiguous [[{{Loincloth}} raiment]]. |
| 717 | * ''WesternAnimation/{{Fangbone}}'''s eponymous character doesn't wear a shirt by default due to being a barbarian and all that. The same applies to him in the original ''Literature/FangboneThirdGradeBarbarian'' books. |
| 718 | * Barbados Slim, Olympian and "mahogany god" of ''WesternAnimation/{{Futurama}}''. |
| 719 | * ''WesternAnimation/{{Gargoyles}}'': Other than Hudson, all of the males in the Manhattan Clan fly around in loincloths. The reason is unknown. |
| 720 | * Zandor and Dorno on ''WesternAnimation/TheHerculoids''. |
| 721 | * ''WesternAnimation/JackieChanAdventures'': [[DraconicHumanoid Shendu]] in his true form and a couple of his brothers wearing loincloths and nothing from the waistline up, and Shendu's body is quite ripe with muscle. Slightly downplayed with Daolon Wong's Dark Chi Warriors and the Jiangshi, who wear only a little clothing on their torsos which renders their chests partly or mostly visible. |
| 722 | * Gil, from ''WesternAnimation/JohnnyTest'' qualifies. While he isn't always shirtless, he very frequently takes off his shirt. It is even to the point when he starts a channel on a video platform, it is all about him taking his shirt off. |
| 723 | * Aquaman in his appearances in ''WesternAnimation/JusticeLeague'' and ''Justice League Unlimited''. He's bare-chested even while off-duty and playing chess at Doctor Fate's tower. |
| 724 | * Honey, Bosko's girlfriend from ''WesternAnimation/LooneyTunes'' is a very rare non-{{Fanservice}}-y female human example of this trope. |
| 725 | * ''WesternAnimation/OKKOLetsBeHeroes'': Mr. Gar, owner of Gar's Bodega, is almost always seen shirtless. |
| 726 | * Remington Tufflips, from ''WesternAnimation/SanjayAndCraig''. A washed-up action movie star who never ever wears a shirt. And since retiring from movies, never wears shoes either. |
| 727 | * ''WesternAnimation/SeaPrincesses'': Or rather ''swimming'' shirtless scene in this case. Marcello is always seen bare-chested. (It also applies to some of the other princes, but Marcello gets the most screen time.) |
| 728 | * Sideshow Mel, of ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons'', almost always wears his "stage" costume -- which involves not wearing a shirt. Or pants: just a grass skirt thing. |
| 729 | * Patrick from ''WesternAnimation/SpongeBobSquarePants''. Justified that he's a starfish. |
| 730 | * ''WesternAnimation/StormHawks'': All four of the Raptors are never seen with anything covering their chests, only wearing shoulder pads and some armor. |
| 731 | * ''WesternAnimation/StreetSharks'': The title characters and their allies Moby Lick and Mantaman all had their shirts destroyed when they first transformed and never bothered to replace them (justified in that, with their torsos, no shirt ''exists'' that they could fit into). The villain Killamari also goes shirtless. Averted with the fifth shark, Melvin Kresnik/Rox, who manages to wear a full outfit despite his transformation. |
| 732 | * ''WesternAnimation/SummerMemories'': Jason's best friend Ronnie is only ever seen in a pair of shorts, so his abs are always on display. As Jason notes in one episode, something is seriously off if [[OOCIsSeriousBusiness Ronnie puts a shirt on]]. The same applies with their friend Cool Louis, who always wears an unbuttoned shirt. |
| 733 | * Dogpound from ''WesternAnimation/TeenageMutantNinjaTurtles2012''. |
| 734 | * Geoff from ''WesternAnimation/TotalDrama'' always wears an open pink shirt exposing his abs. |
| 735 | ** The impossibly hot Justin wears a shirt, but especially in early episodes, he would always find some excuse to remove or tear it. |
| 736 | * [[Creator/{{Toonami}} TOM]]'s a robot, but he's designed with his robot abs exposed. |
| 737 | * ''WesternAnimation/{{Wakfu}}'': |
| 738 | ** Kriss Krass |
| 739 | ** Sir Tristepin[=/=]Sadlygrove Percidal as of episode 22. |
| 740 | ** Also his master, [[spoiler:Goultard the Barbarian]]. |
| 741 | * ''WesternAnimation/YoungJustice2010'': [[Characters/YoungJustice2010TheTeamSeasonTwo Lagoon Boy]]'s "hero costume" consists of a pair of black swimming trunks. |
| 742 | [[/folder]] |
| 743 | |
| 744 | [[folder:Real Life]] |
| 745 | * Ancient tropical kingdoms such as the Aztecs and Mayans in South America and numerous empires in South East Asia often portray their prominent figures shirtless. |
| 746 | * Comedian Bert "The Machine" Kreischer typically ditches the shirt before the first joke and spends the rest of the act that way. He's admitted it's mostly because he sweats profusely which would become more evident in a shirt. |
| 747 | * Pita Taufatofua, a taekwondo athlete and Tonga's flag bearer at the [[UsefulNotes/OlympicGames 2016 Summer Olympics]], caused quite a sensation when he appeared topless and greased up during [[https://youtu.be/0iPWLWytYc4 the opening ceremony]]. He was invited on various talk shows and was apparently banned from wearing a shirt. He returned for the 2018 Winter Olympics and competed in skiing. |
| 748 | * Terry Porter, of ''Series/PorterRidge'', hardly ever wears a shirt. He claims they "irritate [his] nipples". Lampshaded on the few times he has to wear a shirt (which is usually undone). |
| 749 | * In Rio de Janerio, shirtlessness is [[http://www.shirtlessmenworld.net/rioindex.html very common]] in various [[http://www.shirtlessmenworld.net/general.html public places]]. |
| 750 | * Robert John Burck, AKA The Naked Cowboy, has attained minor celebrity by strolling through Times Square clad in a cowboy hat, boots, and tighty-whitey briefs. |
| 751 | * Shirtlessness is very common in the [[http://www.outfrontonline.com/community-voices/stuff-gay-people-like-being-shirtless gay male subculture]]. |
| 752 | * The Ukrainian feminist protest group ''Femen'' is known for having their women activists appear bare-chested with slogans written over their bodies. Naturally the nudity attracts much attention in the press. |
| 753 | [[/folder]] |
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