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2->'''Kirie:''' H-hey, why are we racing in these skimpy swimsuits?! It's embarrassing! And isn't it dangerous?!\
3'''Mizore:''' However can you say that? Now that we have magically-ennhanced safety systems, the latest trend is to see how dangerous we can make it visually! And if they come off, the audience will love it and boost the event's popularity, so the sponsors are all for it!
4-->-- ''Manga/UQHolder''
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6[[AC:Literature]]
7->This particular hero was a heroine. A redheaded one. Now, there is a tendency at a point like this to look over one's shoulder at the cover artist and start going on at length about leather, thighboots and naked blades. Words like 'full', 'round' and even 'pert' creep into the narrative, until the writer has to go and have a cold shower and a lie down. Which is all rather silly, because any woman setting out to make a living by the sword isn't about to go around looking like something off the cover of the more advanced kind of lingerie catalogue for the specialised buyer.
8-->-- ''Literature/TheLightFantastic'', by '''Creator/TerryPratchett'''
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10->She wouldn't have a full uniform yet, not until someone had taken a, well, let's face it, a '''breastplate''' along to old Remitt the armourer and told him to beat it out really well '''here''' and '''here.'''
11-->-- ''Literature/MenAtArms'', by '''Creator/TerryPratchett'''
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13[[AC:Tabletop Games]]
14->''The advent and popularity of these flashy pieces of (non)armor have set my mind to wonder: Why do people wear such armor? What sort of protection does it afford? Do the protected members contain regenerative qualities that will aid the rest of the body after it has been hacked to bits? What odd sports do these folk engage in that armored undergarments would aid them? Plagued for months by such questions, I at last found the answer to my question, as well as finding the maker and seller of such finery -- Boom's Garden of Waterdeep.\
15...\
16Though I cannot imagine doing battle in this constrictive and torturous device, many female warriors swear that the attractiveness produced by an armored corset often lets them avert combat altogether.''
17-->-- '''Aurora''', ''[[TabletopGame/ForgottenRealms Aurora's Whole Realms Catalogue]]''
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19[[AC:Video Games]]
20->''"This is the bottom half of a chain-mail bikini. It'll completely protect you from injury, and by 'you' we mean 'your crotch and 40% of your backside.' Because, really, what else matters?"''
21-->-- ''VideoGame/KingdomOfLoathing''
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23->''"That's some good armour... some high-ranking women wear ornamental crap with tits hammered into it. One good shot and all that cleavage gets [[SurprisinglyRealisticOutcome knocked right into the sternum]]. Real messy. Good on you for going practical."''
24-->-- '''Iron Bull''', ''VideoGame/DragonAgeInquisition''
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26->''"I’m the lone female warrior...wait, this doesn’t have much defense."''
27-->-- '''Ann Takamaki''', ''VideoGame/Persona5DancingInStarlight''
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29->''"Is this a bikini, or military-grade combat armor? Because it LOOKS like military-grade combat armor. At least where I'm from."''
30-->-- '''Claudia''', ''VideoGame/CrushCrush'', if you make her wear the bathing suit
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32->''"Body armor is critical in battle! It should cover a warrior from head to toe. Just... not the arms. Or legs. Or the mid-section, really. Ideally not the face, either... knees or elbows."''
33-->-- '''NPC in Armor Town''', ''VideoGame/ShantaeAndTheSevenSirens''
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35->'''Fuu:''' Next up, the bikini armor!
36->'''Kazuto:''' B-Bikini armor?! You mean the suit of armor that leaves the wearer so outrageously unprotected that its classification as armor is dubious at best?
37->'''Fuu:''' Yes, that bikini armor!
38->'''Kazuto:''' The scanty uniform that calls into question whether a few bits of metal plating have any practical defensive use at all?
39->'''Fuu:''' Yes, that bikini armor!
40-->-- ''VideoGame/SuzukuriDungeonKarinInTheMountain''
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42->'''Hismena:''' The more revealing the armor, the stronger it is! That's just how it works!
43-->-- ''VideoGame/AnotherEden''
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45[[AC:Webcomics]]
46->'''Durkon:''' [[FunetikAksent Tha's na]] leather armor! Leather armor be stiff an' boiled to deflect blows.\
47'''Merchant:''' Of course, '''men's''' leather armor. Women's leather armor amounts to any attractive outfit that has one or more leather items in it. I once sold one winsome young lass a leather headband that was more effective than plate.
48-->-- ''Webcomic/TheOrderOfTheStick''
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50->'''Chuck:''' It's lingerie!\
51'''Marcus:''' It's +1 to AC and +2 to Charisma!\
52'''Chuck:''' It's ridiculous!
53-->-- ''Webcomic/ChainmailBikini'' #5, discussing what Marcus' new character is wearing.
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55->'''Barbarian:''' Aim for her abdomen, for it is nude and insufficiently protected against the elements and injury!\
56'''ComicBook/RedSonja:''' Hah! You ignorant fools. You know nothing of the secret womanly powers of the uterus! Its effects are greatest when exposed!\
57''[a symbol of Venus shining from inside her abdomen produces a force field against which their arrows break, with a 'WOOMMBB' sound effect]''\
58'''Barbarian:''' Alas, ye gods! We were woefully misinformed of the true power of a woman's exposed belly! Surely a far more powerful force resides in their cleavage!
59-->-- [[https://geekartgallery.blogspot.com/2014/02/humor-now-you-know.html "Now You Know"]], by Creator/StjepanSejic
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61->'''Lyra:''' Is [[http://www.daughterofthelilies.com/dotl/807 it]] some kind of ''statement?'' Does it lure in enemies? What's the ''appeal?!''\
62'''Brent:''' I can tell you ''[[RuleOfSexy exactly]]'' what the appeal is.
63-->-- ''Webcomic/DaughterOfTheLilies'', {{discuss|edTrope}}ing art of a {{Barbarian Hero}}ine
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65[[AC:Web Original]]
66->''Nothing turns on a man like metal lingerie that, by our count, has 13 different points capable of tearing open your scrotum if she makes an unexpected move.''
67-->-- '''{{Website/Cracked}}''' on Music/{{Cher}}'s ''Take Me Home''
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69->''"I thought ''Resident Evil'' characters officially reached their lowest point when they brought us [[VideoGame/ResidentEvil4 squeaky-voiced midget Napoleon]], but they successfully carve out a third sub-basement in the barrel with one of the sidekick characters in this game, a military sniper who wears sexy, high-fashioned outfits on assignment. We have a uniform, lady, because in these games the usual policy is to ''shoot'' the things that look retarded!"''
70-->-- '''WebAnimation/ZeroPunctuation''', ''VideoGame/ResidentEvilRevelations''
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72->''(Indecent Invulnerability) -- Bikinis render the wearer invulnerable to any form of damage.''
73-->-- ''[[http://www.abcb.com/laws/law_34.htm The Law of Anime #34: The Law of Probable Attire, 2nd Corollary]]''
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75->''I won't require high-ranking female members of my organization to wear a stainless-steel bustier. Morale is better with a more casual dress-code. Similarly, outfits made entirely from black leather will be reserved for formal occasions.''
76-->-- EvilOverlordList rule #33
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78->''Because I've got my armor, which is really rather silly, on\
79 (It's cut so low I feel like I'm the topless tow'rs of Ilion,\
80 And isn't any use against attackers sagittarian).\
81 [[MajorGeneralSong I am the very model of a heroine barbarian!]]''
82-->-- '''[[Series/XenaWarriorPrincess Xena]]''', "[[http://www-users.cs.york.ac.uk/susan/sf/filk/xena.htm Heroine Barbarian]]"
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84->'''slowbeef:''' Yes, her "battlesuit".\
85'''Diabetus:''' Yes. Of course.\
86'''slowbeef:''' If anyone fires lasers at [her] breasts or vagina, it's fine.
87-->-- ''WebVideo/{{Retsupurae}}'' (mocking Dominique's choice of clothing in ''Manga/SpaceAdventureCobra'')
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89->''"God forbid the warrior of Valis find something to protect her bare thighs and lower torso, right?"''
90-->-- '''Kevin Gifford''', [[http://magweasel.com/2010/05/05/i-love-the-pc-engine-valis-ii/ review of]] ''VideoGame/{{Valis}} II''
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92->''"Bikinis [[SubvertedTrope ARE NOT]] beamproof."''
93-->-- '''Rule #68''' of [[https://fudoushin.files.wordpress.com/2008/11/rules.jpg The Laws of Super Robot Anime]]
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95->''"Barbarian: Okay, so I keep my magic items, but not my pants. Good to know."''
96-->--'''[[https://outofcontextdnd.tumblr.com/post/101893164235/barbarian-okay-so-i-keep-my-magic-items-but-not Out of Context D&D Quotes]]''' on Website/{{Tumblr}}.
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