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[[quoteright:330:[[TabletopGame/HeroQuest https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/hero_of_hero_quest.jpg]]]][[caption-width-right:330:For some heroes, this is all the armor they need.]]

->''"Also, everyone here could use a little less loin and a lot more cloth."''
-->-- '''Belkar Bitterleaf''', ''Webcomic/TheOrderOfTheStick'', [[http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0736.html #736]]

In essence, a loincloth is lower body underwear made of cloth or hides. Sometimes it's just a flap over the crotch and rear, and sometimes it's woven like actual briefs.

Often some cultures, especially stereotypically primitive ones, have this as the only form of clothing. But one of the most prominent appearances in fiction is the fantasy {{Barbarian Hero}}es, even though they [[GrimUpNorth come from the north, where it's really cold]]. Sure they wear these made of fur, and perhaps they dress better when actually in their northern homelands, but otherwise this is a form of ImpossiblyCoolClothes. Is frequently used as a male instance of {{Stripperific}} outfits.

May occasionally be justified, if the barbarian from the GrimUpNorth actually complains about the sweltering heat of the southern lands he's exploring, and refuses to wear more for this reason.

Quite often overlaps with a ({{Walking|ShirtlessScene}}) ShirtlessScene. Sometimes the wearer PrefersGoingBarefoot. Also can be worn by women, either with or without a matching bikini top.

A SuperTrope to {{Fundoshi}}.

A SisterTrope to FurBikini (the DistaffCounterpart).

Compare PeltsOfTheBarbarian.
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!Examples:

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[[folder:Advertising]]
* Both the guy and girl in [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=57kX_8gTdM0 this]] Coty Wild Musk commercial are wearing loincloths.
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[[folder:Anime & Manga]]
* Brought up to a truly frightening extent in ''Manga/{{Adekan}}''. The manga is set in a very strange 1900's esque era of Japan, and loincloths are the equivalent of men's underwear. Shiro doesn't like to wear loincloths, and Kojiro doesn't like that Shiro won't wear it. This leads to much awkwardness as Kojiro occasionally tries to force Shiro into loincloths, models his own loincloth and shows off different forms of loincloth with imaginary models. And he doesn't see anything wrong with this at all.
* In an episode of the latest ''Manga/Cyborg009'' series, [[RubberMan 007]] gets his clothes torn when he uses his powers to [[AttackOfThe50FootWhatever expand his body to huge proportions]] and wears this. (Notice that in the original manga, [[FullFrontalAssault he was naked.]])
* ''Manga/FullmetalAlchemist'':
** [[spoiler:Father in his final form has a loincloth which used to be part of his robe.]]
** There's also Alphonse Elric, who always wears one on his armor. It's not like he needs it, technically speaking, but he probably thinks it's just plain indecent not to have one.
* In ''Anime/JewelpetSunshine'', Titana asks Shouko for help in becoming more manly. One of the things she does is make him wear a loin cloth with the Japanese word for 'man' on it.
* ''Manga/LuckyStar'': Konata compares the experience of eating beachhouse food to running around the beach in a loincloth. (This itself is a reference to ''Manga/MisterAjikko''.)
* ''Manga/MinamiKe'' features recurring newscasts about a "loincloth festival" as a RunningGag.
* ''Anime/NadiaTheSecretOfBlueWater'': Nadia wears one as part of her circus costume, which is [[LimitedWardrobe her standard attire]] for the majority of the series, despite having access to other clothing.
* ''Manga/{{Ninku}}'': Toji often wears a loincloth.
* ''Manga/OuranHighSchoolHostClub'''s Suou Tamaki has to wear a loincloth in the manga after losing a bet to Kyouya. He's a little upset about it at first, but then easily forgets about it after Haruhi gives him a super bouncy ball to play with (so he would stop being a pain).
* ''Manga/RuinExplorers'': Apparently, [[CuteMonsterGirl Fam]] feels she doesn't need to wear pants (or shoes, for that matter) since she has fur. And [[UnusuallyUninterestingSight no one seems to care]] that she runs around in nothing but a thong and a loincloth - likely because she's underaged.[[note]]She's 14[[/note]]
* Most of the ogres from ''Manga/{{Shutendoji}}'', including the main character after tapping into his ogre heritage (although it happens actually after some well placed ClothingDamage).
* Supposedly as a in-series joke, or as a homage to a particular meme [[Memes/VideoGames involving "riding"]], ''[[VideoGame/SuperRobotWarsOriginalGeneration Super Robot Wars OG:]] [[AnimeOfTheGame The Inspector]]'' has [[VideoGame/SuperRobotWarsAlpha Sanger Zonvolt]], of all people, rocking one in the end credits of Episode 15.
* ''Anime/TheVisionOfEscaflowne'': While his is a kilt and not a loincloth, otherwise movie version of Van Fanel pretty much nailed it. He's enough of a barbarian, and [[WalkingShirtlessScene hardly wears anything else]] for the whole movie.
* ''Manga/WildRock'' is set in prehistory and has all the men running around in loincloths and little more.
* ''Anime/YuYuHakusho'' Literally all of the ogres, including Jorge, only wear a loin cloth. It's even lampshaded a few times by Koenma that they should wear more clothes.
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[[folder:Arts]]
* Sculptor Paul Manship has fun with a loincloth in ''[[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin Indian Hunter and his Dog]]''. As the hunter runs after his quarry the front flap of his loincloth [[http://www.flickr.com/photos/65986072@N00/8010763201/in/photostream/ preserves his modesty,]] but the rear flap billows up and [[WardrobeMalfunction exposes]] [[http://www.flickr.com/photos/65986072@N00/8010764643/ his backside.]]
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[[folder:Board Games]]
* The cover of the board game ''TabletopGame/HeroQuest'' (pictured above) shows the barbarian in one.
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[[folder:Comic Books]]
* B'wana Beast in DC somewhat subverts this: he wears a loincloth over a pair of animal skin shorts. He may be the only example of a hero wearing their UnderwearOfPower on the outside... of their UnderwearOfPower. His succesor, Freedom Beast, tried to live down the more ridiculous aspects of his predecessor, including this one.
* ComicBook/KaZar in the Marvel Universe.
* ''ComicBook/{{Sillage}}'': As a WildChild, Navis spends the first issue topless and wearing nothing but a loincloth, wristbands, and ankle bands. When she is picked up by the aliens, she wears regular clothes.
* The usual garb for Tragg and the other men of his tribe in ''ComicBook/TraggAndTheSkyGods''. Being a HandsomeHeroicCaveman, Tragg looks much better in his.
* ''Franchise/WonderWoman'' [[ComicBook/WonderWoman1942 Vol 1]]: Queen Clea has ComicBook/SteveTrevor dressed in a fur trimmed loincloth, and nothing else, for his public execution. She hands him a sword and intends to watch him fight her giant monsters to death in the arena over dinner, but to her disappointment he kills all of her monsters and survives. Her subsequent order for him to be shot by the archers perched all around the arena goes awry when he uses the corpse last of the beasts he'd killed as a shield against the arrows.
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[[folder:Comic Strips]]
* ''ComicStrip/ModestyBlaise'': In "The Killing Game", EgomaniacHunter Kromm kidnaps Modesty and Willie to serve as the prey when he is HuntingTheMostDangerousGame. When he releases them into the jungle, he has Willie dressed in a loin cloth, and Modesty in a FurBikini.
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[[folder:Fan Works]]
* The ''Series/StarTrekVoyager'' fanfic ''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/6748504/1/Attack-of-the-50-Ft-Half-Klingon Attack of the 50-Ft Half-Klingon]]'' has an [[AttackOfThe50FootWhatever oversized]] B'Elanna Torres appearing in the [[Film/TheAdventuresOfCaptainProton Captain Proton]] holodeck program to wreck revenge on a philandering Tom Paris. As she doesn't have MagicPants she's wearing a loincloth made from stitched bedsheets and [[GoingCommando no underwear]]. Later Tom returns to seek revenge as Film/TheAmazingColossalMan, but he hasn't been able to find underwear either, which makes him vulnerable to a JetPack-wearing heroine using the [[GroinAttack kind of attack]] that wouldn't be contemplated in a 1950's monster movie.
* ''[[https://archiveofourown.org/works/38530060/ Avengers: Darkness in Kingdom Hearts]]'' sees Spider-Man and the Scarlet Witch forced to protect a younger Sora (''Franchise/KingdomHearts'') from Xenohart due to a TimeCrash caused in their latest clash with Kang the Conqueror. When their quest to stop Xenohart leads them to the world of ''WesternAnimation/TheJungleBook1967'', Peter and Wanda are each embarrassed to find themselves and Sora stripped down to loincloths (although Wanda also has a red tube top around her torso).
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[[folder:Films -- Animation]]
* ''WesternAnimation/HeavyMetal'': Den in his segment fashions one out of a flag upon arriving naked on a new world. Counts as HypocriticalHumor, since in the original comics that's exactly what he did.
-->'''Den:''' There was no way I was gonna walk around this place with my dork hanging out!
* ''WesternAnimation/{{Moana}}'': Deuteragonist Maui wears nothing more than a leaf loincloth and animal-tooth necklace because his whole body is covered in {{Animated Tattoo}}s which need to be exposed as they add depth and commentary to the ongoing story.
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[[folder:Films -- Live-Action]]
* ''Film/{{Avatar}}'': The Na'vi all wear some variety of loincloth or similarly skimpy body wrapping.
** ''Film/AvatarTheWayOfWater'': "Spider" - possibly the first human to be born on Pandora - spends much of his time among the Na'vi, and thus adopts a similar dress.
* ''Film/TheBeastmaster'': Dar's standard dress.
* ''Film/{{Conan the Barbarian|1982}}'': Surprisingly the hero only wears a loincloth in a few scenes. However, in the sequel ''Film/ConanTheDestroyer'' he wears a loincloth for the entire film.
* ''Film/GeorgeOfTheJungle'': The title character, who serves as MrFanservice, wears one. He calls it a "buttflap."
* ''Film/TheGodsMustBeCrazy'': All the Bushmen dress like this, even the females.
* ''Film/{{Legend 1985}}'': Jack. He starts the movie as a solitary woods-dweller wearing little but a loin cloth. After he becomes officially TheChosenOne, however, he gets a sword, shield, and suit of armor... which covers his chest and arms, but does nothing to obscure his loinclothed lower body. It's a wonder [[BigBad Darkness]] never [[WhyDontYaJustShootHim just aimed]] [[GroinAttack a little bit lower...]]
* ''Film/LianeJungleGoddess'': Liane forgoes the usual FurBikini of the JunglePrincess, and instead just wears a loin cloth and [[DiamondsInTheBuff necklaces]].
* ''Film/TheLordOfTheRings'': Gollum wears only a small loincloth to preserve his modesty.
* ''Franchise/PlanetOfTheApes'': The human males typically wear loincloths.
* ''Film/ReturnOfTheJedi'': The famous or (infamous) Princess Leia Slave Girl costume basically has this, just with longer bits of cloth on the front and back. Most cosplayers will use a flesh (or near-flesh) tone undergarment, but the original can be seen [[https://vignette.wikia.nocookie.net/starwars/images/0/0a/LMB.png/revision/latest?cb=20161003050632 here]], clearly with nothing on the hips.
* ''Film/ShandraTheJungleGirl'': Cord sees in himself living in the jungle wearing only a loin cloth in one of the visions Shandra shares with him. At the end of the movie, [[spoiler:he joins Shandra in the jungle, and is clad only in a loin cloth]].
* ''Film/{{Spartacus}}'': In the opening fight that triggers the revolt, the upper-class Roman women for whom the spectacle has been put on order that both gladiators fight in loin cloths.
* Franchise/{{Tarzan}} is usually seen this way in film adaptations:
** In the second Tarzan film of the Creator/JohnnyWeissmuller series, ''Film/TarzanAndHisMate'', Jane (Maureen O'Sullivan) also wears a loin cloth around her nether regions. This proved too naughty when UsefulNotes/TheHaysCode crackdown came in 1934, so later Tarzan films had O'Sullivan wearing a one-piece.
** 2016's ''Film/TheLegendOfTarzan'' largely subverts the trope, as Creator/AlexanderSkarsgard wears mid-calf trousers for most of the story, only donning his character's signature loin cloth for the final scene (representing the abandonment of his privileged status in England and returning to his true life among the apes).
* ''Film/TheFall'': The Mystic in the [[ShowWithinAShow story within a story]] only wears a loincloth and, eventually, tattoos that double as a map.
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[[folder:Literature]]
* ''Literature/TheBelgariad'': Garion is forced to wear a skimpy loincloth during his brief GoGoEnslavement in Nyissa's DecadentCourt, thanks in no small part to Queen Salmissra's chemically induced ExtremeLibido. He's rescued before things can get further out of hand.
* Most [[IconicOutfit visual adaptations]] of ''Franchise/ConanTheBarbarian''. Howard's original short stories (and most Conan stories by later authors) are better about dressing Conan in clothing appropriate to his current situation (e.g., in chain armour as a mercenary captain or professional soldier; in leather armour as a brigand leader; shirtless but in breeches as a thief; loincloth when a slave or tropical pirate). He does have a way of getting [[TapOnTheHead knocked out,]] stripped, and imprisoned, though...
* Also ''Cohen'' the Barbarian from ''Literature/{{Discworld}}'', who is a pastiche of Conan as an [[FanDisservice octogenarian]].
** Parodied by Nijel the Barbarian, a Cohen wannabe who wears long woolly underwear beneath the loincloth because he promised his mother.
** Trolls generally just wear a loincloth, to conceal ... whatever it is trolls have that they find necessary to conceal.
* Parodied in ''Don't Go Near the Water'' by William Brinkley. Creator/EdgarRiceBurroughs is coming for a visit, so the Navy brass suggest he do a PR tour to a nearby island, but the natives wear ordinary clothes and refuse to dress in loincloths for the occasion. A sergeant who speaks the language is able to persuade them to play along (if the Navy provide the loincloths) but the film is never used anyway, which is just as well as the natives can be heard complaining about the fit of the loincloths around their nether regions.
* This is probably what Grignr of ''Literature/TheEyeOfArgon'' was ''supposed'' to be wearing, but the word that actually ended up being used was "[[{{Malaproper}} g-string]]". How it had folds is anyone's guess. (A loincloth can have a wider waistband and even pockets.)
* Guin of ''Literature/GuinSaga'' is only wearing this when he first appears, though he wears armor when he has the chance.
* In M. R. Harrington's ''The Indians of New Jersey: Dickon Among the Lenapes'', all the men wear one. At one point, the villain, Toad Face, tries to force the hero, In the Forest, to wear a woman's skirt instead. It does not end well.
* Illustrated editions of ''Literature/TheJungleBook'' and other WildChild stories sometimes depict their protagonists this way if only to avoid showing them naked.
* In ''Literature/ManyWaters'', many of the characters only wear a loincloth, as it is set in Old Testament times. Lampshaded, as the modern characters blush when seeing Yalith in only a loincloth, with her breasts exposed.
* Mau, in ''Literature/{{Nation}}'', whose people refer to Westerners as "the trousermen".
* In ''Franchise/{{Star Wars|Legends}}: [[Literature/XWingSeries The Krytos Trap]]'', ProudWarriorRace Twi'leks are said to wear an outfit that consists of a loincloth, wrapped leggings to the knee, fingerless gloves, and a decorative/functional bandoleer, all under a cloak. Wedge Antilles, visiting to try and coax them into selling the New Republic some medicine, puts on a modified version that includes an emerald green loincloth over his trousers. He wants his garb to signal that he's a warrior and not a merchant, but he's also not a Proud Warrior Race Twi'lek.
* Literature/{{Tarzan}} is often depicted this way, but just as often his hides make a wraparound outfit.
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[[folder:Live-Action TV]]
* Star of the ''Series/{{Beastmaster}}'' television series Daniel Goddard often complained about the coverage afforded by his loincloth, advocating for it to be ''shorter''.
* ''Series/TheFeatheredSerpent'', a British young adult show from the 1970s set in [[{{Mayincatec}} Aztec Mexico]], sometimes has fit young men just wearing loincloths. The handsome Prince Heumac has a couple of loincloth scenes. In one of them he's accompanied by his servant Tozo (who's more conservatively dressed), while in the other he's engaged in ritual combat with another guy in a loincloth.
* The most common costume in ''Series/SpartacusBloodAndSand''. At least when they're not wrestling naked.
* In ''Series/StarTrekDeepSpaceNine'', Rom and his fiancée look at wedding dresses, and one is nothing but a loincloth. His Ferengi nature feels that this is a good compromise, but it's rejected.
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[[folder:Music Videos]]
* Music/TedNugent wore one as part of his "wild man" persona.
* Music/{{Vocaloid}}: Gackupo and Kaito wear it in the song "Dancing Samurai", as well as some other videos.
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[[folder:Pinballs]]
* The barbarian Warrior in ''Pinball/DungeonsAndDragons1987'' enters the dragon's lair with nothing but a loincloth and a shield.
* The protagonist in ''Pinball/{{Gorgar}}'' has one.
* The main character from Creator/{{Atari}}'s ''Pinball/{{Hercules}}'' pinball, as seen on both the backglass and playfield.
* Ditto for the winged hero of Creator/{{Bally}}'s ''Pinball/{{Paragon}}''
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[[folder:Pro Wrestling]]
* Lumbee Warrior wears a loincloth over his [[Main/UnderwearOfPower tights]].[[/folder]]

[[folder:Tabletop Games]]
* In ''TabletopGame/DungeonsAndDragons''' 5th edition, Barbarians can add their constitution bonus to their AC if they don't wear armor, resulting in living tanks walking around in nothing but a loincloth.
* ''TabletopGame/Space1889'': What the bestial High Martians wear.
* ''TabletopGame/WarhammerFantasy'': Savage orcs, who are viewed as primitive ''even by other orcs'', have yet to master the use of metal, and so their only armor is a loincloth, bones, and warpaint.
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[[folder:Video Games]]
* In ''VideoGame/BlazBlueContinuumShift'', this is the result after Bang Shishigami uses his astral heat. He's even got an achievement called "Loincloth Festival".
* ''VideoGame/ConkersBadFurDay'' has Buga the Knut, a caveman whose loincloth has problems staying up.
* In ''VideoGame/DarkSouls'', the player wears this under all their armor. Subverted in ''VideoGame/DarkSouls3,'' however, where the player character wears knee-length underwear when not equipping ''any'' armour or clothes, and thus ends up wearing ''fewer'' clothes when ''actually'' putting on a loincloth.
* ''VideoGame/DiabloIII'': Among the [[PlayerCharacter PC]] classes, the WitchDoctor's attire generally includes a loincloth, and the [[BarbarianHero Barbarian]]'s starting outfit is little else. Many {{NPC}}s wear loincloths as well (especially the demons).
* The {{PC}}s in ''VideoGame/DragonAgeOrigins'' are wearing this under their clothes, [[VideoGamePerversityPotential if you decide to let them wear clothes.]] They don't take them off during the sex scenes, however. There's one especially erotic-looking scene where [[spoiler:Alistair and The Warden get thrown into a dungeon cell wearing nothing but their underwear. The heavy {{Chiaroscuro}} from the torchlight in the dungeon makes it rather difficult to forget everyone's naked.]]
* ''VideoGame/DragonQuest'':
** In ''VideoGame/DragonQuestIII'', the female soldier's ChainmailBikini outfit has a loincloth piece.
** ''VideoGame/DragonQuestIV'': Manya's outfit has a loincloth strip.
* Most of the playable characters and enemies in ''VideoGame/GoldenAxe'' wear these, with Gilius Thunderhead being a rare exception.
* The ''[[http://www.nexusmods.com/skyrim/mods/19733/ Immersive Armors]]'' mod for ''VideoGame/TheElderScrollsVSkyrim'' adds a whole lot of new armors. One of them, the "Barbarian Hero" set, is basically Conan the Barbarian's iconic outfit if worn by a male character (fur loin cloth, fur boots, bracers, and a leather circlet; the female variant has a skimpy leather apron with sideboobs instead of the loincloth). A similar outfit can be found in the ''VideoGame/ConanHyborianAge'' mod.
* Kim Wu from ''VideoGame/KillerInstinct'' during ''KI2'' wears a UsefulNotes/{{Qipao}}-like outfit with a bottom half that's a loin cloth which easily [[PantyShot shows her underwear]]. She wears a more modest outfit in her reboot appearance (where she wears an outfit similar in style but she has shorts on).
* Alan (The Brave One) from ''VideoGame/MagicSwordHeroicFantasy'' wears one and little else, being a BarbarianHero.
* Goro and Kintaro in ''Franchise/MortalKombat'' both have briefs, with a flap in front added in later games to show off the [[NoFlowInCGI cloth physics]].
* The Nameless One and Trias wear this in ''Videogame/PlanescapeTorment''.
* Leo of ''VideoGame/RedEarth'' wears a loincloth, boots, and [[WalkingShirtlessScene nothing else]].
* Both Rau and Tati wear these in ''VideoGame/RiseOfTheKasai''.
* Maeda Toshiie from ''VideoGame/SengokuBasara'' wears nothing but a loincloth and a few belts.
* ''VideoGame/SoulCalibur'':
** Rock, a berserker, wears this as part of his default outfit.
** Seung-Mina wore one as part of her default costume in the first three games in the series. She finally averts the trope in ''SC IV'', in favor of more conservative attire.
* Krystal in ''VideoGame/StarFoxAdventures'' wears a [[WalkingSwimsuitScene loincloth and bikini top]], in contrast to her [[SensualSpandex catsuit]] in the later games. It happens to be the [[GoingCommando "flap over the crotch and rear"]] [[https://i.imgur.com//OffoMLh.jpg variant]].
* ''VideoGame/WorldOfWarcraft'' has several Cloth and Leather legs armors that are simply speedo-style loincloths on both males and females. Unfortunately, Mail and Plate don't have such options for males (females get ChainmailBikini versions of several of them), though Mail does have some short-shorts for the guys.
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[[folder:Web Animation]]
* ''WebAnimation/HappyTreeFriends'': Cro-Marmot the [[HumanPopsicle frozen caveman]] wears a loincloth.
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[[folder:Web Comics]]
* In ''Webcomic/ElGoonishShive'', Ellen [[http://www.egscomics.com/comic/2003-06-22 considers renting]] a jungle movie rated R for language, violence, and frequent and gratuitous loincloth removal.
* Gorgado in ''Webcomic/{{Fite}}'' wears one. Guz also wears one under his armor, and spends a while in nothing but it after he loses said armor.
* In ''Webcomic/GirlsInSpace'', the girls are marooned on Prehistoric Earth and wear Loincloths as part of their Cavegirl costumes.
* ''Webcomic/{{Goblins}}'':
** Minmax the Unstoppable Warrior doesn't like pants.
** Also [[CoolOldGuy Thaco]], who's wearing a loincloth until the younger goblins insist he tries out some halfling clothes, because of his tendency to flash them in the wind or when doing a hand-stand.
* The title character of ''Webcomic/TheLegendOfLucy'' wears one. It became her favored style of dress after living with a forest tribe she helped out.
* In ''Webcomic/TheOrderOfTheStick'', loincloths are standard-issue for gladiator convincts in the [[TheEmpire Empire of Blood]] -- even for LizardFolk, although they [[http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0738.html don't need them]].
* In one arc of ''Webcomic/SchlockMercenary'' some of the Toughs ended up stranded in the middle of the wilderness of a remote planet naked, one of the first things they did after landing was skin a dead animal to make buttflaps.
* ''Webcomic/TwistedTropes'': [[Manga/{{Bleach}} Rukia, Renji and Chad]] take a pic of a giant Yammy Llargo from below and make fun of his minimalistic clothing choice, to his annoyance.
* In ''WebComic/TwoKinds,'' wolf keidran wear these on the regular when they're not just naked. Their Special Occasion clothes are a little more substantial.
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[[folder:Western Animation]]
* In ''WesternAnimation/AvatarTheLastAirbender,'' this seems to be the male equivalent to underwear; in particular, [[KungFuJesus Aang]] and [[TheSmartGuy Sokka]] usually wear just this while swimming (though [[TheAragorn Zuko]] seems to have something closer to an actual bathing suit). Members of the Foggy Swamp Tribe have them as standard attire, though.
* The title character of ''WesternAnimation/{{Fangbone}}'' (and the original ''Literature/FangboneThirdGradeBarbarian'' books) wears one, befitting of his barbarian origins.
* ''WesternAnimation/FredTheCaveman'': The male cavemen in the show wear these. Emma, meanwhile, wears a fur outfit that covers her torso.
* ''WesternAnimation/GaltarAndTheGoldenLance'', Galtar wears furry briefs, despite wearing golden armor above the waist.
* In ''WesternAnimation/{{Gargoyles}}'', all the main male gargoyles have this except for [[TheMentor Hudson]]. Females vary between the bikini version ([[BigBad Demona]]) or something that looks more like a dress ([[AffirmativeActionGirl Angela]]).
* ''WesternAnimation/GravityFalls'': In the episode "Dipper vs. Manliness", Dipper starts wearing a loincloth after joining the manotaurs. He switches back to his regular outfit at the end of the episode.
* He-Man in both ''WesternAnimation/HeManAndTheMastersOfTheUniverse1983'' and [[WesternAnimation/HeManAndTheMastersOfTheUniverse2002 its reboot]].
* ''WesternAnimation/MikeLuAndOg'': Og
* ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons'': Mr. Burns and his Grizzly Bear Underwear.
* Wild Smurf in ''WesternAnimation/TheSmurfs''. In the comic books, Wild only wore leaves until Tailor made him a loincloth.
* In ''WesternAnimation/StevenUniverse'', [[PeopleZoo the Zoomans]], both male and female, wear white loincloths along with blue vests and earrings.
** Steven also had to wear one, and later admits that he hates them.
* In ''WesternAnimation/ThundarrTheBarbarian'', the eponymous hero wears a furry vest joined with a loin cloth.
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[[folder:Real Life]]
* [[https://web.archive.org/web/20120227035749/http://www.eugensandow.com/photos/ES002.jpg Eugen Sandow]], a German body-building pioneer and professional strongman. Sandow was also a major source of inspiration for Literature/{{Tarzan}}.
* Standard male attire for many North American Indian societies. Crazy Horse wore nothing but this, in keeping with his vision.
* Standard male attire in many tribal societies worldwide, especially in warm climates.
* Gandhi wore a loincloth to symbolize solidarity with the Indian working class.
-->''There was an old fellow named Gandhi\\
Who went in the bar for a shandy.\\
With his great loincloth\\
He wiped off the froth\\
And the barman said, "Blimey, that's handy!"''
--->-- '''Creator/SpikeMilligan'''
* In Indian wrestling (Kushti), the wrestlers wear a colorful loincloth that looks like a pair of briefs.
* In SumoWrestling, the wrestlers wear a loincloth called a mawashi.
* It should be noted that a traditional loincloth is not a pair of flaps connected by a string, as sometimes presented in illustrations, but a [[http://www.native-languages.org/images/clout1.jpg single piece]] of cloth or leather that goes under the legs and is held up by a waistband, leaving two flaps hanging. There are also other variations, like the Japanese {{Fundoshi}} and the Roman [[https://www.romanobritain.org/8-military/kit/subligaculum1.gif subligaculum]].
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