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-->''"A big sword and a skimpy leather skirt? Must be adventurin' time!"''\\
- '''Kat''', ''Webcomic/SequentialArt''

-->''"And her special ability is somehow not dying while only wearing half the armour of the other guys''"
-->''{{Unskippable}}'' on ''Huxley''

Clothing for female characters will often be impractically sexy for its chosen application. Especially common in fantastic or exotic settings, where wardrobe rules are made up on the spot.

Spies will dress in [[SpyCatsuit sexy outfits]], even when the mission [[HighlyVisibleNinja explicitly calls for them to]] ''[[HighlyVisibleNinja not]]'' [[HighlyVisibleNinja be noticed]]. Female warriors will charge into battle wearing [[BreastPlate armor that doesn't protect the vital organs]]. [[BridgeBunnies Bridge officers]] on a military starship will be issued go-go boots with their uniforms.

In the same manner as the BreastPlate, PoweredArmor suits used by women have sexual characteristics added to them. Sometimes, even the HumongousMecha will have its own set of dome-like tin cans in the chestal region and feet shaped like high-heeled boots.

Common in any genre where men represent a major core of the audience. This can be self-fulfilling, because exploitative wardrobe choices can be a turn-off to potential female fans. SuperHero comic books are especially guilty in this regard.

As more criticism of this trope in comics has started to come up, male fans have been quick to point out that most of the male superheroes aren't exactly modestly clad, either. It's typical for them to go into battle wearing what amounts to a single coat of primary-colored paint over their ridiculously defined bodies. Superman and Spider-Man are often singled out as the ones who fight supervillains while wearing outfits so tight that in real life, you'd be able to tell what religion they were. The counterargument to this is that the male characters (and, by extension, their outfits) are still considered less sexualised than the female ones; most female fans would be very happy to see Wonder Woman, or many of the other heroines making this list, covered up as much as Superman or Spider-Man, It's far less common to see male superheroes wearing costumes that directly (and in many cases solely) emphasise their, shall we say, [[MostCommonSuperpower attributes]]. Outside of the superhero genre, however, this trope can be inverted, by inserting exceptionally flattering uniforms for police, firemen or gardeners into traditionally female-oriented fare, like soaps and prime-time dramas.

It's worth pointing out that this practice seems to be (veeeery slowly) on its way to becoming a DiscreditedTrope, especially among the sub-30 crowd who have grown up with comics. At this point there have been so many Stripperific heroines that they are perceived as the norm and are therefore dull and uninteresting. If anything, competent female characters who are well dressed and don't need to rely on sex appeal are themselves becoming [[NerdsAreSexy more appealing and preferable]], as they tend to be more interesting characters. The production can't simply [[DistractedByTheSexy hide behind sex appeal]]. The trope isn't completely discredited however, as plenty of productions across many mediums still abandon conservative clothing in order to appeal to the LowestCommonDenominator. Also, TropesAreNotBad, including this one, although it's overdone in most media. So long as people have hormones, it'll probably never ''completely'' die off.

'''Sub-Tropes:'''
[[index]]
* AbsoluteCleavage
* BareYourMidriff
* BreastPlate
* CombatStilettos
* ImpossiblyLowNeckline
* LatexSpaceSuit
* NightNurse
* SensualSpandex
* ShowgirlSkirt
* SpyCatsuit
* ThongOfShielding
* {{Underboobs}}
* WalkingShirtlessScene
[[/index]]

In RealLife, many teenage girls, when practicality isn't an issue, will pick a skimpier outfit over one more comfortable.This trope only applies to situations where a female character wears an especially revealing outfit where it would ''not'' be practical, such as in combat.

Sometimes, all that's left for the modest female adventurer is hope that [[AndYourRewardIsClothes she will be rewarded with clothes]] in a NewGamePlus.

See also TheissTitillationTheory, MostCommonSuperpower, StylishProtectionGear, SensibleHeroesSkimpyVillains (when the villains are more stripperific than the heroes). When the character is ''forced'' to dress this way, it's GoGoEnslavement. Can lead to ExposedToTheElements on the part of the wearer, and FetishFuel on the part of the viewer.
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* ''{{Naruto}}'' features a Ninja clan where special full-torso vests are badges of rank and women and men are judged solely on how good a ninja they are. It then dresses most of the female Ninjas in skirts, fishnets and bandage wrappings while almost all the men wear loose jumpsuits.
** In a more subtle example, while most of the male genin (junior ninja) wear bulky or covering clothes, the female genin tend to have much more bare skin: Ino and Sakura's arms are uncovered and Sakura wears long bike shorts under her tunic. One of the few genin to escape this trope is Hinata, although [[NerdsAreSexy she attracts a different crowd]].
*** Also of note is that Hinata is essentially the princess of a very honorable clan, and would not be allowed to dress like the vagabond normal girls of the village.
*** That doesn't stop fan artists, though... [[http://takumy.deviantart.com/art/Anbu-Hinata-116263601 be warned of the massive hotness.]]
** It's worth noting that the traditional ''kunoichi'' concept in Japan ''does'' require being very feminine and possessing at least some bits of sex appeal, since they were spies who relied on their good looks and ObfuscatingStupidity to obtain information and fulfill their goals (Just watch {{Basilisk}}, where the female ninjas are ''very'' sexy and ''very'' powerful, and in fact ''do'' rely on their sexiness and give use to it in combat). More information here [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kunoichi in The Other Wiki]].
* ''BubblegumCrisis'' for curvy powered armor - with high heels.
** Though in at least one case, the high heels are justified. The feet of the hardsuits are actually modeled on "ballet boots," meaning that the front of them is almost a straight line down. In the case of Priss' suit, this allows for the proper placement of the explosive caps that go off when she kicks things, since it would be much harder to properly position them with "normal" feet. As to the curves... well, 1) they are supposed to be very lightweight mechsuits, and most of the girls aren't flat-chested, and 2) it's Sylia. The woman owns ''a [[strike:[[GratuitousEnglish lanjary]]]] lingerie shop''. It would almost be silly if her weapons of destruction ''weren't'' a little sexy. Even more if we consider the Sylia of 2040 continuity to be a bit of a ChivalrousPervert towards the other girls.
** While those heels were most likely added to make the hardsuits look more feminine, it's actually fairly sound engineering. In any sort of articulated armor, the joints are the weakest spots; simply eliminating one set of joints and teaching the wearer to walk in heels simplifies the design and reduces the weight of the armor.
** Also justified as the heels themselves are [[JetPack rockets]].
* ''GGundam'' has a giant robot in sailor fuku. However it also inverts it as it has a mostly male cast, and the suits that are needed to connect to the robots are incredibly skin tight. Said robot in a sailor fuku and its female pilot were probably [[AffirmativeActionGirl added]] (and Rain became a temporary pilot a few times) because male fans were getting [[StupidSexyFlanders uncomfortable]].
** Uncomfortable because during the first seven episodes, the viewers are treated to the detailed view of the Mobile Trace System (that's the skin tight suit needed to interface with the Gundam) going over Domon Kasshu's (nicely-sculpted) rear end.
*** The female Mobile Trace Systems add stiletto shoes to their wearers, though.
** Also worth noting is that things are apparently ''so tight'' that a kid that snuck into Domon's Gundam and tried to start the system up (if I rember correctly, still wearing his regular clothes) that it put enough stress on him to make him pass out. Domon said it could have ''broken his bones''.
* ''SailorMoon'' is an entire show based around super-powered women that fight in short skirts and heeled shoes. Somewhat mitigated in that the suits are clearly a LeotardOfPower (hence the lack of concern when the skirts frequently flip up), and they're actually practical for the agility and magic-based approach they use. Running in heels is still pretty much impossible. Interestingly Naoko Takeuchi is a female mangaka who actually fought her male editor to keep the skirts as short as she could. And if you've see her [[http://mangastyle.net/materials/mat-03.jpg original]] [[http://mangastyle.net/materials/mat-02.jpg ideas]] for the main characters, they were even ''more'' appropriate to this trope (especially Jupiter).
** Sailor Mars fights in actual red high heels. Naoko both revels in this, and Lampshades how absurdly impractical it would be in real life. She even introduces herself as "Sailor Mars of the red high heel!" in one chapter of the manga.
* Similarly, the "Core Robots" of ''ParallelTroubleAdventureDual'' are disturbingly feminine in form.
* The earliest example of the Humongous Mecha version is ''MazingerZ'', in which the female pilot's mecha not only had breasts, it could fire them off as missile weapons. Yes.
* Parodied in ''ExcelSaga'', in which the men wear the same skintight outfits as the females.
* Pretty much the entire point of Naga's outfit from ''TheSlayers'' - what she can't obtain with a spell, she gets through sheer sex appeal.
** Which gets all the more bemusing/amusing when you learn that the outfit [[spoiler: belonged to her mother, the queen of Seyruun. Naga found it in her mother's closet after she was assassinated. Somehow, I'm betting that outfit was originally only intended for viewing by Naga's father.]]
**The show's heroine, Lina Inverse is a contrast to this trope, as she is fully clothed. She even wears gloves.
* Ranpha and Forte from ''GalaxyAngel''; Ranpha wears a high-slit cheongsam with a chest hole, and the top of Forte's dress is literally held together by two thin strips of fabric, showing plenty of cleavage. From the second season of the anime on, ExecutiveMeddling ordered a costume alteration for the two to cover up; [[GalaxyAngelGameverse the games]] kept them in their original outfits until ''Galaxy Angel II''.
* ''SumomoMoMomoMo'''s Sanae/Uma Kamen wears such an outfit. It even gets more powerful the less she wears.
* ''TengenToppaGurrenLagann'' with Yoko. Flame pattern bikini, shorts, thigh-high stockings, scarf, and nothing else. At all times.
** Subverted twice in the series itself. Once on the BeachEpisode where her swimsuit is actually ''more'' modest than her usual attire, and when she spends her time after the time skip as "Yomako-sensei" in an exceptionally conservative ensemble that covers her almost entirely.
** There was also the one time they entered a village and the people requested she put a cloak on over her regular attire.
** (Un)Fortunately, none of the attires mentioned makes her any less FetishFuel'ish. Heck, it's even {{Lampshaded}} by her students after the TimeSkip ([[{{Squick}}students who happens to be 5-6 year old children]]...)
** Of course, the two male leads aren't exactly known for their modesty either. Case in point: [[http://i406.photobucket.com/albums/pp146/Animebex/Tengen%20Toppa%20Gurren%20Lagann/mancorset.jpg Simon]]'s [[strike:man-[[OfCorsetsSexy corset]]]] haramaki
* Most of the female space pirates in ''{{Vandread}}'' wear [[LatexSpaceSuit really tight uniforms]], some of them having extremely revealing low cuts. Since they mostly hate men, they obviously [[SchoolgirlLesbians like to impress each other]].
* ''ShinkonGattaiGodannar'' has ''lots'' of this, coupled with copious Gainaxing. Virtually every female character is ridiculously stacked and wears either a Stripperiffically cut outfit or a Stripperiffic Latex Space Suit. In fact, even the female-based ''mechs'' are ridiculously stacked. At some points, it almost seems that ''Godannar'' is Fanservice with incidental mecha rather than a mecha series with lots of fanservice.
* Fate Testarossa of ''MagicalGirlLyricalNanoha''. Though, to be fair, she dressed up conservatively during the third season. Her [[SuperMode Sonic Form]] is ''still'' quite revealing though...
* Let's not forget Pixy Misa in the ''PrettySammy'' series, whose outfit gets commented on by other characters as being gaudy.
* Midori Sugiura from ''{{Mai-HiME}}''. Most schools would ''kill'' for a hot teacher who wore a denim jacket and tube top on a daily basis like she does. [[spoiler:And in a way they did.]]
* Although she starts putting on some clothes in 2nd Gig, for the majority of the first season of ''GhostInTheShellStandAloneComplex'', Motoko Kusanagi wears: sleeveless, strapless, backless leotard, thigh-length boots, belt, leather jacket. It should be noted however, that she has proper uniforms for combat and official business. Even gets a lampshade in an early episode.
-->'''Major''': It's so... sexist!\\
'''Togusa''': Look who's talking.
** Also lampshaded in a different first season episode where [[spoiler: a raid goes wrong and the Major gets her work clothes ruined. This forces her to wear a much more revealing, decidedly work-inappropriate outfit to the debriefing. Aramaki asks if she's trying to get his attention, and Batou, who was there and knows what happened, can't stop grinning.]]
* ''StrikeWitches'' displays this shamelessly, in that none of the females in the show appear to have pants. There are bloomers, and there are skirts, but there are no pants. At all. The in-universe explanation is that the jet engines on their legs are powered by the magical power of the individuals, and that direct skin-to-metal contact is the most efficient way to transfer their energy.
* In the opening episode of ''{{Madlax}}'', was there a reason for her to change into a slinky red cocktail dress before [[spoiler:wiping out an entire military convoy, tank and a helicopter]]? Sure, it allowed freedom of movement and she looked great, but is this practical for jungle combat?
* Subverted in ''Betterman'', where the mech pilots wear see-through, short-sleeved/legged bodysuits with black patches covering the genitals and each nipple. The subversion? The male pilots wear them, too.
* In ''{{Mai-Otome}} S.ifr'', [[spoiler:Lena Sayers, after activating her "Artemis" power.]]
* Adette Kistler's outfit as a member of the Siberian Railroad in ''OvermanKingGainer'' once she defects she wears the same winter coat as everyone else.
* Michiko from ''MichikoToHatchin'' usually squeezes herself in the shortest hotpants she can find, which together with her constantly bare tattooed stomach makes for quite a flashy appearance. That's all fine and dandy, but perhaps not when you're trying to lay low from the police.
* While the Silver and Bronze Cloths of ''{{Saint Seiya}}'' can hardly be said to cover a body properly, the few female Cloths have [[BreastPlate Breast Plates]], cover less, are designed to be sexier and curvier, and often sport stiletto heels.
**This is however, averted big time with Saori's clothing, which happens to be the most bulky, protective and unrevealing cloth in the whole story.
* Both averted and played straight in the ''{{Macross}}'' universe. In the original TV series (and hence the Macross part of ''{{Robotech}}''), female Zentradi soldiers wore uniforms essentially identical to the male ones, which weren't tight-fitting and covered the entire body except for the head and hands. However, the females' pilot suits for their {{Powered Armour}} ''were'' originally skintight, though fairly non-Stripperiffic otherwise...but these were soon redesigned to play up their sexiness and femininity even more. However, in all incarnations the Zentradi female powered armour itself is very bulky and only roughly humanoid.
** The non-canon ''Robotech II: The Sentinels'' comics briefly depict [[AttackOfThe50FootWhatever natural-sized female Zentraedi]] in redesigned uniforms with ''miniskirts''...when around a bunch of normal-sized humans. {{So Yeah}}
* [[http://www.mangafox.com/page/manga/read/71/mahou_sensei_negima/chapter.74027/page.2/ Princess Theodora]] in ''MahouSenseiNegima''. Ayaka's costume from the 2nd half of Mahora Festival probably counts too. [[http://www.mangafox.com/page/manga/read/71/mahou_sensei_negima/chapter.11195/page.4/ if she so much as sneezes]], the twins are popping out to say hello.
** Same goes for [[http://www.mangafox.com/page/manga/read/71/mahou_sensei_negima/chapter.11196/page.2/ Asakura]].
*** Even moreso when she gets to the magic world. The outfit that she wears while in [[{{Lolicon}} loli]] form [[http://www.mangafox.com/manga/mahou_sensei_negima/c207/12.html could barely qualify as clothing.]]
* While in reality a total and justified inversion, [[NausicaaOfTheValleyOfTheWind Nausicaa's]] skintight leggings match her skin tone ''just enough'' that it makes it ''really'' hard to tell that she's wearing anything south of the belt, especially in older prints of the film.
* Just about everyone in ''[=~Queen's Blade~=]''. The more obvious examples are Melona and Menace, who may as well not be wearing anything. Couple this with the massive amounts of ClothingDamage that a PantyFighter series brings...
* [[MsFanservice All things considered]], CuteyHoney's costume is rather tame, not going much beyond some AbsoluteCleavage (at least when it [[ClothingDamage stays on]]). Then ''Re: Cutie Honey'' rolls along and, [[http://www.anime.com/Cutie_Honey/images/cutey-honey-dvd-cover.jpg well...]]
* In a rare male example, Marco's clothes in his final battle against Luchist, in ShamanKing, are an [[ShirtlessScene opened vest]], boots, and a really low-waisted, really short shorts. Hiroyuki Takei clearly wanted to attract the female public with this, and the republication only made it clearer. [[http://www.mangafox.com/page/manga/read/5524/shaman_king_kang_zeng_bang/chapter.76705/page.7/ Maybe a bit too clear]]...
** Speaking of ''Shaman King'', [[FetishFuel Faust's pants]].
* Parodied in two-episode wonder ''Assemble Insert'': the mad scientist designs a sensible power armor suit, but upon learning that a girl will wear it, he revises the design to expose cleavage, legs, and midriff.
* For a {{shoujo}} MagicalGirl franchise, ''PrettyCure'' has a lot of examples. Cures [[FutariWaPrettyCure Black]], [[YesPrettyCure5 Dream, Milky Rose]], and [[FreshPrettyCure Berry]] all sport battle attire that [[BareYourMidriff bares their midriffs]]. On the other hand, [[FreshPrettyCure Cure Passion]] averts this trope by including LEGGINGS as part of her own battle attire.
* ''{{Bleach}}'' has many examples, but the most prominent is the Espada Halibel. In her normal state, she has a shirt so short that it barely covers her breasts, which she can remove to show her FetishRetardant mask and Hollow remains [[http://images3.wikia.nocookie.net/bleach/en/images/f/f0/Halibel_Revealed.jpg (Which completely fail to cover her breasts, only concealing her nipples).]] After her [[OneWingedAngel Resurrección]], she's completely nude, with [[http://i41.tinypic.com/5xtv7s.jpg strategically placed armor]].
* [[AnIcePerson Alcyone]] and [[TheIllusionist Caldina]] from ''MagicKnightRayearth''. The former wears a leather, V-shaped corset --that is, two strips of clothing that cover the bottom half of her breasts, then join at the belly, leaving her back (and most of her front) completely exposed. The latter spends the first season in a sort PlayboyBunny bustier with fishnet stockings and a long red scarf, which she trades for an itty-bitty Scheherazade-inspired BellyDancer outfit in the second season --which is justified when the rulers of her country, the [[PlanetOfHats Arabian Nights-style Chizeta]], show up in similar outfits (and shoved [[TheOjou Umi]] into one at the first opportunity.)
* In ''HigurashiNoNakuKoroNi Rei''[='=]s [[BeachEpisode Pool Episode]], Miyo Takano sports an [[http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/vlcsnap-2009-07-20-02h00m13s169.jpg outrageously revealing tiger bikini]]. Mion even lampshades it, wondering why "it's not against the law to have boobs that big."
* No, the skin-colored things along the sides of Gaap's (from UminekoNoNakuKoroNi) dress are not fabric. [[http://fc05.deviantart.com/fs46/f/2009/200/2/2/Mind_The_Gaap_by_Genex_by_Umineko_Club.jpg Her entire side all the way down is revealed]]. It's a [[MagicSkirt miracle]] she can even move without having a wardrobe malfunction.
* Inverted in, of all things, a [[{{Pokemon}} Pokémon]] movie - specifically, ''Lucario and the Mystery of Mew''. A (female) character's introduction depicts her in full armor, complete with a plume at the top. Though all characters were required to dress up in some medieval costume or another at the time she was introduced, she was the only one with such an outfit that would hide her gender in such a way. The only thing that hinted at her gender before she [[SamusIsAGirl removed the helmet]] is the purple accents on her armor. Of course, she's a secret agent and her regular outfit (on the far right) is somewhat... [[http://archives.bulbagarden.net/media/upload/thumb/3/31/Kidsummers.jpg/260px-Kidsummers.jpg different.]]
** How the blue fuck is Misty's short shorts not listed here yet?
* In ''ChronoCrusade'', many of the female and ''male'' [[OurDemonsAreDifferent demons]] wear outfits that seem rather impractical. Shader (who wears a tiny halter top and a wrap skirt that doesn't even cover her panties) could be excused since she's a technician, and not really expected to fight, but the majority of the other demons we see are warriors. The majority of them wear skin-tight clothing that shows off a lot of skin--Rizel basically wears a strapless leotard with thigh-high boots, and Chrono, Aion and Duke Daffau all have at least one battle outfit that covers everything ''except'' their chest. Sure, demons can heal, but why would you ''want'' to expose your innards to attacks?
* Played with in DragonBall, when Roshi-sensei forces Goku and Krilin into wearing very revealing bikinis, so that they can tell Lunch that it's the official training uniform, thus getting her into one.
* Several of the Character Transformations from ''ShugoChara'' fall into this category. Amulet Heart's cheerleading outfit includes an absurdly short skirt that flares out like a tutu [[MagicSkirt (though we almost never get a panty flash)]] with a halter top that [[BareYourMidriff bares her midriff]] and varies in length from fairly conservative to a bit... skimpy. [[DarkMagicalGirl Utau's]] Character Transformations tend to be a little revealing as well, but aren't too bad. Amu's transformation with Il is down right scary: she gets a pair of bat-like wings for a top that barely cover anything and some skin-tight shorts (emphasis on ''short'') and leaves almost everything else exposed. Ikuto with Yoru is a male example: he gets a very [[BareYourMidriff short]], tight top and pants that hit very, very low.
* In ''{{Change 123}}'', the {{Otaku}} boys in the school sci-fi club produce a [[http://www.mangafox.com/manga/change_123/v09/c042/20.html pretty lame excuse]] for making striperiffic costumes for their {{Cosplay}} movies.
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[[folder: ComicBooks ]]
* Let's face it; if we had to list ''all'' the female superheroes and villains to whom this trope applied, we'd be here for most of the year. It's probably easier to list aversions and particularly notable examples.
* Mostly averted in the case of the [[{{Batman}} Batfamily]]:
** [[PluckyGirl Stephanie Brown/Spoiler]]. The first iteration of her costume (relatively loose-fitting catsuit, cloak, hood, gloves, and full face mask) had nothing exposed ''anywhere'', not even her ''hair''. Later on she loosened up to the extent of allowing her ponytail and the lower half of her face to be seen. This is more notable in that she ''was'' a teenaged girl, and one who spent considerable time in her early appearances trying to catch the attention of a teenaged ''boy''. Apparently she felt that showing skin was for amateurs, and since she did eventually catch him, one can admit she had a point.
*** Also applied when out of costume, given that her most common outfit was jeans and long-sleeved sweaters.
*** Even her outfit as Robin averts it. There have been two iterations of her suit; one if pretty much the same as Tim's, only with a miniskirt added over her leggings, and the second, while looking a little different and possibly more unisex, still covers her from neck to toe.
** [[CharlesAtlasSuperpower Cassandra Cain/Batgirl II]]. Her costume is more scary than sexy: head-to-toe black leather, a stitched up mouth opening, and black-tinted eyelenses (this combined with the black suit gives the appearance that she doesn't have ''eyes''). In essence, Batgirl's costume looks more like something you'd expect a male villain to wear.
** Barbara Gordon. As the [[ActionGirl original Batgirl]], she wore a sensible costume that covered everything except for the lower part of her face and a cowl that kept her hair out of her face; the [[CombatStilettos high heels]] weren't present in every version of her costume. As [[GeniusCripple Oracle]], she sits behind her computers in a wheelchair and dresses in comfortable, often casual clothes.
** [[JamesBondage Male example]]: the original Robin costume, with its green panties/short shorts, was for a long time the most stripperiffic costume of the Batfamily.
** [[StraightArrow Huntress']] costumes either offer good protection and cover her from the neck down, or has been designed by Jim Lee. Especially jarring since Huntress is a BadassNormal and very much the CombatPragmatist you can expect a Batfamily member to be, and showing her midriff when she once took four bullets in the stomach seems like a [[{{Wallbanger}} very, very bad idea]].
*** [[LampshadeHanging Lampshaded]] twice, in two different arcs.
---->'''Black Canary''': By the way, what's with the new outfit?
---->'''Huntress''': Seven-hundred sit-ups a day.
---->'''Black Canary''': Say no more.
** ''[[FemmeFatale Catwoman]]'' wears a SpyCatsuit. The amount of skin showing is very, very little.
** Kate Kane as Batwoman goes on the list too, with a full-body suit that leaves just the lower half of her face uncovered. It ''looks'' like her hair is exposed, but that's actually part of the costume - it's a wig that pulls away with minimal effort, perfect for throwing off a villain who tries to grab it.
* An odd LampshadeHanging occurs in the graphic novel ''{{Watchmen}}'', in which a character uses it as a warped justification for AttemptedRape. It's also noticeable that the costume was only very Stripperiffic by 1940 standards, as it's basically a very short backless gown with stockings.
**Further lampshade hanging when her daughter/successor complains about how ridiculous her own costume was. Unlampshaded when she puts the costume on for her new boyfriend and doesn't stop wearing it for the rest of the series (though there wasn't time to get a new one).
** And let's not forget Dr. Manhattan, whose progressively-diminished costume provides a Stripperific clue as to how far back in his personal timeline each of his flashback appearances lies. The fact that he's first seen buck-naked, and is only later seen in skin-tight bodysuits or Speedos, may be a bit of a joke on this trope.
* The Invisible Woman of ''Comicbook/FantasticFour'' fame is notable for being one of the relatively few comic book super-women who manages to avoid this trope, wearing for the most-part the same largely practical (if skintight nonetheless) blue jumpsuit also worn by the male members of the team; however, Tom Defalco's run on the strip was notable for reverting to trope and putting Sue in [[http://www.flickr.com/photos/86985477@N00/391324477/ something like this]].
* Tarot's '[[BreastPlate armour]]' in ''TarotWitchOfTheBlackRose'' is [[strike:pretty]] ''extremely'' stripperiffic (her usual outfit is made of floss and hope!), as are most of the clothes that the other (equally [[MostCommonSuperPower well-endowed]] -- [[GagBoobs very well]]) women wear in that book. When they're actually wearing clothes, that is.
* Unlike most of the women in ''YTheLastMan'', the supermodel Yorrick meets is wearing a halter top, not really practical for her new job: disposing of bodies left by the {{Gendercide}}. Much later, she wears the same thing while walking though a ''sewer''.
** Several of the [[StrawFeminist Daughters of the Amazon]] are similarly underdressed, but between the [[GoodScarsEvilScars ritual mastectomies]] and [[DoesNotLikeMen overall attitude]] the effect is rather more [[FanDisservice feral/psychotic]] than pointlessly titillating.
*Inverted for the Sub-Mariner, a male superhero whose most common "uniform" consists of basically a speedo and wristbands.
* ''{{Empowered}}'' has no shame about this. It is not the titular [[FauxActionGirl D-List Superheroine's]] fault that she ''has'' to wear [[ClothesMakeTheSuperman the costume]] voted the most "[[{{Crunchtastic}} Skanktastic"/"Do-Me-Riffic]]" of all the Superhomies' in a (fictional) webpoll, but neither [[TheLibby Sistah Spooky]] nor [[{{Pettanko}} Ninjette]] have such an excuse.
* One of the few genuinely {{Stripperiffic}} male outfits in comics is the costume Cosmic Boy wore in the LegionOfSuperHeroes back in the '70s. His costume was actually held on by his magnetic powers. There are reasons that period of the comic is referred to as the [[FanNickname Naked Legion]].
* Yet another rare male example is Frank Miller's ''[[ThreeHundred 300]]''. In the comic, the Spartan warriors are as often as not buck naked, except for helmet, greaves, shield, and long red cape. This does highlight, however, how Stripperiffic outfits are actually OlderThanDirt: Miller is imitating the "heroic nude" of classical Greek art, where warriors, heroes, and gods are commonly shown parading around (and even fighting) [[FullFrontalAssault largely naked]]. The film version gives all of the Spartans little leather panties, which only amplifies the Stripperiffic and [[HoYay homoerotic]] nature of the costume.
** In this case, homoeroticism would seem to be in the eye of the beholder.
*** In actuality, the Spartans wore practical armor and helmets in battle, though their armor was shaped like a perfectly chiselled torso (with nipples).
* [[{{Transmetropolitan}} Channon Yarrow]] often wore very {{Stripperiffic}} outfits throughout ''Transmetropolitan'''s run, both in casual and professional situations. Then again, she was ''introduced'' as a stripper working her way through journalism school.
**It was also made more and more apparent how progressive The City was. Keep in mind, there were people having sex on the street, in broad daylight, in the background every now and then.
* There is one example of a (parody) female superhero from [[MarvelComics Marvel]]'s setup that doesn't go for the skimpy outfits while on the job, despite her day job being a supermodel: Ashley Crawford. Then again, as a hero she's Big Bertha. Seeing her in the skimpier Emma Frost uniform (see the final splash panel in the 'Misassembled' 4-parter) is likely [[FanDisservice not what the average comic fan is looking for]]. ({{Deadpool}}, on the other hand, probably has that image blown up on his wall.) Of the remaining girls on the team, SquirrelGirl has a more modest costume setup (she's still a minor), while Tippy-Toe wears just a ribbon. And is a true squirrel, so it doesn't count.
** Off course, Tippy-Toe would be naked if someone hadn't [[PutABowOnHerHead put a ribbon on her head]].
* [[{{Supergirl}} Power Girl's]] infamous "boob window" was actually deconstructed (or {{Hand Wave}}d) once; she wanted to put a symbol there, like Superman, but could never figure out what to add. This effectively turns fanservice into a heartwarming moment. That, or it make her look like an idiot, when you keep reading and she asks for Superman to ''[[FreudWasRight fill her hole]]...''. It's a [[YourMileageMayVary variable-mileage]] thing.
* Nobody, male or female, wears much in the way of the clothing in ''TheWarlord''. Somewhat justified given the tropical climate of most of Skartaris but, even so, you'd think the warriors would go for something a little more protective. Particular mention must be made of Mariah whose outfit, my female friends assure me, could only work if it was glued on.
* The main female character in ''The Maxx'' wears buttock-baring denim cutoffs to her job as a ''social worker''. Really.
*Starfire of TeenTitans is sort of justified by the fact she [[InnocentFanserviceGirl thinks clothing is pointless]] and would be just fine without it, and ''that's'' sort of justified by being an alien who can survive the extremes of space. Her skimpy BreastPlate "uniform" is apparently Tamaranean ceremonial armor, not intended for real protection.
**As the "SF chainmail strapini" first appears when she is breaking rocks as a slave, and her native people seem to wear robes and jewels when they wear anything, perhaps she is "superheroing" wearing clothes that mark her a slave. After thirty (or [[ComicBookTime seven]]) years free. Turning the insult into a badge of honor, maybe?
*SheHulk sometimes plays with this in her comics, especially the series where she spends more time on the FourthWall. In one memorable scene Venom randomly breaks in to the courtroom (she's a lawyer) and webs her up, and in ripping the webbing, she rips her suit. Someone notes the readers have just gotten more interested, wondering if it's a popular villain or the ripped clothing that excited them.
** Lampshaded and subverted in the beginning of her second series, where she discovers that while her clothes may rip, her underwear is [[MagicPants indestructible]] because it's "protected by the comics code".
* Despite constantly fighting superpowerful and psychotic undead monsters {{badass normal}} (and {{goth}}-styled) Cassie Hack of ''[[HackSlash Hack/Slash]]'' only ever seems to wear tank tops, {{badass longcoat}}s, miniskirts, stockings (or fishnets) and occasionally other things, like really long leather gloves and boots. Lampshaded at one point in a one-shot set in a Comic Con where a character thinks she's wearing some kind of costume.
* Zatanna's and Black Canary's costumes both consist of fishnets and something with all the covering of a swimsuit (generally with a jacket on top). Zatanna is, admittedly, a SquishyWizard (with more [[MostCommonSuperpower squish]] than average) so it doesn't much matter what she puts on, but Black Canary is a martial artist.
* Brazilian {{Animesque}} comic HolyAvenger is [[IncrediblyLamePun stacked]] with these. The most stackering example is Niele, that wears a clothing composed of...leather strips.
* Lady Rawhide from Topps ''{{Zorro}}'' comic series. Especially blatant as the series in Colonial Spanish California. {{Lampshaded}} as various characters wonder how she can leap about in that outfit without anything popping out. (And, eventually, something did [for a single panel]).
* Phantom Lady as drawn by Matt Baker in the late 1940's wore an outfit that barely covered her impressive assets and looked like it would come off in a strong wind. One famous cover was featured in "Seduction of the Innocent" (the even more famous book by Fredric Wertham condemning comic books) as an example of 'headlights'.
* RedSonja, the She-Devil with a Sword, whose standard outfit is little more than a [[ChainmailBikini scale mail bikini]].
* A more subtle form of Stripperificness can be seen in female cape choices. Look at superheroes who wear capes, vs superheroines who wear capes. The heroines have a marked tendency to have capes that end about at the waist, as opposed to heroes who usually wear it to the knee or ankle. While this ''is'' more practical, it can't be ignored that it also makes it much easier to show off the legs and butt.
* [[RecycledInSpace Space]] Suits with ShowSomeLeg feature! Try to top ''[[http://superdickery.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=category&layout=blog&id=33&Itemid=52&limitstart=5 this]]''. On the second thought, better ''don't''.
** To be fair, the man is wearing the same outfit.
* While most of the female {{X-Men}} fall victim here (even Jean Grey [[BareYourMidriff bares her midriff]] in the X-Men Legends games), Rogue averts this out of necessity. Which somehow doesn't stop her from dressing like [[TheDukesOfHazzard Daisy Duke]] when she's out of uniform.
* Darth Talon from ''StarWarsLegacy'' wears little more than a few stragetgically-placed strips of leather. Not unexpected, considering that most females of her race seem to be dancers or slave girls.
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* Alicia Silverstone as "Batgirl" in ''{{Batman and Robin}}''. Uncle Alfred was a lecherous old man to have had a suit made for her that had her exact cup size built in. For shame, Uncle Alfred, for shame. The gratuitous ass shot didn't hurt, either.
** The male costumes in that film were no better, and for many viewers [[FanDisservice worse]]. George Clooney even got a lingering closeup of his zippered Bat-Ass during the suiting up sequence.
* The female ninjas in the movie ''Lady Ninja: Reflections in Darkness'' dress in highly abbreviated ninja outfits (when they're wearing anything at all).
* There do seem to be a few ... subtle differences in what's enhanced in Edna Mode's work on ''TheIncredibles'' ... Of course, Edna ''is'' a fashion designer.
* Jane's jungle oufit in the second Weismuller Tarzan film ('Man and His Mate') is unlike any that came later, split to the hip, and sometimes absent.
* Almost everybody in ''[[ThreeHundred 300]]'', male or female.
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* Domi in James Axler's ''Outlanders'' series. Her outfit is continually described as "A pair of red high heels, and nothing else." Brigid Baptiste's clothing on the covers falls under this, as well.
* Any Barsoomian (Martian) or Amtorian (Venusian) in Edgar Rice Burrough's novels of same, male or female, will wear a belt and weapons harness (male), jewelry (female) and that's pretty much it. And I mean even when they're going into battle.

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* [[DoctorWho Peri]].
* [[StarTrekVoyager Seven Of Nine]].
** Handwaved as a "dermaplastic bodysuit" to cover and heal the injuries from her Borgification. Must have taken her skin a long time to heal, as she [[MsFanservice never stopped wearing it]], though she did occasionally get ones in different colors. It was noted by [[StarTrekVoyager Voyager]] costume designers and makeup specialists that Seven's costume is as much a piece of engineering magic in reality as it was in Trek continuity, as the female form simply doesn't fill out clothing that way naturally.
*** Seven of Nine actress Jeri Ryan reportedly ''hated'' the costume due to how tight and uncomfortable it was. When the series ended she was asked in an interview what ever happened to her SoN costume. Her answer was something to the effect of "I'm hoping for a bonfire".
** And Seven Lite, T'Pol, who wears tights even though ''all other Vulcan characters'' wear robes. Not to mention the blatant {{Fanservice}} "decontamiation" scenes with braless tank tops that show the Borg are not the only ones with implants.
*** Or, as Chuck Sonnenberg puts it, [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qgesf6E41wI T'pol in her crop top is sporting a pair of visible nipples you can hang a coat on!]]
** The women's uniforms in [[StarTrekTheOriginalSeries Star Trek TOS]] were distinctly skimpy. This was [[LampshadeHanging lampshaded]] in [[StarTrekTheNextGeneration TNG]] season 1, where both male and female extras were seen in miniskirt uniforms.
** Lampshaded, too, in Jadzia Dax's famous "And women wore less" comment in "Trials and Tribblations".
** In the commentary for the ''StarTrekEnterprise'' episode "In A Mirror, Darkly" it's mentioned that they had to keep telling the actress playing a dead Original Series yeoman: "Yes, the skirt really IS supposed to be that short".
** Why do people constantly reference 7 of 9's spandex bodysuit but not the one Troi wore for several seasons?
* In ''MortalKombatConquest'', pretty much every evil female (and a few good or neutral ones) wears clothing so negligent that you wonder how they fight in it without falling out. Given some crowd scenes, it makes you wonder if the laws of permissible visible flesh for each gender are somehow inverted.
* The GrissomVerse has female characters investigating crime scenes in low-cut tops, high heels and tight trousers. All at the same time on some occasions. (And leather trenchcoats in midday Vegas heat, but that's another trope)
* [[http://www.gateworld.net/gallery/displayimage.php?pos=-17319 Anise/Freya]] on Stargate: SG-1. Particularly egregious when you compare her outfit to [[http://www.gateworld.net/gallery/displayimage.php?pos=-99479 the nondescript, functional clothes usually worn by male Tok'ra]], and to [[http://www.gateworld.net/gallery/displayimage.php?pos=-99424 those worn by female Tok'ra who aren't conventionally attractive]].
** She could just be particularly vain. Most of the Tok'ra seem to have some sort of overriding personality flaw.
* Mostly averted with [[BuffyTheVampireSlayer Buffy]], who prefers to go into battle wearing long pants and a leather jacket. She does wear platform heels a lot though. Now if she could keep her balance, spike heels would be understandable and almost-practical combat gear, but platforms?
** The one time she wore an inappropriate outfit into battle, it was an evening gown - and not even a strapless or backless one. To boot, just about everyone (even the villain) thought it was beautiful.
** Other Slayers (e.g. Kendra and Faith) wear more revealing outfits, but at least they're practical. And in Faith's case, the Stripperiffic factor was intentional.
---->'''Willow''': Don't worry, we're sure to spot Faith first. She's like this cleavagy slut-bomb walking around.
*** {{Lampshaded}} in the {{Angel}} episode where Cordelia became a princess in another dimension. She says that when she was an actress in the original world, the director made her wear a bikini that was tiny, skimpy and exploitative. She then looks at her current attire which wasn't any better.
* NCIS's Abby Sciuto, PerkyGoth and resident HotScientist, wears shorter skirts than everyone else in the cast and outfits that [[FetishFuel border on the fetishistic]] at times. When Jenny Shepard takes over as director, she hands her a copy of the dress code. When a clearly very unhappy Abby then totters into work in a suit, Gibbs tears up the dress code in front of her- because he's not having an unhappy Goth as his lab tech.
** In a DVD extra, the actress Pauley Perrette claims a TV exec told her the shorter her skirts, the better the ratings.
* 90%+ of the dancer's costumes on both ''So You Think You Can Dance'' and ''Dancing With The Stars'', especially the women.
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* [[JustifiedTrope Justified]] in {{WhiteWolf}}'s ''Scarred Lands'' d20 System TabletopRPG: using arcane magic releases heat within the spellcaster's body. Some cultures embrace the skimpy garb this situation tends to require.
* [[StarWars Female Twi'leks]] are almost all slender and attractive...and given to wearing next to nothing when out in the galaxy even though they're from a world that's hotter than Tatooine. Even the ones who ''aren't'' [[GoGoEnslavement slave girls]].
* The Dark Sun setting for D&D is made of this trope. Designers who'd worked on its initial development have openly admitted choosing a [[SingleBiomePlanet desert setting]] (as opposed to, for instance, an arctic one) because of the ample beef-and-cheesecake opportunities afforded by the artwork.

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* Ohatsu in ''Onimusha'': Dawn of Dreams begins the game conservatively dressed. After her outfit is supposedly destroyed in a battle, however, she changes into a sexier, stripperific outfit that she pieced together out of the remains of the old one.
* Yuki is pretty stripperific in ''EnchantedArms'', although the first rule in a desert is to cover ALL your skin. Sunburns require more water than sweat waste.
*This might be the main point of the ''Valis'' series. Yuko's armor has consistently been illogically skimpy, being pretty much a bikini and (if it counts as armor) a skirt. Cham/Char in the third game has slightly less impractical armor.
** Strangely, the third game's magic user is dressed in a full robe.
** Also strangely, in the fourth game, Lena starts off with more modest clothing, even if it's still impractical as battle armor. However, when she gets special armor that grants her temporary invincibility (until it takes enough damage), that special armor turns out to be as skimpy as (or possibly skimpier than) Yuko's.
** Jessica Cannon in ''[=SiN=]: Episodes'' wears an outfit with a bare midriff, and her pants appear designed specifically to [[ThirdPersonSeductress draw the player's attention to her butt]].
* Averted in ''{{Half-Life}} 2'', where female characters (including Alyx Vance, most prominent woman of the series) are dressed in appropriate, non-revealing clothing. Likewise, the resistance's female members are dressed much like their male counterparts, and Judith Mossman is dressed in jeans and a turtleneck. Well, it is [[SweaterGirl a pretty ''tight'' turtleneck...]]
** Valve games in general tend to avoid this trope. Chell in {{Portal}} wears an orange jumpsuit the entire game and Zoey in Left4Dead is appropriately dressed for the ZombieApocalypse.
* The demoness Shannon in ''GodHand'' wears a ''very'' tight and close-cut one-piece outfit. As if in acknowledgment of this trope, just before the first fight with her, she actually mounts a stripper's pole for a moment...
* Samus Aran from ''{{Metroid}}'' avoided this trope entirely, to the point where her being a female was the TomatoSurprise of the first game. However, pictures of her wearing more revealing clothes are sometimes unlockables.
** In ''Zero Mission'', she also spends a section of the game with just the suit she apparently wears under the armor (also seen in ''SuperSmashBros Brawl''). While not Stripperific, it is skin-tight.
* The ''SoulSeries'' has Ivy and Taki; the latter in particular has a notorious red body stocking outfit, in which her breasts are several cup sizes larger than her other outfits, reaching GagBoobs status. [=EGM=] summed it up: "Seriously, they're like balloon animals." Ivy, meanwhile, wears a dominatrix outfit. And wields a [[WhipSword sword that can turn into a whip]]. If you think that's suggestive already, just look at her "throws" (and compare the North American version of her outfit to the Japanese).
** Even the [[{{Lolicon}} loli]] and a holy fighter is not safe from this. Talim is mostly known for clothes that reveal her shoulders, midriffs (especially in Soul Calibur 2); in Soul Calibur 4, she gets see-through pants and a ''thong.'' And in Soul Calibur 4, Sophitia gets a SEE-THROUGH piece of clothes that lets you actually see her breasts, and even the side parts are not covered.
*** Combine these with [=SC4=]'s system of armor removal mid-battle, and, well...
*** Soul Calibur 3 started it! Only Talim was inmune (the only shots of her underwear steaming from careful manipulation of the camera in her exhibition theater in 2/3)
** What about Tira? She probably had one of the [[http://images1.wikia.nocookie.net/soulcalibur/images/3/30/Tira3DSC3.jpg most revealing outfits]] in Soul Calibur 3.
* Subverted by Nicole in ''DeadOrAlive 4'', quite possibly the ''last'' place you would expect such a subversion to occur. As a female version of [[{{Halo}} Master Chief]] in a game that otherwise uses this trope with pride, it is nearly impossible to tell her gender just from looking at her.
** In a funny twist, her gender is the TomatoSurprise at the end of the ''{{Haloid}}'' [[http://www.gametrailers.com/player/usermovies/57998.html fan video]]. The person who's surprised by said Tomato? [[{{Metroid}} Samus Aran]].
***''[[LesYay Pleasantly]]'' [[LesYay surprised]].
* [[{{Ninja}} Mai Shiranui]] of ''FatalFury'' and ''TheKingOfFighters''. Perhaps the quintessential example of the impractically dressed warrior. Her ''Garou'' counterpart [[{{Pirate}} B. Jenet]] wears a ''cocktail dress'' into battle and flirts with the guys quite a bit.
** Lampshaded in ''Fatal Fury 3'': when Terry Bogard defeats her, he tells her, "First, don't call me goldilocks! And second, cover up that cleavage!"
** She's hardly the only example in the series. Angel from ''2001'' quite possibly tops her in this regard, and in Mai's victory quote against her Mai says something about her "trying too hard".
* Subverted by the Tarutaru race in ''FinalFantasyXI'' while followed by other races: While most races have differences in gear appearance based on gender, with Race Specific Equipment (RSE) and [[BreastPlate Harnesses]] tending to be more revealing for females than males (though [[BreastPlate Subligaria]] were equally revealing for both), Tarutaru models are unisex below the neck (possibly to save on storage space) and their versions of the most Stripperiffic outfits in the game are less revealing than even the male versions from other races, rarely exposing much of the chest or the shoulders, and almost always covering the neck with a high collar, as well as making the flesh-toned material covering the legs in most subligaria pale enough to contrast very obviously with the Tarutaru's actual skin color.
** In fact, the use of unisex bodies combined with the tendencies of most headgear to cover hair means that it becomes almost impossible to tell males and females apart when wearing a cap, hat, or helmet; only minor facial features like the shape of the hairline and angle of the eyebrows, combined with the limited number of available faces, makes this discernible.
** This may well owe something to the [[{{Squick}} difficulty some people have]] [[ReallySevenHundredYearsOld distinguishing adult Tarutaru]] [[{{Lolicon}} from children]], given the race's diminutive proportions.
* Almost every ''FinalFantasy'' game has an example. Some stand out more than others (looking at you, ''[[FinalFantasyX2 X-2]]''), but every game will feature at least one person like this. ''FinalFantasy'', however, is notable for its equal opportunity - even the ''men'' are prone to this trope (Kuja can even put most of the ''girls'' to shame). Seriously, we could try and list every single instance of this, but it would take up most of the page.
** Speaking of X-2, Rikku's bikini, that she wears during the HotSpring scene, is ''less'' revealing than her default costume during the game!
*** Both used and adverted for the Viera, a race of bunny women. In ''FinalFantasyXII'', they wear pretty revealing clothes, especially Fran. In ''FinalFantasyTacticsAdvance'' and ''FinalFantasyTacticsA2'', only the Elementalist class is revealing while the rest are modest in clothing. The Seeq, a race of pigs, are the most stripperiffic.
** [[SummonMagic Summoner]]/{{Black Magician Girl}} Rydia, from ''FinalFantasyIV'', was already skirting the line with her post-adolescence LeotardOfPower. Her outfit for the sequel, ''The After Years'', doesn't resemble clothes so much as strategically-applied, gravity-defying green paint. Rosa is even worse, and is arguably the worst female example in all of Final Fantasy. Apparently underwear is effective enough armor & she never knew it goes ''under'' a dress or skirt instead of the other way around...
* Ashley Riot of ''VagrantStory'' has his butt hanging out of his manly pants.
* The armour you get in ''WorldOfWarcraft'' is often much more revealing on women than on men.
** Armor sets in ''GuildWars'' also have the tendency to be slightly more revealing for women than men, but it's not glaring except for the Elementalists... the men wear full suits and long coats, while the women basically look like belly dancers. This may have been subverted with Paragons, who wear short skirts... men and women alike.
*** Although it ''is'' actually possible to get male Paragon armour that doesn't show a bare midriff. Not so for the women.
*** Female mesmers favor GorgeousPeriodDress, but there are a couple that come across more as evening dresses, so to speak. Female warriors generally avert the trope... except for the Gladiator and Elite Gladiator sets (and in their defense, the male versions are just as fanservice-y), monks and necromancers both have armor sets that consist of tattoos and scar patterns, respectively, with only the most vital bits preserved for modesty, male and female alike. Female rangers get avert this trope... except for the Elite Druid armor, which consists of little more than a leather bikini...
*** Let us not forget the [[http://guildwars.wikia.com/wiki/Ritualist_Kurzick_armor/Female Kurzick]] and [[http://guildwars.wikia.com/wiki/Ritualist_Elite_Kurzick_armor/Female Elite Kurzick]] armor for female Ritualists, which is apparently held on with spirit gum (admittedly, the male armor is fairly revealing as well). Some nonscar Necromancer armors are serious offenders, too - lace/gauze-is-not-a-substitute-for-clothing Elite Cabal and Obsidian, let's-protect-everything-except-the-vulnerable spots Elite Kurzick, and a-leather-strap-does-not-a-bra-make Sunspear - while the male Necros almost always get full-body leather suits.
** In ''WarCraft 3'', most of the Night Elf female units wear little more than bikinis and capes. Lampeshaded by the Archer, where if you click her enough times, she grumbles, "I said a ''bow''string, not a ''G''--ugh, never '''''mind'''''." The Blood Elf Sorceresses wear a low-cut outfit that reveals much of their considerable cleavage. The character Jaina Proudmoore wears just a sports bra, ''tight'' pants and hooded cape. Subverted with the Night Elf Wardens from [=WC3's=] ''The Frozen Throne'' expansion, who wear concealing great cloaks and what visible areas are armoured properly. Played disturbingly straight with ''The Frozen Throne'''s Dark Ranger, an ''undead'' elf in a {{stripperific}} outfit.
*** On the other hand, the orc units, all male, tend not to wear much: Thrall wears black plate, the witch doctor black robes, the shaman thick gray furs, the Farseer a hooded cloak, and the Tauren Chieftain a lot of bits. Every other orc, tauren, and troll unit is at the very least shirtless. Both male night elf heroes [[EstrogenBrigadeBait are shirtless, too]].
** Finally, it must be admitted that as of ''Burning Crusade'' and especially as of ''Wrath of the Lich King'', with its heavy emphasis on Nordic-style cold weather armor, Blizzard has gotten much better about this for the players (although a few chestpieces still show a little stomach if you're not wearing an undershirt). Some of the new designs for major lore characters are... questionable, however.
***[[http://www.worldofwarcraft.hu/files/wow/image/9014_alexstrasza_new.jpg Alexstrasza]] the Life-Binder, Queen of the Red Dragonflight, benevolent guardian of all living things, and part-time stripper(?).
**** Well, she wears even less in her natural dragon form.
* Velvet from ''OdinSphere''. There's a bit of {{Lampshade Hanging}} in the Winterhorn Ridge stage when a shopkeeper NPC remarks "A half-naked maiden on this mountain? I hope I'm not hallucinating..."
* ''FireEmblem'' plays this straight with every dancer except FE 7's Ninian (but they are ''dancers'', so that is kind of the point). Some of the other female combat classes come close but tend to be justified (pegasus knights need light armor so as not to slow them down in flight, archers shouldn't be exposed to direct combat anyway, mages and healers aren't normally expected to fight).
** There are a few males that also wear stripperiffic outfits. In the tenth game Sothe wears the same outfit as in the ninth, but since he's gone from 15 to 18 the shirt no longer covers his midriff and in general is a tight fit.
** Nephenee is a weird example, her armor cover's everything that should be covered by armor, but the clothing she wears under it covers barely anything (especially with her tier 3 outfit in Radient Dawn)
** Male example: Largo. Shorts and a bear-cloak head thing?
** Calill and Lucia's outfits looked suspiciously like lingerie.
* The ''SuperRobotWars'' introduced the stripperiffic outfit in form of the swimsuit-like DFC suit, worn by Aqua Centolm, heroine of SuperRobotWars MX. Not that she has the personality of a MsFanservice, so she's obviously embarrassed with it. Justified with the fact that that kind of outfit is required on piloting her mech. And even the male hero Hugo Medio wore a similar stuff.
** Ironically, in Aqua's cameo appearance in OG Gaiden, she said Lamia Loveless' outfit was of {{Stripperiffic}} quality. God knows how she will react when she learns that the DFC suit is way more {{Stripperiffic}} than that.
2. To make it even worse, in the OVA, she gets Stripped Off For Real.
** Then this kicks off again in ''SuperRobotWars Z'' in form of the female rival Xine Espio... who seems to be taking some clothing tips from the DFC.
** Kaguya Nanbu. Good god almighty Kaguya Nanbu.
* Jill Valentine apparently spends the time between ''ResidentEvil'' and ''Resident Evil 3'' changing from a combat uniform to a miniskirt and tube top. It is excused away in official media that Raccoon City was suffering a heatwave.
** Sheva from ''Resident Evil 5'' thinks going into the middle of a war zone in a purple tank top and tight pants is a good idea. [[spoiler: Jill is also discovered in the game later on - wearing a SpyCatsuit with distinct cleavage. However, while you may play as her in the outfit in the Mercenaries mode, there is another outfit where she is just wearing perfectly innoculous [[http://residentevil.wikia.com/wiki/Image:N746033603_1134958_912124.jpg clothing]]]]
*** And then there's Sheva's [[NubileSavage unlockable outfit]]...
* Linda Maltinie from the first ''Snowboard Kids'' game dresses in leopard-pattern skintight pants and a ''red bikini top''. As the game title suggests, she is garbed as much on frigid mountain tops. She's ''ten''.
** The [[NoExportForYou Japan-only Playstation sequel]] ''Snowboard Kids Plus'' introduces a few more characters who fit this trope, including a male example in the [[HardGay flamboyant and muscular]] Ruby Green, who has a [[AndYourRewardIsClothes bonus outfit]] consisting of a ''green speedo'' and snow boots. Did I mention he's also ten? (This is actually lampshaded in his [[AllThereInTheManual bio]], which makes light of his annoyance at being mistaken for a chaperone whenever he's around the rest of the cast.)
* Oddly averted in ''DungeonSiege 2'' in which the armor is just stretched around the character model. For most of the class armors this was alright with the notable exception of the nature mages whose class armor was a midriff top with a miiniskirt. This was very funny if you were playing as a male half giant.
* An end-of-the-game unlockable from the game PN03 features the female protagonist in an incredibly revealing suit, complete with a ''thong''. Keep in mind this is a shooter game.
* Eileen's secret nurse outfit in ''SilentHill 4: The Room''.
** Eileen's regular outfit (during gameplay, at least- the one she wears before she joins you is pretty casual and unrevealing.) To be fair, she thought she'd be attending a party instead of getting caught in the otherworld...
* Another videogame example, and possibly a subversion/inversion of the "HumongousMecha with dome-like tin cans in the chestal region" version of this trope mentioned above, ''ZoneOfTheEnders'' Orbital Frames almost always site their [[http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v210/Chibi-Kibou/Jehuty_wat.jpg cockpits between the legs]] of the mecha, in an often phallic-shaped module - ''even on the apparently 'female' frames''. Interestingly however, this makes some sense, as it keeps the pilot slightly out of the way of most pummellings, frees up the head and upper body for necessary sensors ( the pilot's view is from the perspective of the head ) and other machinery , and makes it extremely easy to eject the entire cockpit section in an emergency.
** Almost all frames also have feet that come to nothing more than a point, and when they stand on solid ground, a high-heel like spike extends for balance.
*The ''{{Unreal}}'' series started fairly innocuously, with the females in workwear and armour similar to the males (at least of their faction). ''Unreal Championship 2'' (ie: Selket) raised the bar, then the bar had a bottle rocket put under it by ''Unreal II: The Awakening''. In that title, the player would face enemy mercenaries in massive powered armour, with the female mercs fully armoured on the limbs but wearing only a plexiglass screen and some circuitry from their thighs to the top of their head.
*Somewhat justified in the later ''PhantasyStar'' games ( Online and Universe ), as armour comes in the form of 'Frames' and 'Line Shields'. The first is mounted on the left wrist, and the second is laced throughout clothing as a set of energy pathways ( thus ''[[TronLines 'line']]'' shield ), often doubling as a decoration. Both project a protective field around the wearer ( which can also be focused into a small area as a shield for parrying purposes ), so basically as long as you have one you can wear whatever you like underneath. It's perhaps unsurprising people thus tend to wear even less than modern day, protected as they are by such lightweight and stylish energy shields.
* Parodied in ''{{Timesplitters}}: Future Perfect''. The henchmen working for Khallos wear the same skintight uniforms as the Henchwomen and complain about it a lot.
* LampshadeHanging in ''LaPucelle Tactics'': The heroine and her friend both get into an argument over the immodesty of each other's uniforms... until they realize that their ''boss'' was the one who picked them out.
* FauxActionGirl Rachel in the XBox version of ''NinjaGaiden'' wears an outfit most respectable strippers would probably consider tacky.
* Played straight and Inverted in ''MortalKombat'', where quite a few of the male and female fighters wear skimpy outfits while beating the crap out of each other (seriously, the dress code for Edenian royalty must have been based on [[GoGoEnslavement Slave]] [[StarWars Leia]]...). The only real exception to this is Ashrah, whose outfits are about the most modest and covering garments ever seen on an MK female.
** Ashrah's alternate ditches her pants and hat, and she's still more covered up than most of the other girls.
* The character artwork featured on the [[http://rappelz.gpotato.com/ad/ front-page]] for ''{{Rappelz}}'' is so blatantly revealing and impractical that one wonders if it were deliberately mocking the trade.
** Not just the character art - the in-game outfits for females often look like little more than bathing suits and thigh-high stockings. It makes for an interesting contrast with the ten foot long double-handed ax or the [[BFS taller-than-the-character]] [[PowerGlows glowy sword]], as well as with the often-HumongousMecha-inspired male armor. Female warriors tend to be more of the painted-on-spandex armor, which leaves little to the imagination, but still technically "protects", at least if you're being attacked by friendly kittens. A female mage or summoner, on the other hand, had better have a large supply of double-stick tape and a good way of keeping warm in the ice dungeon while wearing three inch-wide strips of fur and a pair of go-go boots.
* Anything [[{{Suikoden}} Jeane]] wears will instantly qualify.
* ''StarCraft'' features relatively few female units. We only see the face of the Terrans' Dropship pilot. On the other hand, while the ''Brood War'' Medic and Valkyrie units aren't shown as being particularly {{Stripperific}}, they do have very flirty voice packs--the Medic even has a beauty mark, and winks. And while the in-game model of [[spoiler:Infested Kerrigan]] isn't particularly stripperiffic, her appearances in rendered cutscenes and other media most definitely ''are''. Sarah Kerrigan, on the other hand, wears standard Ghost armor and is annoyed over the players' constant clicking. (Repeated clicking on Medics and Valkyries, as mentioned, produces flirts.)
* While she is a kickass character, Queen Catherine Ironfist's (''Heroes of Might & Magic III'') leg-and-cleavage-baring plate and mail armor is disappointing. Further, Mutare's sleeveless leather shirt and Adrienne's [[NippledAndDimed benippled]] tunic strains suspension of disbelief when male characters are in full armor or robes.
* Kurenai from ''Red Ninja''. An ability for the player is to seduce guards. That would probably make this justified.
* About 70% of the cast of ''{{Disgaea}}''. For both genders. [JustifiedTrope It's hot in Hell.]]
* The female heroines of the ''{{Atelier}}'' series tend to go all over the place with this. On the one hand, the heroine of the very first game, Marie, wears an outfit with a chest that would [[http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/marie.gif be questionable in California]], never mind the supposedly faux-German setting her game takes place in (though some RealLife Renaissance outfits had similarly bared cleavage); several other characters in other games also have fairly revealing outfits. The majority of female leads in the games, however, tend to have pretty tasteful, modest, and arguably even conservative outfits. The best examples are [[http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/elie.gif Elie]] and [[http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/viese.jpg Viese]] from ''Atelier Elie'' and ''Atelier Iris 2'' respectively; they're dressed in such a way that aside from their hands, the lowest you can see exposed skin is the '''neckline'''.
* This seems to be the basis of the outfit of Shanoa, the heroine of ''{{Castlevania}}: Order of Ecclesia''. Which means, she'll be the first Stripperiffic good guy to ever embrace the canon story by IGA (at least after Sonia got thrown out of canon).
* The [[http://www.fightersgeneration.com/characters4/tiffany-hr.jpg outfit]] ''RivalSchools''' Tiffany wears is explained as being her ''[[AllGuysWantCheerleaders cheerleading]] outfit''.
* Some ''TalesSeries'' ladies have this trope in mind:
** ''TalesOfDestiny'' has Rutee, whose outfit reveals several body parts of hers. Well, since she's a thief who tends to sneak around...
** ''TalesOfDestiny'' 2 then got it off with Nanaly, who wears a frigging BreastPlate.
** Sheena from ''TalesOfSymphonia''. Maybe not quite so {{Stripperiffic}}, but she walks around with an outfit that reveals her ample bosom quite a bunch with ease...
** And then all of them got topped off in ''TalesOfVesperia'' by Judith. Oh God, Judith.
** And then ''TalesOfSymphoniaDawnOfTheNewWorld'' deliciously lampoons the trope, and their own use of it, with the Lezerano Company's good-luck charms, invented by Presea. Among them is "An outfit that despite having a bare midriff, never allows your skin to get cold, and also protects against enemy attacks." Called the [[TalesOfDestiny Loni-Kyle]], for some reason.
* ''[[DevilMayCry Gloria.]]'' Did anyone else want to play that "I'm Not Wearing Underwear Today" song from AvenueQ over her introduction? That said, the love interest in the same game is pretty much completely covered up.
* All the female jobs in ''RagnarokOnline'' range from modest to blatantly stripperific. In most jobs, higher classes means less clothing. And the stripperific isn't only on official images; sometimes, you can see [[http://farm1.static.flickr.com/142/359311961_f10c5198bc_o.jpg your cute sprite]] [[http://www.character-simulator.com/ragnarok-online/ gainaxing]]! Justified with the Dancer/Gypsy class, but the others...
* From the "HumongousMecha" section, we have one of Roll's super moves from the ''[[CapcomVsWhatever Marvel vs. Capcom]]'' series. Normally a tiny maid robot who comes up to Ryu's waist and whose average moves do as much damage as Ryu's sneeze, and has as much sex appeal as Ryu too, Roll has one set that makes her grow to HumongousMecha size, complete with ... yes, those domes on the chest. Then again, they're missiles, so does that count overall?
* Feena from ''{{Grandia}}'' is said to be one of the most skilled and intelligent adventurers in the world. Her outfit of choice? A bikini top (with inexplicable sleeves) and a very small miniskirt that by all rights shouldn't cover anything. And yet we still [[MagicSkirt never get a panty shot]]. The physics of it all are mind-boggling.
* The upcoming game ''{{Bayonetta}}'' features a gun-toting witch wearing a skintight bodysuit... ''made of her hair.'' See it in all its glory [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CbgPYwjHakk&feature=related rightchere.]]
* Ayumi, main character of the upcoming anime-styled action game ''[[http://www.x-blades.com X-Blades]]'', fits the trope perfectly.
* Lampshaded in ''{{Star Control}} II''. The officer's uniform of Syreen is ''very'' revealing, and the protagonist takes a note of it. Needless to say, for all-female race that uses its sex appeal for ''all sentient races'' as a spaceship weapon, this can be considered {{Justified Trope}}.
* ''SigmaStarSaga''
* ''F.A.K.K.2'', adapted from a sci-fi ''Heavy Metal Magazine'' and staring a 3D modeled Julie Strain, begins with a skin-tight jumpsuit, which suffers ClothingDamage, then is replaced with leather bikini and then a few strategically placed straps. Later clothing, while revealing progressively more, somehow provide more protection.
* ''{{Planescape}}'''s snarky CuteMonsterGirl Annah has a set of identically different bodices that cover enough of her torso to make her cleavage and legs more conspicuous.
** It can get lampshaded and justified to an extent. If the PC is a thief, then he and Annah (who is also a thief) can exchange expirience, tricks and general ideas on how to improve their skills. In particular, the PC can suggest that Annah makes her outfit even MORE Stripperiffic by cutting some extra holes so to pass for a harlot and distract potential victims. He confesses that he always thought this was the purpose of the bodices anyway.
* Rayne's dhampir rival, Feral, in ''{{Bloodrayne}} 2'' is strategically covered only in what appears to be living tattoos or deep blue shadows.
* ''pop'n music'' has Miku, a showgirl who may or may not be a stripper given her skimpy attire, which consists of a black bra and miniskirt (which [[PantyShot flies up]] in one of her animations).
* Male example employed as male-oriented FanDisservice: ''LaMulana'' 's [[spoiler:Lemeza in the Skimpy Swimsuit]], which you see at the end of the BonusLevelOfHell.
* Played gratuitously in ''LostOdyssey'', where the regal noble empress [[http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a379/Mangaminx/Ming.jpg Ming]] is wearing a bikini bottom and what appears to be some sort of elegant tool belt on the bottom, and what can best be described as "sorta vest-ish, but with more breast exposure" on the top. ''Slightly'' more conservative, in that she doesn't look like a fantasy prostitute, is the HotLibrarian [[http://ui30.gamespot.com/829/sarah.jpg Sarah]], who is wearing pants with what appears to be an ensemble of cape, DetachedSleeves, and white [[OfCorsetsSexy corset]]. Oddly, the female pirate is wearing a sensible leather dress with a bit of plate mail here and there.
* In the ''Oneechanbara'' games when blood touches the lead characters, it increases their power -- at the cost of some [[WithGreatPowerComesGreatInsanity very, very nasty side effects]]. Thus, it actually makes sense for them to fight in clothing that's relatively tight and/or revealing.
* ''NeverwinterNights'' had a particular issue with this, sensible robes and armour suddenly morphed into low cut dress and body hugging tops when picked up by a female player, you could even strip a character down to their (inappropriate) underwear.
** Almost completely averted in ''NeverwinterNights2''. All armor is very sensible, and characters wear normal civilian clothes under their armor. The lone exception is the armor female warlock protagonists start with, and it's a unique piece of armor found nowhere else in the game.
* Operator Gina, the tutorial instructor in the MMORPG ''[[AirRivals ACE Online]]'' is particularly Stripperiffic. Midriff-bearing dress shirt, double-slit miniskirt, garter belts and fishnet stockings. If [[http://doktorzen.geekgalaxy.com/images/op_gina.jpg this]] is the army of the future, sign me up.
** Your fellow pilots will all be wearing LatexSpacesuits, and all of them are at least reasonably attractive. Yum.
* ''Warhammer Online'' has two Dark Elf classes, the Witch Elf and Sorceress who wear a spiked metal bikini and non-existent, form-fitting robes, respectively. However, this does mesh with the Wargame, and all the other female classes avert this.
** To elaborate a little: The classes of almost every race dress pretty much equal, assuming they have both genders available. In the case of chaos zealots, it's even the male variant that exposes more skin (he goes bare chested, obviously). The only class that exists for both sexes with the female variant being ''significantly'' more exposing is the dark elf sorceress. Now what does that tell us about the physique of male dark elves whose robes generally cover them from neck to toes?
*** If I'm not mistaken the Witch Elves are the "Brides of Khrane" therefore their male conterparts should act as meatsheilds to protect their gods brides (plus fluff wise they're lighting fast so don't need armour)
**** Most male Dark Elves are ''scared stiff'' of them. Sometimes this may be a euphemism, but not always. (Regarding protection - they don't have any "so fast they don't need armour" tendencies either in fluff or crunch. However, they ''are'' one of the embodiments of the 'best defense is an overwhelming offense' principle.)
* [[MorallyAmbiguousDoctorate Kira Daidohji]] of ''ArcanaHeart'' fights in a literal swimsuit while riding around in [[TheBlob her giant blob]]. Gets a LampshadeHanging by [[DeadpanSnarker Saki]].
--> '''Saki''': How can you walk around like that? Don't you have any sense of decency?
** ''ArcanaHeart 2'''s Catherine Kyohbayashi is no better. She also wears a one-piece swimsuit similar to Kira's... and rides a HumongousMecha. She certainly can't use the 'fight in the water' excuse...
* One must wonder how Vanessa from ''LuminousArc'' manages to avoid untimely "wardrobe malfunctions" in battle.
* Both averted and played straight in Rumble Roses, an all-girl wrestling game. Don't let the decent wrestling engine and attempts at a story fool you, the game is clearly 85% T&A. Most of the wrestlers wear outfits that are too small or very inconvenient in a fight, such as a scarf or an extremely tight skirt. Even "Face"(Good) characters are dressed extremely sexy, with costumes picked especially for FetishFuel but mostly not useful for a fight. This is partly TruthInTelevision however, as a lot of female wrestlers dress and act sexy on purpose even if their costume gets in the way. Averted however in the Judo Babe, who is a shy "good girl" and whose regular outfit is a judo...robe? Even her swimsuit is a one-piece, showing less skin than the regular costumes of many characters and NOT showing cleavage.(Of course once she turns "Heel"(Evil) she dresses sexier...and in the sequel, official/unofficial artwork, miniature DOLL and fan pictures; she is not nearly as modest.) Partially averted in Miss Spencer, who while showing relatively little skin is dressed for appeal instead of practicality in a tight skirt and a SCARF.(Not a good idea in a fight.) And if the scarf's out of the way(if she's turned upside down, for example) she shows ample cleavage. Ironically, the character Aigle wears VERY little as a Face, but seems to cover up when she turns Heel.(Except, still cleavage.) Lady X averts it by wearing a pantsuit(with cleavage) but as she's a cyborg with half her body covered in metal, she couldn't show much skin anyway.
* This Tropette has often noted that of all the female clothing in "The Matrix Online", the items that have the best buffs or enhancements are the ones which show the most skin. Averted in that it's set in a digital world, so it's conceivable that "your mind makes it real".
* In ''FightingVipers'' all the human characters wear armor but it can be broken in the game. When Candy's armor is destroyed she wears only a frilly skirt, boots, gloves and a leather bra. Even with her (skimpy) armor, Grace still is {{Stripperiffic}} but once it's broken she wears a one piece bathing suit that reveals her cleavage.
* Persona 3: FES notably lampshades this trope. For the most part, female characters wear their school uniforms during the Dark Hour, however some unique costumes can be found which change the model of the character who wears them. A 'High-cut Armor' is described as 'Armor that looks like a bikini', and sure enough, if equipped on a female character, they will verbally acknowledge the ridiculousness of it. Later in the game, all of the main character's swimsuits become available for purchase from the police station, for the modest sum of 300,000 yen.
* ''CityOfHeroes''. While it's completely in the hands of the players, many of the costume choices in this game are fairly stripperific, especially for females. Some notable costume choices:
**Three leather straps that go across your bare chest... available only for guys, however(!)
**The "eden" choice is two spike-like shapes that are painted over your chest and only (just barely) cover the character's nipples.
**The female version of the tank top is skimpier than the male version, and goes so far as to add extra cleavage shading!
**Also, if you pick an odd skin color, you can create a matching outfit and appear completely naked at first glance.
**Finally, an old (now squashed) bug allowed females to go around topless... with nipples showing! However, they would have the chest, arm, and abdominal muscles of a male model, so it may seem more squicky than arousing, depending on one's tastes.
* While the ''SonicTheHedgehog'' series usually falls under the category of HalfDressedCartoonAnimal and thus this trope is easily handwaved, an early issue of the Archie comic made a joke about Princess Sally wearing a "revealing two-piece outfit". At the time, she only wore a pair of boots.
* Mai Hem from [[{{Perfect Dark}} Perfect Dark Zero]] wears a [[http://www.rareware.com/games/pdzero/castlist/cast-list-MaiHem.jpg very revealing dress]]
* Adverts for Flyff that RadioactiveZombie has seen seem to make out that the women have really skimpy armor. This apparently isn't the case in-game.
* General rule of thumb for the ''{{Overlord}}'' series: If they're even remotely attractive by normal standards, they'll be wearing a relatively sensible outfit that's, at worst, a bit tight or low-cut. If they have [[FanDisservice wrinkles, liver spots, and/or more blubber than an arctic beach during walrus mating season]], they'll be wearing a dental floss bikini.
* [[TombRaider Lara Croft]]. 'Nuff said.
**In TR: Anniversary Edition, Lara's nipples are visible at all times in her standard blue/green shirt.
* ''{{Darkstalkers}}'' is probably the most ridiculous example there is. Felicia is a {{Catgirl}} who is practically naked aside from small patches of fur ''just barely'' covering her up (her butt is pretty much always uncovered). Morrigan's "outfit" is really a bunch of bats that fly around her constantly and turn into her clothes (the same applies to Lilith, her {{Lolicon}} sister). There's a bit of GettingCrapPastTheRadar in ''Pocket Fighter'' when she says that the bats carry her things when she goes shopping. Take that however you'd like.
* ''{{Tenchu}}'' 2's Lady Kagami. What can I say, she's an "if you got it flaunt it" kind of woman.
* ''BatmanArkhamAsylum'' features [[PerkyFemaleMinion Harley Quinn]] in a new uniform. Although her old clothes were tight, they covered most of her skin. Her new uniform looks like the standard NightNurse costume, combined with bondage gear. Poison Ivy also gets a new costume, which again is more revealing than her normal comics getup.
* ''{{Adventure Quest Worlds}}'' is the first Artix Entertainment game where leotards and revealing robes are compulsory for all women of all classes, no matter what. Even most of the over clothes are burlesque in some way.
** In a bitter way, AE is no longer unique where optional stripper clothes are concerned.
** One player was so disgruntled by this situation that she [[http://theoriginalfive.deviantart.com/art/Las-Vegas-Lion-part-1-107435724 wrote a fanfic making fun of the company.]]
* The female versions of Raider armor in Fallout3 are generally quite revealing, some more than others. Then again, [[http://images2.wikia.nocookie.net/fallout/images/b/b9/Armor_raider_painspike_mf.jpg they are on the men as well]], making it an equal-opportunity trope in this case.
* Largely averted in MassEffect, with the notable exception of one particular dress style that is seen occasionally on female humans and asari. Every other female character wears appropriate attire, even the GreenSkinnedAlienSpaceBabe-Ashley Williams and a female Shepard wear the same dark blue shirt-and-pants uniform as every other crewman aboard the Normandy when off-duty, while Doctor Chakwas and Liara T'Soni stick to lab coats with gloves that cover everything below the neck. All combat armor leaves only the head exposed (and all have a helmet for hostile/nonexistent atmospheric conditions), and one female party member never leaves her full-body, not-very-skintight environmental suit.

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* Pinky, the titular girl from ''[[http://www.pinkyta.com Pinky TA]]'', wears nothing but a short tank top, a belt, and a black thong.
* Parodied in ''SchlockMercenary'', where the field commander alters the order for the (female) owner's body armor from a modest design to a rather more buxom one; she responds by testing its strength-magnification features [[http://www.schlockmercenary.com/d/20001125.html on his ribcage]].
* Also satired in the adult webcomic ''{{Supermegatopia}}'', in which a group of former superheroes and superheroines with names like 'Topless Lass', 'The Tease', and '[[GagPenis Long Tom]]' form the [[http://www.supermegatopia.com/profiles/profiles.php?thisLink=allstrippersquadron.txt All-Stripper Squadron]] and use their powers in a more profitable manner than fighting crime.
* [[LampshadeHanging Lampshaded]] very nicely in [[http://rpgworldcomic.com/d/20030420.html this RPG World strip.]]
* Completely averted in ''Chasing the Sunset''. All the female characters wear practical everyday clothing which generally bares just the arms and lower legs. Clothing for special events is slightly more revealing; clothing for combat is heavier.
* Freya in ''SparklingGenerationValkyrieYuuki'' wears clothing into combat that must be glued on.
** And of course, the title character wears clothes that look like they're painted on... [[spoiler: because they're alive. Sort of.]]
* Parodied in the ''SluggyFreelance'' story arc "Years of Yarncraft," where Zoe is upset that every single female character design in an MMORPG is petite, well-endowed, and wears a {{Stripperiffic}} outfit ... even the slime monsters.
* ''Dungeon Damage'' has Cat, a rich SpoiledBrat and part-time thrillseeking thief who dresses outrageously (by Medieval Venician standards) but finds that what looks good isn't very practical, as when she winds up on a mountaintop in a blizzard in a midriff-and-cleavage baring vest.
* ''TheInexplicableAdventuresOfBob'' has [[http://bobadventures.comicgenesis.com/VolTurn.html Princess Voluptua.]] 'Nuff said.
* No longer active but there's a webcomic out there named: ''Chainmail Bikini''.
* Huang Gai in ''SanThreeKingdomsComic''... always appear completely butt naked. When ArtEvolution kicks in and he is changed into his DynastyWarriors 6 attire, he still have time to make his lower part completely stripperiffic too.
* ''{{Terinu}}'''s females are sensibly dressed most of the time. Then there's Ninetta, a six-foot tall alien who likes to walk around in daisy dukes, crop tops and bare foot whenever she can get away with it. Also there's Gwen, who favors tight jeans and crop tops as well, though she is fifteen and a stereotypical fashion obsessed teenager. Even she draws the line when she's [[GoGoEnslavement made a slave girl and forced to wear an "Exotic Dancer Barbie" outfit]] though.
* ''Freakangels'' has Arkady...a character that is bald, and wears a white loose as hell tank top, is barefoot, and for a bottom, wears a see thru long patchwork skirt with no underwear. However, her vagina isn't drawn in, but one of the other characters does finally comment on it saying, "I wish you'd put something on under that..." In volume 2 and onward, Arkady now wears a tighter tank top and panties under her see thru patchwork skirt. It was actually a bunch of fans that requested the change, as it made them uneasy.
* [[http://nerfnow.com/comic/61 Engie-tan]] of ''NerfNOW'' has some ''major'' wardrobe malfunctions. Actually, that goes for [[http://nerfnow.com/comic/92 any]] of the female characters.
* ''Kagerou'': [[http://www.electric-manga.com/20/03.html "Quick topic change, but do you own any pants that actually cover your ass?"]]
* [[http://tmi-comic.com ''Too Much Information'']]: The protagonist's shoulder devil, [[http://tmi-comic.com/2007/02/26/coping/ Cleo]], is a sexy demoness covered only by long tresses of flaming hair. His shoulder angel, Spooky, "copes" by switching to a feather bikini.
* The title character of ''The Challenges of Zona'''s usual outfit is a leather version of Red Sonja's chainmail bikini plus a gold torc. Her sister Tula dresses comparitavely modestly in a halter top and tight pants with cutouts but still qualifies IMHGO.
* Golden Jane and Iron Jane from EverydayHeroes. [[LampshadeHanging Lampshaded]] in [[http://www.webcomicsnation.com/eddurd/everydayheroes/series.php?view=single&ID=134033 this]] strip.
* Parodied in [[http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0675.html this]] ''{{Order of the Stick}}'' comic.

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* StanLee's ''{{Stripperella}}''. What can be more Stripperiffic than an actual stripper who dresses ''like a stripper'' to fight crime?
* Inverted with ''{{Futurama}}''[='=]s Zapp Brannigan. His shirt (what else can I call it?) just ''barely'' covers his genitals... from the front. If he bends over or climbs a ladder, you're out of luck.
** You could call it a tunic.
**A pair of random pedestrians in the first episode, as Fry goes flying out of the transport tube and hits a building. The couple in question are both wearing what looks to be laminated plastic, fully clear except for the black stripes covering their inappropriate parts.
**Speaking of which, there are apparently black bar generators that create... floating black bars so that blurnsball players don't have to cover up while in the locker room.
* Considering it was a kids' cartoon, the early '90s ''XMen'' series allowed some characters to get pretty darn {{Stripperiffic}}.
** It didn't help that the coloring of Jean Grey's outfit made it sometimes hard to know which part were skin and which part were from the outfit.
** Neither did the coloring for Sabertooth's outfit. Half the time it looked like he was plain moonlighting us.
** In the recent Wolverine And The X-Men series, Emma Frost surprisingly survives Adaption Decay in almost every possible way.. including her extremely revealing outfit. Plus, she has a sexy [[BritishAccents British Accent]] to boot. God bless them.
* Dr. Mrs. The Monarch's prototype outfit in ''TheVentureBrothers''.
** Lampshaded twice by The Monarch, who even points out TheissTitillationTheory, and her Murderous Moppets who exclaim how they love hugging her in her new costume.
*** When asked if she's afraid of, ahem, "spilling out" of her costume, Dr. Mrs. The Monarch notes that her breasts are taped to the costume.
*** Compared to her old [[http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/ab/Queen_Etherea.JPG/180px-Queen_Etherea.JPG Queen Etherea costume]], it's almost modest.
** Let's not forget the aptly-named Molotov Cocktease (and how could you, with a name like that?), whose outfit has a breast-baring and ass-baring slit up the front AND back. Then again, her "off-duty" fashion sense doesn't scream subtle either.
* Who cares that they're robots a minimum of 10 feet tall? With ''{{Transformers}}'' like Elita One, Arcee and Blackarachnia, you can ''still'' see exactly where their clothes would be. Even though, being robots, they don't actually wear clothes. Hell, G1 Arcee has more armour on her shoulders than she has on her legs. This gets taken to disturbing extents in the comics--Chromia at one point has a molded ''thong'' on her body.
* ''TheBackyardigans''' Austin looked pretty stripperiffic himself during "Garbage Trek" or "Legend of the Volcano Sisters".
* The title character of ''AeonFlux''. The ''most'' she wears in the cartoons is a black vinyl sports bra, a matching [[strike: thong]] ''chastity belt'', and thigh-high stripper boots. And there's ample evidence that all Monicans dress this way.
* In the climax of ''RockAndRule'', Angel is chained up and made to summon an evil demon with her singing. She wears a dress - can I even call it that? - which is basically a long strip of material with a halter neck and no back, gathered at the waist with a belt, that is only wide enough to cover her nipples and cleavage, and wide/long enough to cover her nether regions. A good portion of her breasts and all of her legs are uncovered. And it gets visibly torn up during the finale. At one point, we see her from behind, with wind whipping at her hair and outfit, and the material blows up, exposing most of her rear end; she doesn't even seem to be wearing any kind of underwear. Don't forget that this movie is rated '''PG''' (to be fair, this was before PG-13).
* All the girls in ''TotalDramaIsland'', except Beth, Eva, Bridgette, Courtney and [=LaShawna=]. The only reason Beth and Eva aren't is because they aren't supposed to be appealing to men(Beth's a loser, Eva is a jock). [=LaShawna=] is supposed to be more sensible than the rest of the girls, so she probably would not wear a close fitting outfit. Lindsay may be justified for looking like this in that she's a BrainlessBeauty, who probably would not care if she was bleeding to death, as long as she looked good.
** Have you seen what LaShawna sleeps in? Granted, it's sleepwear, but compared to what the rest of the chicks wear to bed, it's pretty scandalous.

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* Sarah references this in the ''{{lonelygirl15}}'' video "Am I A Criminal?": "If you're gonna B&E, you wanna bring the T&A!"
* Now here's a motivational poster if I ever saw one: [[http://media.photobucket.com/image/female%20armor/rcas/Funny/Posters/motivational-poster-female-armor-sh.jpg]]
* In ''TheGuild'' Codex and Tinkerballa dress quite normally. [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=urNyg1ftMIU their avatars on the other hand...]]
* In the WhateleyUniverse, Mega-Girl wears a teeny Supergirl/Power Girl kind of costume that shows off a ton of skin. And she wears it almost ''all'' the time. Phase has seen her studying in her dorm room, in her costume. There's a [[GenderBender reason why.]]

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* The IMVU banners on this site advise people to make an avatar to "Define your look." Apparently, the only definition offered is "brothel inmate."
* To quote the 34th rule in [[http://www.cs.utah.edu/~duongsaa/more_htm/jk_100animeRules.htm The 100 Rules of Anime]] (not to be confused with the other {{Rule Thirty Four}}) known as "Law of Probable Attire":
-->"Clothing in anime follows certain predictable guidelines: Female characters wear as little clothing as possible, regardless of whether it is socially or meteorologically appropriate."

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* Rare male example: In ''FanFic/SuzumiyaHaruhiNoSeitenkan'', Haruki and Mitsuru both wear Chippendale dancer outfits while passing out flyers advertising the SOS Brigade.
* [[JustifiedTrope Justfied]] in the {{Evangelion}}/WonderWoman crossover ''Amazing Amazon, in which it is explained that the Wonder Woman outfit looks like that because Hephaestus' wife (Aphrodite) prefers the company of Ares, so he's a little... ''lonely'', which tends to show when he makes something relating to women.

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* TruthInTelevision: Ballroom dance. What you see on ''DancingWithTheStars'' or ''StrictlyComeDancing'' is a pretty good example, but you can find the backless dresses with plunging necklines at professional and even collegiate competitions. Males don't get away scot free either: the two acceptable shirts for Latin and Rhythm are either a tight black shirt or a ruffly white one that's open in front. The clothing for Standard and Smooth styles are much more conservative.
* The ''SatanicBible'' by Anton Szandor [=LaVey=] (founder of the [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Church_of_Satan Church of Satan]]) lays out the rules for clothes worn during a Satanic magical ritual. [=LaVey=] had some lingering 1960's sexism in his lines of thinking, regardless of his radical ideas. His writings often seem to give the impression that only men have a sex drive, and he reportedly expressed envy to a beautiful woman's ability to wrap men around her little finger. Put another way, he didn't quite realize that women like to stare at the EstrogenBrigadeBait every bit as much as men like to stare at MsFanservice:
--> Black robes are worn by male participants. [...] Female participants wear garments which are sexually suggestive, or all black clothing for older women. [...] Sexually appealing clothing is worn by women for the purpose of [[MaleGaze stimulating the emotions of the male participants]], and thereby intensifying the outpouring of adrenal or bio-electrical energy which will insure a more powerful working.
* Celtic Warriors, at least according to Roman accounts often went into battle naked and painted with woad.
* [[http://tacticalcorsets.com/ Tactical Corsets]].
* Female tennis dresses have gotten pretty close to this, with much media commentary on the matter. Pretty much the only road they won't go down is showing their stomach. Otherwise, micro-skirts and tops that leave zero to the imagination are pretty standard for a sport where you can hit what is essentially concrete going for a tough shot. Serena's [[http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/serena-catsuit.jpg "catsuit"]] at the US Open is the biggest offender so far.
* Ancient Minoan dresses were topless by default.
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