History LimitedWardrobe / VideoGames

* ''VideoGame/Persona3'': A look into [[ArtificialHuman Aegis's]] room reveals that contains little else besides innumerable boxes of ammo, her extraordinarily highly-advanced computerized "bed," and a closet with nothing but dozens of school uniforms in it.

* The ''VideoGame/HarvestMoon''/''VideoGame//StoryOfSeasons'' games are particularly egregious examples of this trope. In multiple early games, the player character and the townspeople around them wear the exact same outfits for the course of the game... and several of the games' storylines can span for many years. In newer games the player character began to be able to freely change clothing (which started around ''Another Wonderful Life'' with outfits that had different designs, and in ''VideoGame/HarvestMoonDS Cute'', the different outfits are a PaletteSwap), but the townspeople still almost always dress the same for the length of the game.

* The ''VideoGame/HarvestMoon'' games are particularly egregious examples of this trope. In every game to date, the player characters wear the exact same farm outfit for the course of the game... and several of the games' storylines span for many years.
** In ''VideoGame/HarvestMoonAWonderfulLife'', Takakura wears the exact same pants with the holes in the knees for ''thirty years''... heh.
** In newer games you can change clothing, which started around ''Another Wonderful Life'' with outfits that had different designs.
** In ''VideoGame/HarvestMoonDS Cute'', the different outfits are a PaletteSwap.

* Kiryu of the ''VideoGame/{{Yakuza}}'' franchise. Gray suit, red shirt, white shoes. Even after getting out of prison, he seems in no rush to update his wardrobe from what he's been wearing since the 80s.

** Phoenix IS seen without his blue jacket once. For some reason, he's even wearing it when he's not on a case, as proven by the fact that he still has his Attorney's badge during those times. Same goes for his successor Apollo. Lampshaded when somebody impersonates him just by getting a blue suit.

* ''VideoGame/TouhouProject'' is kind of weird about this; characters generally wear ''slightly different'' outfits in every appearance. Sometimes characters will wear the same thing in more than one game, and there's been a couple of overhauls, but the overall impression is that most people in Gensoukyou have closets full of not-quite-identical clothes.

* In most of the ''VideoGame/{{Hitman}}'' series, 47 seems to have only a black suit with pants, black shoes, white shirt, and a red tie. When he does change his outfit to disguise himself, he doesn't take those clothes back home and is seen in the next mission with the same default black suit over and over. On one occasion in the game where he actually doesn't wear it is in ''VideoGame/Hitman2SilentAssassin'' when he's working for a church as a janitor/gardener and starts the game with a worker overall and a white shirt underneath. Finally averted in ''[[Videogame/HitmanAbsolution Absolution]]'', where he starts switching up the actual outfit while staying on the theme of "black suit, white shirt."

* Most of the playable characters in the ''VideoGame/SlyCooper'' games have this; having outfits that change very little between games.

* The protagonist of ''VideoGame/{{Phantasmagoria}}'' and [[VideoGame/Phantasmagoria2 its sequel]] never changes his outfit, despite the action taking place over the course of several days. Especially apparent since this is an ''FMV adventure game''.

* In ''VideoGame/{{Homescapes}}'', Austin complains about getting his white shirt dirty while cleaning the upstairs living room, then comments that it's a good thing he has a dozen more just like it.

* ''Franchise/{{Persona}}'':

* Desmond's closet in the first ''VideoGame/AssassinsCreed'' game contains nothing but the same kinds of blue jeans and white hoodies he wears throughout the game. [[LampshadeHanging He even comments on it]]. The lack of variation is somewhat justified by the fact that he's being held prisoner at the time; although it doesn't explain why his captors saw fit to supply him with duplicates of the outfit he's implied to have been wearing when he was kidnapped, or [[spoiler: why he continues wearing it after being broken out at the start of the second game]].

* Everyone in ''VideoGame/LoveAndPies'' wears the same clothes all throughout the game, and Kate notably wears her detective outfit on top of her dino costume.

* Hero John R. Blade from ''VideoGame/{{SiN}}'' wears the exact same gear throughout the game, but can don a worker suit when infiltrating a chemical plant. He goes [[MagicPants loincloth]] when mutated, but magically regrows his uniform again when de-mutated.
* ''Franchise/KingdomHearts'': Except for a few cases, characters change clothes only in different games, and there's plenty of examples where they don't even bother with that.
** Most of the Organization XIII members are exclusively seen with their signature BlackCloak. To be fair, the cloak has an important function for their line of work (it prevents darkness from affecting its wearers when they are using the Corridors of Darkness) and is not just for show. Roxas is a notable exception, since he is prominently seen in his civilian outfit in ''[[VideoGame/KingdomHeartsII II]]''. ''[[VideoGame/KingdomHeartsBirthBySleep Birth by Sleep]]'' has Braig (Xigbar), Even (Vexen), Aeleus (Lexaeus), Ienzo (Zexion), Lea (Axel), and Isa (Saïx) wearing civilian clothing, though they are all technically different characters. In ''[[VideoGame/KingdomHeartsIII III]]'', Lea is given a casual wear by Yen Sid, but [[StatusQuoIsGod chooses to keep wearing the black cloak]]. He only begins to wear the new outfit during the epilogue, where we also first sees Xion outside of her cloak.
** Throughout the series, Naminé's only costume is a plain white-colored sundress and matching shoes.
** Terra, Ventus, and Aqua are also seen with only one outfit throughout the series. Apparently, they didn't bother to change clothes as they grew up: a flashback four years prior to ''Birth by Sleep'' shows them in the exact same clothes.
* ''VideoGame/TheSims''
** In ''VideoGame/TheSims2'' and ''[[VideoGame/TheSims3 3]]'', Sims only normally wear one each of a preset number of outfits (one set of "Everyday" clothes, one set of "Underwear", etc.) The player can make them change one of these outfits, but even if the Sim in question owns every piece of clothing available to him/her, he/she will never wear a different outfit of a given type unless the player explicitly tells him/her to. In the first ''Sims'' game, however, Sims only had one outfit that they could wear.
** In ''VideoGame/TheSims4'', Sims are allowed up to 5 outfits in each category, which means 40 outfits in total. Most players rarely bother with filling up most of these slots, though.
* In ''VideoGame/TalesOfSymphonia'':
** Certain titles (which impact the characters' stats) will change the characters' outfits, but this is generally a bad idea for actual gameplay purposes as these titles convey no benefit. Most titles, including the ones your average player will actually want to use for practical purposes, show them in their "regular" outfits.
** The sequel, ''VideoGame/TalesOfSymphoniaDawnOfTheNewWorld'' takes place 2 years after the previous game, but every single character from before look and dress exactly the same.
* ''VideoGame/ThousandArms'' had quite a bit of LampshadeHanging of this trope. For example, one question in the DatingSim portion of the game had an answer of "I've been wearing the same clothes the whole game!"
* Humorously lampshaded in the first ''VideoGame/GabrielKnight'' game: Gabe's character was designed to wear a bitchin' leather trenchcoat, which he wears whenever he goes outside. Not a problem, except it's June. In ''New Orleans''. Per his assistant Grace: "I wish you wouldn't wear that coat in June. I can smell you from here."

* Most of the playable characters in the ''VideoGame/SlyCooper'' games have this; having outfits that change very little between games.
** Sly wears the same blue cap, black mask, and blue shirt during all games (he's even seen wearing it as a kid when growing up in an orphanage), the only difference being a red backpack worn in [[VideoGame/SlyCooperAndTheThieviusRaccoonus the first game]]. About the only time he changes clothes is when in disguise and even then it's usually only for one mission or so per level.
** Carmelita Fox often wears a blue halter top & pants, boots, and a leather jacket and gloves. About the only variation to this is when she adds a knit cap during one of the Canadian levels in [[VideoGame/Sly2BandOfThieves the second game]]. She does have a LittleBlackDress she wears during formal occasions, but it's rarely seen.
* [[Franchise/SuperMarioBros Mario and crew]] all wear the same outfit all the time -- even when swimming. There are a few exceptions, such as Dr. Mario having his white lab coat. Peach, Daisy and Rosalina also have a shorts/skirt and T-shirt ensemble for sports (or a mini-dress depending on the game), a jumpsuit for riding motorcycles, a leotard for swimming and doing gymnastics, AND a set of Strikers armor (because soccer in the Mushroom Kingdom is just that vicious). The eighth generation finally gave all the characters appropriate gear for the different sports.
* ''VideoGame/{{Touhou}}'' is kind of weird about this; characters generally wear ''slightly different'' outfits in every appearance. Sometimes characters will wear the same thing in more than one game, and there's been a couple of overhauls, but the overall impression is that most people in Gensoukyou have closets full of not-quite-identical clothes.
** Rika of the second game is notable in that she averts this despite appearing in exactly one game, changing from a red-dominant to a purple dominant outfit in the extra stage. This is reflected to a large extent in her fanart, where she has ''dozens of different outfits'', and no less than four different hats.
* VideoGame/{{Donkey Kong}}'s sole article of clothing is always one big red tie.
* ''Franchise/StreetFighter'' does this a bit. Ryu is only ever seen in a karate gi (apparently, it's all he ''has'' to wear), Sakura still wears a schoolgirl uniform even when she's supposed to be ''20'', Dan only ever wears a pink gi, and even when M. Bison [[GrandTheftMe changes bodies]], he's always got the same getup. Not to mention Zangief running around in a Speedo... in the cold Russian north... at playgrounds full of children...
* Averted with one character in ''VideoGame/TheKingOfFighters'' games: [[VideoGame/PsychoSoldier Athena]] [[ActionFashionista receives new costumes with every sequel]], likely due to her status as [[IdolSinger a J-pop idol]]. This also holds true to the [[VideoGame/SNKVsCapcom crossover games]] and the ''Maximum Impact'' games (but not the other AlternateContinuity, ''The King of Fighters EX'' [[note]]where Athena reuses her attire from ''[='99=]'' and ''2000''[[/note]]). Other characters such as Kyo, [[VideoGame/FatalFury Terry]], [[VideoGame/ArtOfFighting Robert]], and [[VideoGame/PsychoSoldier Kensou]] also have gotten new duds as the series has progressed, but not at the same frequency as Athena (usually only at the start of a new StoryArc and sometimes not even then). The rest of the cast either [[IconicOutfit falls squarely]] [[ClothesMakeTheLegend into this trope]] or gradually undergoes CostumeEvolution over the years, with some of the most notable design shakeups coming in ''XII'', ''XIII'', and ''XIV''.
* Since, unlike most {{M|assivelyMultiplayerOnlineRolePlayingGame}}MORPGs, the outfits in ''VideoGame/CityOfHeroes'' are unrelated to actual equipment (which exists in a more abstract form) and mostly determined at character creation, each hero is generally stuck with one outfit (possible with a PaletteSwap if the character is in a supergroup). You can pay a hefty sum of money to change things around, but then you have to pay as much to change it back again. As you gain levels, you are rewarded with additional costume slots, which allow you to change outfits at will. In a sense, this makes it a kind of character defect that you eventually buy off.
* ''{{Franchise/Disgaea}}''. Most of the female characters have more than one outfit, but for the guys, it's to the point where Laharl ''[[FridgeLogic sleeps with shoes on]].''
* The protagonist of ''VideoGame/{{Phantasmagoria 2}}'' never changes his outfit, despite the action taking place over the course of several days. Especially apparent since this is an ''FMV adventure game''.
** Ditto the first ''{{VideoGame/Phantasmagoria}}''.

** In ''A Wonderful Life'', Takakura wears the exact same pants with the holes in the knees for ''thirty years''... heh.

** In ''HM:DS Cute'', the different outfits are a PaletteSwap.
* Hilariously lampshaded/exaggerated in ''VideoGame/RuneFactoryFrontier'':
-->'''Bianca''': You're always wearing the same clothes. You smell.
-->'''Raguna''': Wh-what?! But aren't you always wearing the same thing, too?
-->'''Bianca''': I NEVER wear the same thing twice. I like the design of this outfit, [[HandWave so I had HUNDREDS of it made for me]].
-->'''Raguna''':...Oh.
* The [[VideoGame/BackyardSports Backyard Kids]] wear the same clothes every game (except when their design is changed), so they wear the same clothes when they are ''playing football'' as they do when they are ''skateboarding''. And even then, over ''multiple seasons''.
* Subverted in ''VideoGame/{{Prototype}}'' where although you can only have one other disguise aside from the default Alex, you can consume a different human image to replace your previous alternate ready-to-wear outfit, of which the Manhattan you're in has much to offer.
** Almost double subverted, as lot of these variations are merely {{palette swap}}s.

* In contrast to [[VideoGame/DragonAgeOrigins the first game]], every character in ''VideoGame/DragonAgeII'' sticks with their default outfit (the Codex explains that [[PlayerCharacter Hawke]] doesn't get to choose what his/her friends wear), except for generally one or two plot-relevant changes:
** Most party members get at least a minor accessory (usually including a [[TheLadysFavour red scarf]]) if you complete their RomanceSidequest. Isabela gets a red scarf on her arm, added shoulder armor and a black corset over her top. Fenris wears the Amell crest on his belt and the red scarf on his wrist. Merrill, by contrast, switches outfits entirely to an odd white-and-silver construction.
** Anders gets a PaletteSwap from greys to black after his personal quest in chapter 3, symbolizing his [[spoiler:final decision to go through with [[KnightTemplar his]] [[WellIntentionedExtremist suicidal]] [[DarkMessiah plan]].]]
** Bethany or Carver [[spoiler:each get some sort of costume switch if they don't die in the Deep Roads, either Circle mage robes or a Grey Warden uniform for Bethany, and either Templar plate or a Grey Warden uniform for Carver.]]
** Aveline goes from her sleeveless prologue outfit to a Guardswoman's plate armor in act 1 and [[spoiler:the Captain's uniform in act 2.]]
* Slightly lampshaded in ''VideoGame/CrisisCore''. A [[BeachEpisode Costa Del Sol Vacation]] has both Zack and Cissnei in new swim wear costumes. But Tseng comes in the same full Turk suit he has for the entire game. A DMW memory has Zack asking Cissnei later why Tseng wears the full suit in the tropical weather.
* ''VideoGame/TheDarksideDetective'': Due to the sprite-based graphics, [=McQueen=] and Dooley almost invariably wear exactly the same outfits -- detective trenchcoat for [=McQueen=], police uniform for Dooley -- regardless of where they are or what they're doing. In ''The Darkside Detective: A Fumble in the Dark'', when they're on holiday in Ireland, there's a lampshade hanging of the fact that Dooley is still in uniform and depicted with his gun holster despite the different gun carry laws in Ireland. (He does end up spending most of the Irish adventure in a different outfit, though, for plot related reasons.)
* ''VideoGame/DeadlyPremonition'': Nearly all the [=NPCs=] wear only one outfit for the entire game regardless of time, location, or weather; the ones that do have different outfits change them only for plot reasons (Emily changing into a slinky black dress for dinner, the "goddesses of the forest" changing into red dresses, etc...). Averted with York, as you can have him wear any of a number of suits and have it reflected in the cutscenes; [[spoiler:but played straight with Zach, who cannot change suits]].
* Arle Nadja from ''VideoGame/PuyoPuyo''. She always wears the same outfit, and in ''Puyo Puyo 2'', when meeting the Banshee Trio in easy mode in their new outfits, she tells them that she "just wears the same clothes 365 days a year".
* ''{{VideoGame/Persona 4}}'':
** Daisuke Nagase in always wears his soccer uniform, even if he's not in school. He even wears it while [[spoiler:playing a basketball game to try and cheer up Kou.]]
** In one of Marie's social link scenes, she points out that Chie and Yukiko are both wearing the same green and red outfits that they were when she first met them, even referring to them by the names "Green" and "Red." This results in an extended gag in which all go out shopping for new clothes, only for them to keep picking outfits of the same colors, or Chie in instance picking blue and yellow clothing, which is pointed out would mix to make green.
* ''VideoGame/{{Persona 5}}'': Most of the party has 4 outfits: A summer school uniform, a winter school uniform, a casual summer outfit, and a casual winter outfit. Just about everyone else has ''one'' outfit. For instance, Sae Niijima wears the exact same clothes in April as every other time you see her, including half a year later when she interrogates you. She wears the same clothes at work, at home, when she goes out for coffee, and so on.

* In most of the ''VideoGame/{{Hitman}}'' series, 47 seems to have only a black suit with pants, black shoes, white shirt, and a red tie. When he does change his outfit to disguise himself, he doesn't take those clothes back home and is seen in the next mission with the same default black suit over and over. On one occasion in the game where he actually doesn't wear it is in ''Videogame/Hitman2SilentAssassin'' when he's working for a church as a janitor/gardener and starts the game with a worker overall and a white shirt underneath. Finally averted in ''[[Videogame/HitmanAbsolution Absolution]]'', where he starts switching up the actual outfit while staying on the theme of "black suit, white shirt."
* ''Franchise/TheLegendOfZelda'' is notable for having all the various Links ending up in the traditional green tunic and hat for some reason, if he doesn't already wear it from the start. The 3D games have mixed it up a bit, such as having different colors tunics or being able to change back into what Link was wearing before. In ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaSkywardSword'', Link's limited wardrobe is taken even further: Link is actually shown going to sleep and waking up in the same clothing he wears all day. He does change to a different outfit early in the game -- his traditional green ensemble -- but this only serves to make it more ridiculous, since he is thereafter [[TwentyFourHourArmor shown sleeping in his chain mail]].
* In ''VisualNovel/KatawaShoujo'', the girls typically have one casual outfit each, which they often wear for days on end. Lilly is possibly the best example, as she changes into her casual outfit of a peach off-the-shoulder sweater and a long tan skirt the most often, and [[spoiler:the outfit is the first thing he notices about her when she visits him in the hospital in the Good Ending]]. Hisao himself seems to only have one outfit- of a blue argyle sweater vest, a button down shirt and khaki pants.
* ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyX2'': it's been two years since ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyX'', and the protagonists are pretty much the only people who have bought new outfits in that time.
* This is LampShaded in ''VideoGame/DissidiaFinalFantasyOperaOmnia''. It features many characters from across the series, some of whom are either lightly dressed or in downright tropical attire--which causes some complaints when they reach the Snowy Peaks of Crudelis. Later, Laguna asks how the Warrior of Light can stand walking around a blazing desert in full armor.
* ''VisualNovel/HigurashiWhenTheyCry'' has every single character only have one causal outfit throughout the course of an eight chapter game series. This could possibly be explained away by Hinamizawa being a small Japanese town in the boonies.
* Everyone in the ''VideoGame/{{Delicious}}'' series has one day outfit, one set of pajamas, etc. Played for laughs in ''Delicious 8: Emily's Wonder Wedding'' when Francois gives Emily an identical dress during her bridal shower and she thanks him and says that she didn't have that one yet.
* ''VideoGame/HiddenExpedition'': Continuing character Sam (from the Eipix-created games in the series) always wears a green plaid shirt.
** Lampshaded in the bonus chapter of ''VideoGame/HiddenExpedition 12: The Eternal Emperor'' when going through Sam's bag reveals half a dozen identical shirts.
* An honest-to-god plot point in ''VideoGame/GodEaterBurst''. Fabric is pretty hard to come by AfterTheEnd when Aragami exist to absorb and break down pretty much all matter. This goes double for the titular God Eaters; it's [[AllThereInTheManual revealed in side materials]] that their clothes have to be treated with Bias Factor, otherwise their own God Arc would [[HungryMenace consume]] it directly off their own bodies; this isn't an easy thing to do, so most only have one outfit, even if it's impractical or skimpy. Lampshaded in the sequel, where Alisa explains all this to justify why she's wearing a one-size-too-small top when she [[{{Fanservice}} can't zip it down]] [[{{Underboobs}} over her chest]] - there was a paperwork snafu when it was being requisitioned and it's the only top she has.
* The characters in ''VisualNovel/TheLetter'' always wear the same clothes, due to not having varying sprites. Egregious in one scene where Isabella is supposed to be in her pajamas, but her portrait still shows her in her regular outfit.
* Lampshaded in ''VideoGame/MedievalCop 3: The Princess and the Grump''. If you examine the right-hand dresser in Dregg's room he states "I don't know why I even bother buying clothes. I just wear these everyday."
* ''VideoGame/{{Fallout 4}}'' allows you to dress your numerous companions in whatever you want, from head to toe body-armor to a simple tuxedo. Except Nick Valentine, who cannot have his easily identifiable trenchcoat and hat changed or removed.

* In ''Homescapes'' Austin complains about getting his white shirt dirty while cleaning the upstairs living room, then comments that it's a good thing he has a dozen more just like it.

* ''VisualNovel/HeartOfTheWoods'' takes place over the course of a month-long trip to Eysenfeld, and except for three occasions- [[spoiler:Madison becoming Fairy Queen, Abigail borrowing Madison's clothes after returning to life and the cast going to the beach in the good ending]]- everyone's clothes stay the same. Lampshaded in the demo version, when one scene involving a chibified Tara and Madison has Tara asking Madison why she's wearing a winter coat indoors; Madison says that they didn't feel the need to make a sprite of her dressed less warmly for a scene that won't appear in the final version of the game.
* ''VisualNovel/HighwayBlossoms'' takes over a few weeks, and the ''Next Exit'' DLC takes place over a few days, but everyone wears the same clothes all the time, except for Amber and Marina changing into night time clothes around bedtime. In Marina's case, this is justified, since she didn't have any changes of clothes with her when her car broke down, and borrowed Amber's old gym clothes to wear at night. In ''Next Exit'', Cassi has two outfits- her work uniform and casual clothes
* ''VideoGame/HugosHouseOfHorrors'': Averted in ''Jungle of Doom'', when Penelope tells Hugo to change his clothes, as they clash with the jungle scenery. He changes into a dark red outfit and straw hat.
* ''VisualNovel/FateStayNight'': Almost everyone has, at most, two sets of clothes (typically school, armor, armor/casual, or school uniform/casual, or in Illya's case, cold-weather/normal). Other, non-standard outfits are Illya's Dress of Heaven, Rin's bedclothes, and the occasional birthday suit.
* In the ''Franchise/AceAttorney'' series almost no character is ever seen in a new outfit unless they change jobs.
** Phoenix IS seen without his blue jacket once. For some reason, he's even wearing it when he's not on a case, as proven by the fact that he still has his Attorney's badge during those times. Same goes for his successor Apollo. Lampshaded when somebody impersonates him just by getting a blue suit.
** Averted for the first time by ''[[VisualNovel/PhoenixWrightAceAttorneyDualDestinies Dual Destinies]]'' defendant Juniper Woods, who ordinarily wears a dress and sunhat, but wears a SailorFuku when at school. Trucy even mentions in Case 2 in an offhand conversation that she doesn't always walk around dressed as a magician, such as at school.
* Lampshaded in ''VideoGame/{{EarthBound|1994}}'', where an NPC says, "Every time I see you, you're wearing the same clothes. Do you wash them, or what?"
* Lampshaded by Riannon in ''VisualNovel/TearsToTiara'', when she tells Arawn that, despite appearances, she changes clothes every day and all of her dresses are slightly different (we don't see the closet, though). When she finds out that Arawn has been wearing the same clothes day in and day out for the past ten days, she, Octavia, and Limwris force him into the bath and give him a good scrubbing.

* Larry Laffer and his leisure suit. At least in ''VideoGame/LeisureSuitLarry6ShapeUpOrSlipOut'' he indeed has a whole wardrobe of such identical suits in his room.

* In the first ''VideoGame/GabrielKnight'' game we see the inside of Gabriel's closet, which is all identical white t-shirts and blue jeans.
* ''VideoGame/{{Catherine}}'': Protagonist Vincent has a hanger with drying laundry on it in his apartment. All pink-spotted boxers.
* In the trailer for ''[[VideoGame/PlantsVsZombies Plants vs. Zombies 2]]'', Crazy Dave's closet contains multiple identical sets of clothing, including several ''[[BucketHelmet saucepans]]'' on the top shelf.
* Desmond's closet in the first ''VideoGame/AssassinsCreed'' game contains nothing but the same kinds of blue jeans and white hoodies he wears throughout the game. [[LampshadeHanging He even comments on it]]. The lack of variation is somewhat justified by the fact that he's being held prisoner at the time; although it doesn't explain why his captors saw fit to supply him with duplicates of the outfit he's implied to have been wearing when he was kidnapped, or [[spoiler: why he continues wearing it after being broken out at the start of the second game]].
* In ''VideoGame/{{Hades}}'', when Zagreus confronts [[spoiler:Hades]], he wonders how they could have so many capes to burn during their confrontation. When Zagreus gets permission to enter [[spoiler:Hades']] room, he inspects the closet and confirms his suspicion that there is nothing but red capes inside.
* ''VideoGame/LoveOfMagic'': Played straight and lampshaded for MC, who wears a black T-shirt and jeans whenever possible. Most of his companions have at least two outfits, their normal wear around Edinburgh and whatever they wear to fight in Elsewhere.

* Peach, in ''VideoGame/{{Paper Mario|64}}'', is revealed to have a wardrobe of identical dresses. When Twink [[LampshadeHanging points this out]], Peach explains that they're actually all different. (When Mario enters the castle, it's possible to enter her room and have ''him'' check out her attire: he comes to the same conclusion as Twink.) The only times she's out of her dress are in ''The Thousand Year Door'': when she's in disguise, hidden by a shower curtain, [[InvisibleStreaker or invisible]].
* Lampshaded in ''VideoGame/EarthBound'', where an NPC says, "Every time I see you, you're wearing the same clothes. Do you wash them, or what?"

* In ''{{VideoGame/Shenmue}}'', if you look in Ryo's wardrobe you'll find nothing but white T-shirts and blue jeans, just like the ones he's wearing. His jacket, however, is one of a kind. (Then again, nobody else ever changes their clothes either.)
* Lampshaded by Riannon in ''VisualNovel/TearsToTiara'', when she tells Arawn that, despite appearances, she changes clothes every day and all of her dresses are slightly different (we don't see the closet, though). When she finds out that Arawn has been wearing the same clothes day in and day out for the past ten days, she, Octavia, and Limwris force him into the bath and give him a good scrubbing.
* In the ''Franchise/AceAttorney'' series almost no character is ever seen in a new outfit unless they change jobs.
** Phoenix IS seen without his blue jacket once. For some reason, he's even wearing it when he's not on a case, as proven by the fact that he still has his Attorney's badge during those times. Same goes for his successor Apollo. Lampshaded when somebody impersonates him just by getting a blue suit.
** Averted for the first time by ''[[VisualNovel/PhoenixWrightAceAttorneyDualDestinies Dual Destinies]]'' defendant Juniper Woods, who ordinarily wears a dress and sunhat, but wears a SailorFuku when at school. Trucy even mentions in Case 2 in an offhand conversation that she doesn't always walk around dressed as a magician, such as at school.

* ''{{VideoGame/Catherine}}'': Protagonist Vincent has a hanger with drying laundry on it in his apartment. All pink-spotted boxers.

* This is LampShaded in ''VideoGame/DissidiaFinalFantasyOperaOmnia''. It features LoadsAndLoadsOfCharacters from across the series, some of whom are either lightly dressed or in downright tropical attire--which causes some complaints when they reach the Snowy Peaks of Crudelis. Later, Laguna asks how the Warrior of Light can stand walking around a blazing desert in full armor.

* [[Franchise/SuperMarioBros Mario and crew]] all wear the same outfit all the time -- even when swimming. There are a few exceptions, such as Dr. Mario having his white lab coat. Peach, Daisy and Rosalina also have a shorts and T-shirt ensemble for sports (or a mini-dress depending on the game), a jumpsuit for riding motorcycles, a leotard for swimming and doing gymnastics, AND a set of Strikers armor (because soccer in the Mushroom Kingdom is just that vicious). The eighth generation finally gave all the characters appropriate gear for the different sports.

* [[Franchise/SuperMarioBros Mario and crew]] all wear the same outfit all the time -- even when swimming. There are a few exceptions, such as Dr. Mario having his white lab coat. Peach and the other Princesses also have a shorts and T-shirt ensemble for sports, a jumpsuit for riding motorcycles, a leotard for swimming and doing gymnastics, AND a set of Strikers armor (because soccer in the Mushroom Kingdom is just that vicious). The eighth generation finally gave the characters appropriate gear for the different sports.