History Main / MemeticOutfit

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An outfit that, for whatever reason, sticks in the mind of the audience forever. This can happen even if it's not intended to be embarrassing or funny, but simply a strange fashion choice that is never commented on by anyone else... except fans. The character might never wear it again, nor even anything like it. Maybe the wardrobe people or artists were just bored one day. There's just something unique, inappropriate or just plain odd. Very rarely, the producers are aware of it, and it may become a sort of alternate outfit if a similar situation lets the makers bring it out again.

It can be even more noticeable in a character who [[LimitedWardrobe rarely wears anything else]]. {{Nice Hat}}s and CoolShades are especially prone to this.

Sometimes the popularity of these outfits make the writers have the character wear the outfit as much as possible. Then you have ClothesMakeTheLegend. Being remembered for ''lack'' of clothing would ([[FanDisservice probably]]) be BestKnownForTheFanservice.

Compare IconicItem. If what the character is called is itself derived from the outfit, in the PersonWithTheClothing.
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[[folder:Anime & Manga]]
* Haruhi in ''Manga/OuranHighSchoolHostClub'' is first seen by the viewer in a plain, ugly sweater and glasses combo with messy hair. This is explained by a long string of coincidences and Haruhi's overall disinterest in fashion. Fans responded to the unflattering outfit she wears in the series by dubbing her "[[FanNickname Haruhi]] [[Literature/HarryPotter Potter]]."
* ''Manga/{{Bleach}}'': Urahara's [[CoolHat hat]]. Also the black outfits they all wear, and Byakuya's weird... hair thingies.
* ''Manga/SailorMoon''
** That has got to be the most memetic outfit ever. She even has MemeticHair.
** There's also Sailor Mars's civilian outfit, a miko priestess outfit that is in some ways more recognizable than her Senshi uniform.
* The ''Manga/TokyoMewMew'' animators weren't so good with costume design, so most clothes that didn't first appear in the manga got weird looks. One recurring outfit, a white and lime green hooded top given to the resident [[AllGirlsWantBadBoys bad boy]], stuck out so much (both for the color scheme and for being out of character) that it appeared again, in a ''Manga/TanteiGakuenQ'' ending theme, worn by his [[ActorAllusion same-voiced]] {{Expy}}.
* ''Manga/DragonBall Z''
** The fandom is ''never'' going to let Vegeta live down the bright pink "Bad Man" shirt. The outfit was such an odd choice, the dub adds a line with Vegeta being defensive about it. It wouldn't have been quite as memorable if it hadn't been for those retina-searing yellow pants and green shoes that went with it.
** Goku, Gohan, and Goten's signature orange gi is pretty memetic itself. Also, the battle armor with shoulder wings/spandex underwear that the Ginyu Force, Nappa, and Zarbon all wear.
** Piccolo's turban, white cape, and purple gi.
* ''Manga/MahouSenseiNegima''
** [[ActionGirl Setsuna]] was once made to wear a [[{{Moe}} cute]] alternate {{catgirl}} [[{{Meido}} maid]] costume to make her more attractive to the crowd watching her fights. She started wearing it later for no reason other than being popular with the readers -- the [[TransformationTrinket Pactio]] can be registered with a variety of outfits for battle. Maybe [[BodyguardCrush Konoka]] liked it...
* LightNovel/HaruhiSuzumiya's SailorFuku, complete with yellow ribbon, is so universally known in the anime fandom, you'll get wry looks if you cannot immediately recognize the ''color patterns'' like [[http://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/otaku.png here]].
* ''Anime/CodeGeass''
** Lelouch vi Britannia's NiceHat after he [[spoiler:became Emperor of Britannia]] started a fanclub... before the episode aired. That entire outfit he wore is also quite distinctive, having been described as a cross between pope and old-fashioned sea captain, resulting in him being drawn in it whenever he shows up in new fan art, as opposed to his old Zero outfit, which was already quite memetic by itself.
* Sakura from ''Manga/CardcaptorSakura'' has her [[DressedAllInRubber rubber]] CatGirl {{Meido}} outfit, among others... In fact, in the series the same outfit is never used twice, which is done on purpose.
* ''Anime/TengenToppaGurrenLagann'' Kamina's CoolShades and ragged BadassCape.
* In ''Manga/{{Minami-ke}}'', Kana's "I AM BOSS" T-shirt led to her FanNickname.
* The mechanized Bonta-kun outfit probably gets more attention than most ''LightNovel/FullMetalPanic'' characters do naturally. It is, [[JustifiedTrope after all]], a [[ClothesMakeTheSuperman super suit]] in a [[MohsScaleOfScienceFictionHardness fairly hard science]] (for mecha combat) universe.
* Knuckles' wonderful, wonderful hat from the ''{{Anime/Sonic the Hedgehog|theMovie}}'' OVA.
** It even carried over to the AlternateTimeline [[Comicbook/ArchieComicsSonicTheHedgehog comic]] story ''Mobius: 25 Years Later'', where it's finally complemented with a form-fitting gray sleeveless jumpsuit (with his trademark white chest swoosh on the front), CrocodileDundee-esque leather vest, cowboy belt, and brown leather boots. It's become a MemeticOutfit of its own.
** It appeared briefly in the regular timeline too, as a piece of clothing once worn by an ancestor of his. According to one letters page, the reason he never wears it is so it won't get damaged.
* Ryoma's outfit from ''Manga/GetterRobo Armageddon'' was supposed to be a reference to Shinichi from ''MajuSensen'', another series by KenIshikawa, but the popularity of the OVA [[WeirdAlEffect led to the iconic outfit being attributed to him instead]].
* ''Manga/DetectiveConan'': Conan Edogawa's suit and bowtie. He did had a case of LimitedWardrobe earlier, but even now he has a larger variety of clothes, his suit and bowtie not only means him, but also the entire meaning of GreatDetective. In modern comedic manga, changing to Conan's suit ''means'' s/he's going into GreatDetective mode.
* ''Manga/AxisPowersHetalia''
** England, in a single strip and most likely not in his right mind, dresses up in an angel outfit and calls himself "Britannia Angel". Only in one short strip did he do this, but there are a ''lot'' of fanworks of Britannia Angel.
** Also, England scores again with his "Sexy Waiter" outfit, which is basically the lower half of a [[NakedApron Hadaka Apron]].
** And then there's his BlackMagic get-up, aka [[BlackCloak the cloak]] that seems to come with its own DramaticWind.
** Poland crossdresses a grand total of three times in the entire series. The extent to which he does it fanart is....much, much higher.
** Canada is commonly depicted in his military uniform... even though he has yet to actually wear it in the strips or anime.
* Rena's [[NiceHat hat]] from ''VisualNovel/HigurashiNoNakuKoroNi'' is quite popular. Likewise her main outfit.
** [[FanserviceWithASmile Angel Mort's uniform]] is also quite popular. Only Shion and Rika ([[CustomUniform sort of]]) actually wear it in the story, but every single girl of the series has been portrayed at least once with it in extras or goodies. Hell, even the guys ([[FanDisservice yes, Ooishi too]]) had to wear it in a manga omake.
* ''VisualNovel/UminekoNoNakuKoroNi''
** And now we've got George's [[ShoutOut TOMITAKE]] [[VisualNovel/HigurashiNoNakuKoroNi FLASH]]! shirt.
** Kinzo's [[spoiler:and Battler]]'s cape is also fast-approaching this status.
* ''Anime/FullMetalAlchemist''[[MemeticMutation TINY MINISKIRTS]]! So memetic, they don't even have to be ''worn'' in the series.
* ''Anime/MobileSuitGundamSeedDestiny'' Yuna Roma Seiran's bright yellow pajamas mix this with {{Narm}} and FashionVictimVillain.
* In ''Manga/RanmaOneHalf'', the title character wears a wide variety of outfits throughout the course of the anime. He is likewise depicted wearing Chinese tangs in a variety of colors in promotional artwork for the manga. [[{{Fanon}} Try asking some fanfiction authors if he wears anything but his iconic red shirt]].
* The Knight Sabers in the original ''Anime/BubblegumCrisis'' OVA had a variety of casual outfits, but the most memorable would probably be Linna's "cow sweater" and Sylia's inexplicably midriff-baring high-collared blouse.
** The 2040 version of Sylia had a Little Red Dress with AbsoluteCleavage that stuck in viewers' memory.
* ''Manga/BlackButler''Ciel probably has more fan artwork of him in the [[{{Crossdresser}} dress]] he wore to the Viscount Druitt's ball than any other outfit he's worn. Cosplayers seem to love this outfit, too. Turns out [[http://www.amazon.co.jp/gp/product/B003XDT3RW?ie=UTF8&tag=pixiv-bn5-22&linkCode=as2&camp=247&creative=7399&creativeASIN=B003XDT3RW the creators liked it enough to base a figure on it.]]
* Four of the five main cast members of ''Anime/LupinIII'' get memetic outfits:
** Lupin's red or green jacket paired with black or white pants and a black or blue shirt and necktie -- which is doubly famous thanks to [[ShinichiWatanabe Nabeshin's]] AuthorAvatar wearing it... Hell, you don't even have to mention the name itself, all you have to say is "The Red Jacket" and a lot of people will instantly know what you're talking about.
** Jigen's dark suit with the fedora slouched over his eyes;
** Goemon's yukata and hakama;
** and Zenigata's conservative brown plainclothes suit, trenchcoat and fedora.
** Fujiko's doesn't wear her iconic black SpyCatsuit as much as the other four wear their outfits, but it's still memetic.
* The black outfits Section 9 wear in the VFormationTeamShot from the opening to the second season of ''Anime/GhostInTheShellStandAloneComplex''.
* ''LightNovel/{{Durarara}}''
** Shizuo Heiwajima is inseparably linked with his [[LimitedWardrobe endless supply of]] [[WaistcoatOfStyle bartender's uniforms]] to the point that they've wormed their way into both his [[FanNickname fandom]] (the Gartender) ''and'' [[RedBaron canon]] (God of Destruction in a Bartender Suit) nicknames.
** Also Celty's Kitty-Cat-Eared yellow biking helmet, which was a joke by the illustrater but loved so much by the animators that it became her stock outfit in the Anime. And no, the cat ears don't have anything to do with anything, especially when you know that Celty is a [[HumanoidAbomination Dullahan]].
* Going by fan works, one would think that Fate of ''MagicalGirlLyricalNanoha'' wears her [[LeotardOfPower New Sonic Form outfit]] whenever she goes in battle, as opposed to it being a rarely used last resort kinda thing. [[{{Fanservice}} One could only]] [[{{Stripperiffic}} wonder why...]]
* ''Anime/{{Pokemon}}''
** All of Ash's main outfits count, but his Ashley and {{meido}} outfits are remembered even though he only wore them once each.
** Wait, no mention of the iconic [[NiceHat Poké Ball-colored hat]]?
** Misty is most remembered in her original style for the anime, even more so than any of her game looks. ''VideoGame/SuperSmashBros.'' even had her trophy with it, despite everything else being game-based.
* ''Manga/NabariNoOu'': Raikou's infamous [[http://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/WAAAAT_1901.png "USA-CHAN" outfit]]. It's amazingly well-known for something he was only shown wearing for a ''single panel'' in the manga.
* ''LightNovel/SpiceAndWolf'': Horo is often remembered in either a purple long dress or... [[BestKnownForTheFanservice nothing...]]
* The Protect Gears from ''Anime/JinRohTheWolfBrigade'' and the rest of MamoruOshii's ''Kerberos Saga'' are {{Heavily Armored Mook}}s with [[GasMaskMooks gas masks]], {{red|EyesTakeWarning}} GlowingEyesOfDoom and an AmmunitionBackpack while toting [[{{BFG}} MG]]-[[MoreDakka 42]]s. Their distinct appearance has influenced the [[{{Killzone}} Helghast]] to the point where they're often confused for the other.
* ''Manga/OnePiece'' Pretty much ALL of male the Strawhat Pirates outfits are notable and memorable considering they don't change until well into the manga. And of course the [[NiceHat Strawhat itself]].
* After an episode of ''VideoGame/MegaManBattleNetwork'' had most of the main cast (yes, even the males) {{Cosplay}} as [[VirtualCelebrity Aki-chan]] to serve as decoys, with some of them looking patently ridiculous, drawing various characters in that cosplay caught on. Including characters who originally didn't do the cosplay in that particular episode, and ''especially'' characters who look even ''more'' ridiculous in it.
* ''VideoGame/InazumaEleven'' had a gag where Endou's mom wrote "Endou" in marker across the back of a pair of his boxers in embarrassingly large handwriting, to ensure he wouldn't get his laundry mixed up with anyone else's at an overnight training camp. That pair of boxers tends to show up in fan works as GoofyPrintUnderwear whenever a ComedicUnderwearExposure gag has Endou as one of the victims.
* ''Anime/PuellaMagiMadokaMagica''
** Madoka is quite often drawn in the [[spoiler:white-dressed form she unveils when superpowered in the final episode, often referred to as "Goddess Madoka"]]. This outfit showed for probably about 2 seconds.
** Madoka's red hair ribbon becomes this in the last episode, when [[spoiler:she gives it to Homura. To fans of the series, long black hair + red ribbon instantly brings Homura (and Madoka) to mind.]] In the first episode, Madoka ''almost'' wears [[LightNovel/HaruhiSuzumiya a yellow ribbon]] instead, so the writers apparently planned its iconicness from the beginning.
* ''Anime/TigerAndBunny'' has what fans like to call the [[FanNickname crapsuit]], the spandex costume Kotetsu used to wear before Apollon Media made him don the PoweredArmor. Despite the name, it's popular enough to [[http://www.pixiv.net/tags.php?tag=%E3%82%AF%E3%82%BD%E3%82%B9%E3%83%BC%E3%83%84 warrant its own Pixiv tag]].
* As a broader, franchise-wide example, {{goggles|DoNothing}} on a ''Franchise/{{Digimon}}'' character have such a strong association with being worn by TheHero of whatever particular series that [[Anime/DigimonSavers Masaru]] not wearing them is downright unusual. It's more a franchise-wide thing than any particular character, but were it to be pinned to any particular character it would be [[Anime/DigimonAdventure Taichi]] ([[Manga/{{DigimonV-Tamer01}} both of him]]) as a result of FirstInstallmentWins, and because the exact same goggles were [[PassingTheTorch passed on to]] [[Anime/DigimonAdventure02 Daisuke]] (who even before that wore goggles of his own).
* ''Manga/{{Gintama}}'' has {{Lampshaded}} the series' LimitedWardrobe, but Okita's sleep mask has become emblematic of his character even though he only wore it once.
* Ask which outfit fans best remember Yusuke wearing in ''YuYuHakusho'' and nine out of ten times it'll be his trademark green school uniform. Even though he isn't seen regularly wearing it anymore by the time of the Dark Tournament arc, it's still the garb he's best known for.
* The swimsuits the five girls wore in the BeachEpisode of ''InfiniteStratos''. More fanart of them wearing those than most other outfits (except maybe their NonUniformUniforms). [[spoiler: Yea, I said five girls. Charles is actually Charlotte. [[ItWasHisSled You should know this by now.]]]]
* {{Naruto}}'s vibrant orange-and-blue jacket and pants from Part 1, as well as the green flak jackets worn by jonin and the Akatsuki's black high-collared coats with red clouds.
** Also, the green suit and red forehead protector worn by Rock Lee and Guy.
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[[folder:Comic Books]]
* This is the reason why {{superhero}} characters wear [[ColorCodedForYourConvenience brightly colored]] {{spandex|LatexOrLeather}}. Also why most older characters are still wearing the same outfit they did decades earlier. The one time Comicbook/{{Superman}} had his outfit changed in canon is one of the bigger DorkAge moments of the 90s. And Superman's outfit was originally designed simply to be colorful and easy to draw, because comics had very limited printing capabilities in the 1940s. Whenever the comics change a character's look significantly, it likely won't stick to merchandising or adaptations. To wit; grey [[TheHulk Hulk]], {{Spider-Man}} and his black outfit, and {{Wolverine}} and his bone claws.
* Wolverine has two outfits that are used with almost equal prominence: he started in yellow and blue, moved to a brown and tan outfit, then returned to the yellow and blue because Jim Lee liked the look. The yellow and blue is slightly more prominent currently, but brown and tan has been used on occasion nevertheless. It's arguable that Wolverine subverts this trope more than any other comic character.
* Franchise/{{Batman}}'s silhouette is so iconic he has a villain whose goal in life is just to steal his cowl. The fight for Batman's successor was even called Battle for the Cowl.
** Batman's outfit is continually tweaked [[http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-COurdf5cxBQ/Tvsoa8k8HAI/AAAAAAAAEKo/nCrV34-v4Ns/s1600/batman-infographic.jpg as this shows nicely]] the key is that the outline is identical.
** Scans_Daily has concluded that Russian fur cap that {{Batman}} wears in ''SupermanRedSon'' is most likely the awesomest article of clothing in fiction. [[http://www.kingofslackers.com/comics/SexyHat.jpg It's okay if you want to touch it. That is the natural response to a hat so sexy.]]
** {{Batman}}'s RoguesGallery has the market cornered on this trope. SelfDemonstrating/TheJoker's purple tuxedo, the Riddler's green outfit with the question marks and [[NiceHat bowler hat]], Comicbook/{{Catwoman}}'s catsuit, the Penguin's HighClassGlass and umbrellas... the list goes on.
** The Riddler actually has ''two'' memetic outfits: the suit and bowler hat, and the tights. It depends on whether the portrayal is homaging Frank Gorshin or not.
* [[ComicBook/IncredibleHulk The Hulk's]] most usual clothing, purple pants ([[MagicPants that resist everything!]]).
* In ''{{Hellblazer}}'', John Constantine has been wearing the same [[BadassLongCoat trenchcoat]] for years, complete with a tie and a cigarette. A lot others [[TrenchcoatBrigade tried to copy his look]].
* YoungAvengers has some:
** Wiccan, [[http://colourmeshocked.files.wordpress.com/2007/11/hulkling__wiccan_001.jpg his cape and his (no longer worn) winged head piece.]] Everyone remembers the cape. Everyone remembers that time Wiccan worn the cape over his civilians. The Young Avengers el-jay comm has declared Wiccan/Cape to be canon and the comm's unanimously accepted OTP.
** Kate Bishop's [[http://marvel.com/universe3zx/images/thumb/8/82/LadyHawkeye01.jpg/440px-LadyHawkeye01.jpg "original" outfit]] consisting of a torn purple bridesmaid dress, Comicbook/BlackWidow's belt, Mockingbird's mask, and the original {{Hawkeye}}'s bow - ah remembered well. (This also led to her initially being referred to as "Hawkingbird")
* That one time {{Deadpool}} wore Marvel Girl's outfit. Because it was burned into the eyes of readers (you can't unsee it, even if you've never seen it!), but still remembered (though the panties turn up again later).
* The ComicBook/{{X-Men}} are invariably remembered, redrawn, and {{cosplay}}ed in their 90's era [[{{Image}} Jim Lee]] outfits, particularly Cyclops's blue-and-yellow chest belt and his UnderwearOfPower, Rogue's yellow-and-green bodysuit with headband and bomber jacket, Psylocke's LeotardOfPower, {{Storm}}'s [[http://starsmedia.ign.com/stars/image/article/913/913621/players-wanted-lego-x-men-20080925015901471-000.jpg white uniform]], and Jubilee's bright yellow trench coat and pink sunglasses. That the X-Men wore these during the height of their popularity (to mention the [[WesternAnimation/{{X-Men}} '90s cartoon]] and ''MarvelVsCapcom'' games) probably has something to do with it. Only Psylocke's bathing suit has survived to the present day. Storm also has her fan-beloved [[http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3551/3281477669_9d7be41ee7_b.jpg 80's leather outfit and mohawk.]]
* ''ComicBook/{{Watchmen}}''
** If a Memetic outfit can be extended to other people, fanart of Silhouette shows her as pretty fond of nurses, probably because the girl she kisses in the movie is a nurse.
** The canonical memetic outfit of ''Watchmen'' is Dr Manhattan's [[FullFrontalAssault lack thereof]].
** Rorschach's mask is his face.
** This goes more for the film than for the comic, but Adrian Veidt's delicious purple blazer so qualifies. He's dressed very innocuously most of the time, and the jacket's not exactly odd for the 80s, but when you think of Adrian Veidt, you probably think of him in that blazer. God, so purple.
* The Guy Fawkes mask from ''VForVendetta''. It's even used in [[ImageBoard Anonymous-based protests]]. Possibly subverted in that the mask is OlderThanSteam.
* Gwen Stacy's headband. The black headband has become such an iconic symbol that it's appeared in movies, cartoons, and even [[ItsALongStory Gwen's long-lost]] daughter Sarah was given one to remind us she looks exactly like Gwen.
** Also, Mary Jane Watson's sleeveless black tank top and tight purple pants from her notorious first appearance - brought back in One More Day to remind us that this is Mary Jane.
* Delirium has a bunch of different hairstyles in ''ComicBook/TheSandman'', but what the fandom thinks of when they picture Delirium's hair is a style with [[MulticoloredHair multicolored]] [[FashionableAsymmetry flowing locks on one side of her head and a buzzcut on the other side]] (she appeared to have that hairstyle in her first major appearance, but closer inspection reveals the long part to be more like a mohawk that doesn't stick up. Which is why it keeps changing sides).
* From ''ComicBook/{{Transmetropolitan}}'', there's Spider Jerusalem's open black shirt, black tattoos and ''especially'' his [[MismatchedEyes unusual sunglasses]].
* {{Zatanna}}'s tuxedo shirt, coat, tails, top hat, fishnets and thigh-high hooker boots.
* WonderWoman with her corset and [[FanNickname star spangled panties]]. DC has tried to give her pants on at least a couple of occasions. Never sticks.
* The Franchise/TeenageMutantNinjaTurtles have their masks, belts, and elbow/knee pads. It's especially memetic because that's the ''only'' thing they wear.
* [[JusticeSocietyOfAmerica Stargirl's]] braces. She got them all the way back in issue 2 of ''Stars and S.T.R.I.P.E.", and even though she later got "invisible" braces, she still has them. Their possible removal was a central plot point in the last issue GeoffJohns wrote of the current volume.
* ConanTheBarbarian can't be illustrated without the furry {{loincloth}}. You can give him a {{BFS}}, long black hair, and otherwise make him a WalkingShirtlessScene, but he's still not Conan without a furry loincloth. Note that neither the original Conan pulp stories by Creator/RobertEHoward nor the first Arnold movie nor even the FrankFrazetta paintings had him looking like this very often; the look mostly comes from MarvelComics, and the second Arnold movie bowed to this.
* ComicBook/IronMan has a memetic color scheme. His armor changes every few years (and with pretty much every artist change), but with a few notable exceptions (the Silver Centurion and Comicbook/WarMachine armors), it's ''always'' red and yellow/gold ever since the late 60s. The helmet is also very consistent with its stylized eyes and mouth, with the Modular Armor being one of the few without a mouth.
* Like Wolverine and the Riddler, Franchise/{{Spider-Man}} also has two iconic outfits -- the classic red and blue tights and the symbiote/black costume. In fact, people actually attribute it to his moods -- if he's wearing the black costume, ''run''.
** Immediately after getting rid of the black suit, Spidey was temporarily costumeless and had to borrow one of [[ComicBook/FantasticFour Johnny Storm's]] old uniforms, which lacked a mask so he also wore for a paper bag over his head. While only appearing for the one issue, the Bombastic Bagman costume has never been forgotten. It frequently shows up as an unlockable alternate outfit in Spider-Man games and is even occasionally alluded to in the comics themselves.
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[[folder:Comic Strips]]
* ''ComicStrip/{{Peanuts}}'': Charlie Brown wouldn't be Charlie Brown without the zigzag stripe shirt. Ironically, in early comics he wore an ordinary blank shirt, but his zigzag has overshadowed it for good.
* ''ComicStrip/LittleOrphanAnnie'''s red dress and red curls. [[Theatre/{{Annie}} The musical]] plays off of this by only putting her in said outfit when she's adopted by Warbucks.
* ''ComicStrip/CalvinAndHobbes''
** Calvin is never seen without his red T-shirt, sneakers, and shorts-that-are-too-long-for-his-legs.
** Then there's STUPENDOUS Man! See above, but add a cape and a red Luchadore-esque mask.
** Spaceman Spiff's jumpsuit and blaster, plus goggles.
** Tracer Bullet's Fedora, cig, and BadassLongcoat. Possibly subverted, since {{Badass Longcoat}}s may or may not be Narm for viewers.
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[[folder:Film -- Animation]]
* The iconic dress worn by {{Disney/Snow White|AndTheSevenDwarfs}}.
* Pretty much every DisneyPrincess has one of these. With the exception of Pocahontas, every single one of them had at least one wardrobe change during their respective movie. [[ThePrincessAndTheFrog Tiana]] sets the record with a multitude of clothing changes, plus a full-on frog transformation, while most Disney Princess media depict her in her PimpedOutDress.
* A little jarring in the case of {{Mulan}}, whose MemeticOutfit is her matchmaker dress (which she was uncomfortable wearing), but even more for Rapunzel from Disney/{{Tangled}}, whose long blonde hair is in every piece of merchandise.. [[spoiler:while it being cut was what freed her from her oppressor.]]
* ''WesternAnimation/TheNightmareBeforeChristmas''
** Jack Skellington's pin-striped tuxedo and bat bow-tie]].
** Sally's stitched-up dress is pretty well-known as well.
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[[folder:Film -- Live-Action]]
* Creator/CharlieChaplin's Tramp outfit.
* BusterKeaton occasionally played {{Upper Class Twit}}s in well-tailored clothes, but is usually pictured in a baggy suit, slapshoes, and his trademark porkpie hat.
* HaroldLloyd's horn rim glasses.
* Franchise/IndianaJones' brown, tattered fedora, bomber jacket (Which he pretty much wears regardless of the weather or terrain) and [[WhipItGood bullwhip]].
** And, to a slightly lesser degree, his satchel, which is actually a British WW1 gas mask pouch.
* ''Film/JamesBond''
** The trademark tuxedo, of course. This has lead to a misguided notion that he wears nothing but it (a staple of the typical ShallowParody of the series), which isn't true. He wears plenty of normal, practical outfits (even military fatigues) and the tuxedo is limited mostly to social events. Bond's tuxedo is so emblematic that it's often invoked in [[TuxedoAndMartini things inspired by Bond]], as a ShoutOut.
*** The always-wears-a-suit idea might stem from a Crowning Moment of Suave in ''Film/{{Goldfinger}}'', where he climbs out of ''scuba gear'' to reveal full evening dress underneath, complete with carnation.
*** ''Film/CasinoRoyale'', in many ways about Bond becoming Bond, makes [[LampshadeHanging much ado]] about the first time he puts on the Tuxedo. And ''Film/QuantumOfSolace'' has him wear a suit for the first quarter of the movie. It gets increasingly unkempt as the story goes on. By the end, after having his money suspended, he's in a grubby fleece.
*** There is an urban legend (of unknown veracity) that actors who agree to play James Bond are forbidden to wear a tuxedo in any other role for the duration of their contract. Supposedly, this is why PierceBrosnan's tuxedos in ''TheThomasCrownAffair'' were always "off" in some way, with something untied or missing.
** Honey Ryder's white bikini from ''Film/DrNo''.
** Blofeld's Mao suit.
* ''Film/TheDarkKnight'' has a scene with SelfDemonstrating/TheJoker dressed in drag as a nurse. The internet seems to have an odd obsession with this image.
* ''Franchise/StarWars''
** Princess Leia's cinnamon-bun hairdo. Her white dress and blaster are also part of her classic look, but not as important as the hair. Her more famous outfit, ([[{{Stripperiffic}} if you can call it that...]]), is the [[GoGoEnslavement metal bikini]]. In fact, parody depictions will often combine the cinnabon hair and bikini, despite being from different movies.
*** Incidentally, the memetic power of Leia's buns is a ''dramatic plot point'' in ''ComicBook/{{Transmetropolitan}}''. Seriously.
** Not to mention Han's vest and yellow-striped pants, Luke's kimono... thing and boots, Obi-Wan's robe, Storm Trooper armor, Darth Frickin' Vader, as well as The Emperor's black cloak and Boba Fett's armor.
*** Boba Fett doesn't even ''do'' anything in the movies. All he does is stand around, showing off his armor. And even though he suffered the most ridiculous ([[{{Retcon}} apparent]]) death in the entire series, he's still considered at least as {{Badass}} as Vader, if not even more. And all because of his armor.[[note]]It probably helps that every non-cloned [[ProudWarriorRace Mandalorian]] shown in the series since has worn similarly awesome armor.[[/note]]
** Padmé's white outfit with the [[ClothingDamage erotically slashed shirt]] from ''Film/AttackOfTheClones''.
** Not to mention her [[CostumePorn elaborate royal costumes]] and face paint from ''Film/ThePhantomMenace''.
* ClintEastwood's poncho in the [[SpaghettiWestern Leone Westerns]]. ''Film/TheGoodTheBadAndTheUgly'', which takes place chronologically earlier during the war (whether the characters are the same or not), doesn't give it to him until two and a half hours in.
* BruceLee
** The yellow and black tracksuit from ''Game of Death'' (although it only appeared in one movie for a few minutes), especially after UmaThurman wore the same outfit in ''Film/KillBill''. In fact, that track suit is one of the many ways to tell if someone's a BruceLeeClone.
** A close second would be bare-chested in black pants as seen in ''EnterTheDragon''.
* ''Franchise/ANightmareOnElmStreet'': A red and green striped sweater and fedora.
* Jason Voorhees' hockey mask from the ''Franchise/FridayThe13th'' series, which he put on in ''[[Film/FridayThe13thPartIII Part III]]''.
* The ''Film/{{Ghostbusters}}'' outfits are still a fancy dress mainstay, though the film was released over twenty years ago.
* TheBluesBrothers black suit pants and jackets, ties, shades, hats, and white shirts. [[CoolShades Mostly]] [[SunglassesAtNight the shades]], if anything gets parodied.
* ''Film/{{Labyrinth}}'': Jareth's tights. They could have been painted on. Well, they are often referred to as "criminally tight" pants for a reason.
* ''Film/TheNightOfTheHunter'': Harry Powell. KnuckleTattoos. That is all.
* ''Film/TheCabinetOfDrCaligari'': Dr. Caligari has stolen the top hat forever. And [[BrainwashedAndCrazy Cesare]] made [[LooksLikeCesare that whole look]] fashionable.
* ''Film/BreakfastAtTiffanys'': '''The''' LittleBlackDress.
* ''Film/{{Beetlejuice}}'': Betelgeuse's black and white striped suit is only one of about the six costumes he wears throughout the film, but it's the one everyone remembers.
** It was the outfit featured on the [[http://collider.com/wp-content/uploads/beetlejuice-poster.jpg movie poster]], and was the one carried over to [[http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5282/5196079540_3fb7f254f8.jpg his animated version]].
* ''Film/PiratesOfTheCaribbean''
** Captain Jack's hair (and everything in it) alongside his bandanna and, of course, [[NiceHat his hat]]. Pretty much everything about Captain Jack's appearance is memetic, especially his sometimes drunken swagger-stagger.
* ''Film/TheMask'': Stanley Ipkiss becomes The Mask four times. Only in one he wears that yellow zoot suit, but it's so iconic any derivative works, such as the video game and the AnimatedAdaptation, turns it into his regular outfit.
* In ''Film/BackToTheFuture'', Marty [=McFly=]'s red "life preserver".
* Film/{{Dracula}}'s black suit and cape.
* Hannibal Lecter's restraint mask. Not even mentioned in ''TheSilenceOfTheLambs'' novel (he wore a hockey mask instead) and appearing only for a single scene in the movie, it went on to have a starring role in Hannibal, which opens with Mason Verger buying the mask for a ridiculous amount of money, has a scene of him wearing it and eventually putting it on {{Hannibal}}. It gets featured again in RedDragon for a brief scene and Hannibal Rising features a moment with him putting on an ancient samurai mask that resembles his later restraint. The mask has become a symbol for Hannibal Lecter despite him wearing it for just a few minutes in every movie.
* Bo Derek's yellow bathing suit and cornrows in ''10''.
* JakeGyllenhaal's skeleton outfit in ''Film/DonnieDarko''.
* [[{{Carrie}} Carrie White's]] [[BloodSplatteredWeddingDress pig-blood-drenched]] prom dress.
** To a lesser extent, Norma's red baseball cap in the '76 version, which she wore in every scene, even at prom and ''at the hairdresser'' (it rested on top of the hair dryer). Reportedly, the hat was the idea of her actress, P. J. Soles.
* LaurelAndHardy's bowler hats (often depicted in their movies' opening titles for instant identification) -- gives them a little dignity against all odds. True to the HatShop trope, wearing them in ''Way Out West'' marks them as out of their element.
* Alex's giant grey sweatshirt and red heels from ''Film/{{Flashdance}}''.
* JamesDean, in all post-mortem representations, is wearing the red windbreaker from ''RebelWithoutACause''.
** To the point where Fry's outfit from ''WesternAnimation/{{Futurama}}'' is modeled after it.
* From ''Film/AClockworkOrange'', we have Alex with his boots, pajamas, jockstrap, bowler and fake eyelash on one eye. Interestingly, fans who dress as Alex for costume parties often exaggerate the eyelashes in their makeup, sometimes putting them on ''both'' eyes. [[UnbuiltTrope In the movie itself]], the eyelash is quite subtle and only noticed in closeups (but then, since the very first shot of Alex in the movie ''is'' a closeup....).
* From ''Film/{{Inception}}'', Eames's Paisley shirt, Arthur's waistcoat and Ariadne's scarf has pretty much become character identifiers in fandom.
* In the ''Film/HarryPotter'' movies, the main trio's most memorable outfits outside of the Hogwarts uniforms and robes are the regular clothes they wore in the third act of ''[[HarryPotter/HarryPotterAndThePrisonerOfAzkaban Prisoner of Azkaban]]''. Especially Hermione's pink hoodie. Plus the blue-grey T-shirt with blue trim that Harry wore in the third act. He wears it [[http://images1.fanpop.com/images/photos/2200000/Harry-Potter-and-The-Order-of-the-Phoenix-Screencap-harry-potter-2209536-1280-528.jpg throughout]] [[http://disparue.org/gallery/5/movies/hp6/images/hp6_3316.jpg the]] [[http://datruthisreal17.files.wordpress.com/2011/06/image2.jpg series]]
* Tony Monero in ''SaturdayNightFever'' wears different clothes throughout the movie but the white leisure suit is the one people remember most.
* AustinPowers' thick glasses, crushed velvet suits, Beatle boots and male symbol medallion.
* Fred Astaire's MemeticOutfit has its own song: "Film/TopHat, White Tie and Tails." It also includes a cane, which isn't mentioned in the song.
* JohnnyDepp's portrayal of HunterSThompson in ''FearAndLoathingInLasVegas'' is never without a pair of aviators, a cigarette holder sticking out of his mouth, and a bucket hat (or a green transparent visor.)
* Film/MadMax's [[HellBentForLeather leather jacket]] with the one torn sleeve and the armoured shoulder pad is iconic not only of the series itself, but of post apocalyptic cinema in general.
* The Ghostface Killer's (no, not [[WuTangClan him]]) black robe and distinctive elongated white mask from the ''Film/{{Scream}}'' movies.
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[[folder:Literature]]
* Franchise/StarWarsExpandedUniverse
** [[http://starwars.wikia.com/wiki/Mitth%27raw%27nuruodo Thrawn]] is almost always depicted in the [[http://starwars.wikia.com/wiki/File:Big_Thrawn.JPG white Grand Admiral outfit]], with or without the medals and [[http://starwars.wikia.com/wiki/File:Thrawn.JPG gold epaulets]]. He wore a [[http://starwars.wikia.com/wiki/File:OutboundFlight-cover.jpg black uniform]] as a [[OutboundFlight Commander of the Chiss Expansionary Defense Force]], and at various points he's said to be in such things as [[http://starwars.wikia.com/wiki/File:Young_Thrawn.jpg animal skins]], a very fancy [[http://starwars.wikia.com/wiki/File:DiscoThrawn.jpg robe thing]] dubbed "Disco Thrawn", stormtrooper armor, and [[http://starwars.wikia.com/wiki/File:No_No...Not_Fett...Thr-err...Kast.jpg Mandalorian armor]]. He must have worn uniforms appropriate to his rank before making Grand Admiral, but even official art puts him in the white uniform. In ''Literature/GalaxyOfFear'' he was only a Captain, but [[http://starwars.wikia.com/wiki/File:TheSwarmCover.jpg look]]. Same with in TIEFighter. Depictions of him in his [[TheThrawnTrilogy final campaign]] also tend to have him cradling and stroking a ysalamiri [[RightHandCat like it's a cat]], when he never did that, and you can't really hold ysalamiri that way.
** [[XWingSeries Wedge Antilles]] will [[NeverLiveItDown always be reminded]] of the lavender short pants and the Ewok thing, if we ask the writer AaronAllston. Those are more of {{Running Gag}}s -- but he is very much associated with the oh-so-very-''orange'' Rebel flight suits.
* Sam Spade. BadassLongcoat.
* [[YellowPeril Dr. Fu Manchu]] actually went so far as to lend his name to his style of BeardOfEvil. Oddly enough, Rohmer describes him as clean-shaven.
* ''Literature/HarryPotter''
** Harry Potter's big, round, black glasses. Combine with a striped scarf and/or school uniform, and you have one of the most easily recognizable outfits in history. Black robes are a plus, but not even entirely necessary.
* ''Literature/TheDresdenFiles'': Harry Dresden's [[BadassLongcoat leather duster]]. Thanks to the book covers, his very nifty hat as well. This has become memetic enough that it became an instant and obvious ShoutOut to Dresden fans when NicolasCage wore a similar duster and hat in ''Film/TheSorcerersApprentice''.
* SherlockHolmes: [[NiceHat The deerstalker hat]] and pipe are instant signs of for anyone, anyone at all, that Holmes is being invoked. In the original novels of course it essentially absent. The hat should be worn by a hunter, while most of his adventures occur around London (wearing it anywhere in the city would be like a modern detective wearing flannel, mud boots, and an Elmer Fudd-type hunting hat). Though he did smoke occasionally, he did not do so to the chain-smoker levels Pop Culture would have you believe. If anything, he's usually [[ValuesDissonance using cocaine]] rather than smoking a pipe.
** For that matter, his pipe is almost always shown in illustrations as a straight billard, whereas the bent pipe was first used by an actor who didn't want his mouth to be covered while speaking.
* ''Literature/TheCatcherInTheRye'': Holden Caufield's red hunting hat, turned backwards. And don't forget the duffel coat.
* The [[MalevolentMaskedMen phantom mask]] worn by ThePhantomOfTheOpera, completed with a [[SomethingAboutARose rose]].
** The musical pretty much codified the Phantom's ManOfWealthAndTaste look: tailcoat, [[BadassCape dramatically swirling cloak]], and a [[NiceHat fedora]] (the last item is such an essential part to the image for some fans that there were complaints when it wasn't included in the film). Note that the fedora would either be AnachronismStew or make The Phantom a VillainousCrossdresser (at the time the story was written and takes place, a fedora was ''women's'' fashion). A NiceHat has always been part of his Memetic Outfit; originally, however, it was a top hat instead.
*** Also his "Masque of the Red Death" costume.
* RobinHood's Lincoln green tunic and pointy hat.
* The title character from ''Literature/TheSorrowsOfYoungWerther'' inspired readers to dress like him and even commit suicide like him.
* ''Literature/WheresWally'': The red and white striped shirt, hat with a red puffball, and round glasses are infamous. Popular, too; so much so that everyone in the damn books wears something that looks like it.
* ''TheShadow'' is best remembered on pulp-fiction covers for wearing a long black overcoat (sometimes with cape), red silk scarf, and black slouch hat.
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[[folder:Live-Action TV]]
* ''Series/DoctorWho''
** As well as the Fourth Doctor's bohemian outfit with the long scarf and the Fifth's cricket outfit, with, um, decorative vegetable. The Sixth and Seventh Doctors were intentionally designed to be as memetic as possible (the former involving a [[ImpossiblyTackyClothes profusion of colors]], the latter a shirt with question marks on it and an umbrella carried in any weather), but weren't as successful as the subtler examples.
** The Fourth's Doctor's scarf is probably the most iconic item of any Doctor's outfit, based at least partially on Toulouse-Lautrec's [[http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/0/09/Lautrec_ambassadeurs%2C_aristide_bruant_%28poster%29_1892.jpg painting]] of Aristide Bruant.
** Eleven's bowtie. BowtiesAreCool. Also, briefly, fezzes and a Stetson he wore for all of a minute. ''That was all it needed.''
* Series/UglyBetty's Guadalajara! poncho.
* ''Series/{{Glee}}'': Sue Sylvester's red track suit.
** And, to a lesser extent, Will Schuester's sweater vests.
* Catwoman's costume from the 1960s ''Series/{{Batman}}''.
* ''Series/HappyDays'': The Fonz in his iconic leather jacket, now hanging in the Smithsonian. Ironically, in his first few appearances he wore an ordinary windbreaker because the network that ''Happy Days'' was on wouldn't allow his character to be portrayed as a juvenile delinquent [[spoiler:even though he was]], but later allowed the jacket to be worn when the writers pointed out that it was legitimate safety equipment for a motorcycle rider.
* ''Series/MorkAndMindy'' Mork's rainbow braces/suspenders.
* Emma Peel of ''Series/TheAvengers'': black leather {{Spy Catsuit}}s. The thing is that they weren't very rugged and after any action scene all the seams would be ripped out, so after the first few episodes she stopped wearing them, but that is all that anybody remembers her wearing. Apart from the purple ones, of course.
* In ''Series/PowerRangersWildForce'', the previous season's Rangers came back during a teamup two-parter that the fandom remembers fondly. The fandom ''also'' fondly remembers the apocalyptic future-based [[http://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/vlcsnap-7966220.jpg black leather/PVC outfit]] the Pink Ranger [[FanService was dressed in]] during her first appearance in said episodes as she singly handedly saves everybody else in the cast.
** There's also the cloak Andros wears in his EstablishingCharacterMoment in ''Series/PowerRangersInSpace''. Both times he's brought back for a crossover, he's shown wearing it.
** The Ranger outfit itself is iconic enough to be recognised by non-fans - base color bodysuit & helmet, long white gloves, boots & belt, and large black eyepiece on helmet, hardly varying from one season to another. Making it easy enough to create {{Evil Twin}}s for a MirrorMatch, just color the white parts black. There was an understandable InternetBacklash over the ''JukenSentaiGekiranger'' (later ''Series/PowerRangersJungleFury'') outfits for having short-cuff gloves, ''shoes'' and ''no belts''.
* Much like Power Rangers above, ''KamenRider'' is known for his bug-eye lenses, antennae, silver mandible mouthpiece, ScarfOfAsskicking (at least early on) and always, ALWAYS, the chunky belt buckle.
** Many of the Heisei Riders have a fairly set clothing style out of suit (for example, [[KamenRiderDouble Shotaro]] and his fedoras and waistcoats, or his partner Philip and his far less common long-sleeved shirts and parkas) but special mention goes to [[KamenRiderOOO Eiji Hino]], whose EstablishingCharacterMoment cemented his [[GoofyPrintUnderwear Memetic Lack of an Outfit]].
* The regular ''Franchise/StarTrek'' uniforms.
* ''Series/{{Firefly}}''
** Jayne's clever homeknit hat -- "A man walks down the street in that hat, you know he's not afraid of anything."
** Also River's floaty skirts coupled with cycle shorts and big clompy boots... or not, [[FootFocus as the plot demands]].
** [[FanNickname Captain Tightpants]], anyone? Those, and his BadassLongcoat, from which the Browncoats take their name.
* ''Series/WhoseLineIsItAnyway''
** [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tq9slPefZwM Ryan's]] [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uv9Ai00eByU Shoes.]]
** And Colin's "tacky shirt," though he only wears it for one taping (which spawned two episodes).
* ''Series/BeakmansWorld'': Beakman's fluorescent green labcoat.
* From ''Series/RobinHood'': Much's hat. He wore it for three seasons straight.
* ''Series/TheRedGreenShow'': Red Green's red-and-green suspenders and plaid shirt.
* Series/{{Merlin}}'s Neckerchiefs. Also, the [[RobeAndWizardHat Hat]].
* [[YouAreNumberSix Number Six]] from ''Series/ThePrisoner'', with his white-piped black blazer.
* ''Series/{{Heroes}}''
** Claire was defined by the writers as "The Cheerleader" from day one, so they always have to find a way to show her in a cheerleader outfit, even when it stretches credibility, and everyone still refers to her as "The Cheerleader".
** Mohinder's hot-pink shirt (matched with striped purple-and-yellow scarf). There are multiple crack fics starring it.
* ''Series/HomeImprovement'': Al Borland's flannel shirts.
* ''Series/AreYouBeingServed'': Captain Peacock's executive red carnation.
* ''Series/{{Supernatural}}'': Dean's leatherjacket, and even more so, Castiel's trenchcoat (which is modelled on [[ComicBook/{{Hellblazer}} John Constantine's]] trenchcoat) and blue tie. In "The Rapture", it is fairly weird to see Jimmy in other clothes.
* ''TheDukesOfHazzard'': Daisy Duke's incredibly high-cut, tight jean short-shorts. So much that they were named after her.
* ''HeeHaw'': Minnie Pearl's flowery straw hat with the price tag hanging from it.
* ''Series/BuffyTheVampireSlayer'': Spike's [[BadassLongcoat leather trench coat]], (which he took from the second Slayer he killed), combined with his bleached blond hair made for a pretty distinctive look. Series/{{Angel}}'s own BadassLongcoat also took on this status in the spinoff show.
* ''GossipGirl'': Chuck Bass' signature scarf.
* Charlie Harper's bowling t-shirts in Main/TwoAndAHalfMen. So iconic that, during CharlieSheen's (in)famous breakdown, when among other things he burned one of these in public and stated in interview how he hated them, it was already sure he wasn't going to come back to series.
* In ''Series/{{Sherlock}}'' the Deerstalker cap is an in-universe MemeticOutfit, with Holmes getting photographed in it the *one* time he wears one and afterward being known as the detective with the hat.
** And of course, that particular take on the character actually has a memetic outfit of his own, even if it's not the one that people in-universe know him for. For 21st century fans of the show, the blue scarf and the black trench coat with the upturned collar are almost as iconic as the deerstalker cap and the Inverness cape.
*** Also, the Purple Shirt of Sex.
* ''FilmationsGhostbusters'': In the live-action series, Kong wore an orange sweatshirt with "5" stenciled on, a gray vest, green pants, and a porkpie hat. Spenser wore a blue zoot suit.
* ''[[HannahMontana Hannah Montana's]]'' blonde wigs. Her pink sparkly jacket and white jeans, maybe, too.
** Lilly Truscott's "Lola Luftnagle" "anime hair" wigs may count as well.
* Mike Nesmith's green wool-knit hat in ''TheMonkees''. The RealLife Mike wore it to keep his hair out of his eyes when stopping in on a laundry run when he went in the audition, and was identified by the show's producers in his audition tapes via this hat. He was even nicknamed "Wool Hat" in the PilotEpisode.
* ''Series/TeenWolf'': Stiles' red hoodies. He wears a few different red hoodies throughout the show, and fandom (especially the [[HoYay Stiles/Derek shippers]], for obvious reasons) latched onto the concept because they liked the idea of [[BadassNormal Stiles]] being the [[LittleRedRidingHood Little Red]] to [[OurWerewolvesAreDifferent Derek's]] [[TheBigBadWolf big bad wolf]].
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Music]]
* Music/TheBeatles' outfits (mostly the dark suits they wore on the ''EdSullivanShow'', the tan Nehru jackets at Shea Stadium, and the colorful military outfits with epaulettes from ''Music/{{Sgt Pepper|sLonelyHeartsClubBand}}'').
* Music/ElvisPresley
** The white jumpsuit and shades he performed in during the Seventies.
** The black leather outfit he wore at his '68 Comeback Special.
* The green US army jacket Music/JohnLennon wore in the early Seventies. Also his distinctive round NHS glasses.
** The Greek fisherman's hat he wore in ''{{Help!}}'' might also count.
* Music/MichaelJackson
** The glove. Just the one.
** The ''Thriller'' red jumpsuit as well.
** His fedora.
** Pinstripe suit and blue armband.
* Music/{{KISS}}
* HairMetal in general.
* Music/{{Bjork}}'s swan dress.
** At the 2006 Academy Awards, Jon Stewart joked that "We're sorry Bjork couldn't join us this year. She was getting into her dress and Dick Cheney shot her."
** ''MadTV'' paid homage to this outfit when a recurring character wore it. Her name: Ms. Swan.
* Music/JethroTull's Ian Anderson is known for the long black frock-coat, tight ballet tights, exaggerated codpiece, thigh-high boots and bedraggled long hair and [[BadassBeard beard]] he wore in TheSeventies, all of which Tull used for publicity long after he stopped adopting that style of clothing or hairstyle (he's actually {{bald|OfAwesome}}ing and wears a short goatee and less dramatic clothing in his old age).
* The white trousers and yellow leather jacket (and [[BadassMustache mustache]]) worn by [[Music/{{Queen}} Freddie Mercury]] during Queen's last tour in 1986.
** Before that, in TheSeventies, Freddie wore tight, [[CarpetOfVirility chest hair-exposing]] latex jumpsuits (often "checkerboard"-colored) and black fingernail polish onstage. Reputedly, when he adopted the "clone" '80's look, some fans threw shaving razors and bottles of nail polish at him in protest.
*** His "leatherman" suit and cap from the 1979 tour, and his "[[Film/FlashGordon Flash]]" t-shirts from the early [[TheEighties 80's]] are equally iconic.
* Music/{{ACDC}}: Angus Young's [[SchoolUniformsAreTheNewBlack school uniform]].
* Music/TheSmashingPumpkins: Billy Corgan's Zero Star Shirt.
* Music/DavidBowie
** The [[http://www.5years.com/aladdin.htm lightning bolt makeup]] from the album cover and inner sleeve of ''Aladdin Sane'' (1973).
** The eyepatch he wore (due to conjunctivitis) during a Dutch television appearance in 1974 is forever tied to his character Halloween Jack from ''Diamond Dogs'', which he was promoting at the time.
* Music/OwlCity's "I AM" raglan.
* Music/KurtCobain
** He only wore a flannel shirt for a few months in 1990, but it is the article of clothing most frequently associated with both him and grunge fashion in general.
** Otherwise, his stripped shirt and jeans outfit from the [[Music/{{Nirvana}} "Smells Like Teen Spirit"]] video and that green sweater, jeans and sneakers outfit he wore during his MTV unplugged performance (Neversoft went with this look when he appeared on GuitarHero 5).
* Music/{{Madonna}}'s conic bra. Honorable mention to the wedding dress on the ''Like a Virgin'' cover and the black dress from the "Like a Prayer" video.
* Geri Halliwell of the Music/SpiceGirls is usually remembered for wearing a dress with the Union Jack on it, which was surprisingly lampshaded at the Royal Wedding between Prince William and Kate Middleton when a reporter pointed out a similar dress that an attendant was wearing. More recently, she teamed up with British clothing retailer Next to release her own line of Union Jack-designed clothing.
* Earlier, you had Pete Townshend wearing a Union Jack suit during the early days of Music/TheWho.
* Rapper Flavor Flav always wears a large clock around his neck.
* Similar to the Elvis example, [[Music/TheDoors Jim Morrison's]] own leather outfit that he wore in 1967-68.
* Miku Hatsune of ''Music/{{Vocaloid}}''. Both her futuristic [[ZettaiRyouiki schoolgirl]] [[DetachedSleeves uniform]] and [[StockUnderwear green-and-white striped panties]] are very memetic.
* Liberace says hello, by candlelight too.
* The outfits worn by Music/JenniferLopez at the 42nd Grammys and Gwyneth Paltrow in the 72nd Academy Awards, so much that [[http://www.tvguide.com/images/pgimg/matt-stone02.jpg they would later be worn by]] ''WesternAnimation/SouthPark'' creators, Creator/TreyParkerAndMattStone.
* Practically anything Music/LadyGaga wears, but her meat-dress deserves special mention.
* BritneySpears wore GirlishPigtails, a headset mic, a green, sparkly, [[MsFanservice form-fitting]], [[BareYourMidriff midriff-baring]] halter-top, low-rise white pants with kneepads and tennis shoes in the ''You Drive Me Crazy (Stop! Remix)'' music video, which carried over to her 1999-2000 ''"...Baby One More Time"'' tour (save for a pink top). It's [[http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-Qe1bXkfUHkE/TjliYiiafpI/AAAAAAAAATE/a5FggJTI7q4/s1600/britbomt1999.jpg arguably her most iconic look in a career of iconic looks]], and appeared in parodies of her for years.
[[/folder]]

[[folder:New Media]]
* [[GameFAQs Board 8]] has a wiki. The very first line in the page for one longtime regular is that he has an awesome shirt... with a link to the wiki page ''[[http://board8.wikia.com/wiki/Ulti%27s_shirt for the shirt.]]''
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Tabletop Games]]
* [[SuperSoldier Space]] [[WarriorMonk Marine]] [[PoweredArmor power armor]], with its distinctive "Death's Head" helmet and [[ShouldersOfDoom huge pauldrons]], is pretty much shorthand for ''TabletopGame/{{Warhammer 40000}}''.
** Games Workshop takes advantage of the memetic nature of certain factions' helmets by using stylized versions as shorthand logos on the packaging, most prominently Space Marine helmets and Eldar Guardians' tall pointy helmets.
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Theater]]
* Mark Cohen's scarf from ''Theatre/{{Rent}}''. Heck, some people even [[CargoShip ship him with it]].
* The popular dress from ''Theatre/{{Wicked}}''. {{Cheeseypoofs}} has seen people tried to find it so they can go as Galinda for halloween.
* Quite a few from ''Theatre/LesMiserables'' (Valjean's national guard outfit, Eponine's trenchcoat and hat, Cosette's black dress), but most notably the red vest that Enjolras wears from the Act 1 finale onwards. It is known as the "[[FanNickname Red Vest Of Doom]]" to fans.
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Toys]]
* Holly Hobbie's patchwork dress and bonnet.
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Video Games]]
* Appearing (or not) in a variety of media, ''CarmenSandiego'' has her matching red hat and trenchcoat.
* ''VideoGame/{{Brink}}'' has near-infinite potential for memetic outfits, but one, created in the early days of Brink, stands out-Designing a black guy with skull facepaint, [[http://brink.wikia.com/wiki/The_Wasted The Wasted jacket]], [[http://brink.wikia.com/wiki/The_G The G pants]], and dreadlocks is a very popular choice among players, possibly because of how grungy it looks and how it is damn near invisible on the infamous Container City map and Shipyard map is very popular. It may have originated with an Xbox player named Haru Daniels.
* ''VideoGame/{{Scribblenauts}}'': Maxwell. ''[[NiceHat Rooster helmet.]]'' That is all.
* ''Franchise/SuperMarioBros''
** [[NiceHat Red cap]], white gloves, blue overalls.
** Donkey Kong's monogrammed necktie.
** [[VideoGame/DonkeyKong Pauline's]] torn red dress is {{enforced|Trope}} as this in the ''VideoGame/MarioVsDonkeyKong'' series, as whenever Donkey Kong kidnaps her, Mario grabs for her but only grabs the hem of her dress and tears it (the same way, every time).
* ''VideoGame/{{Castlevania}}'' has a few of these in the latter days.
** For example the infamous "Black leather skirt and high-heeled Dominatrix boots" that Simon Belmont was saddled with for ''CastlevaniaChronicles''.
** And Soma's ever-loving white, fur-collared, and blue-trimmed Pimp Coat. Even with the [[ArtEvolution questionable change in artists]] he kept the iconic coat.
** Isaac's pants are quite infamous.
* ''Franchise/TheLegendOfZelda''
** Link's green tunic, leather boots, and [[NiceHat hat]].
** Zelda's purple and white dress from ''Twilight Princess'' also counts to the point that it's practically her default outfit. It even shows up in fanarts for other games where she wore mostly pink.
* ''Franchise/FinalFantasy'' has the jobs come with recurring costumes.
** ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyI'' gave four of its six classes ([[http://finalfantasy.wikia.com/wiki/White_Mage#Gallery White Mage]], [[http://finalfantasy.wikia.com/wiki/Black_Mage_%28Job%29#Gallery Black Mage]], [[http://finalfantasy.wikia.com/wiki/Red_Mage#Gallery Red Mage]] and [[http://finalfantasy.wikia.com/wiki/Monk#Gallery Monk]]) ones that are still being used. ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyIII'' did it for [[http://finalfantasy.wikia.com/wiki/Summoner#Gallery Summoners]], [[http://finalfantasy.wikia.com/wiki/Dragoon#Gallery Dragoons]], [[http://finalfantasy.wikia.com/wiki/Geomancer#Gallery Geomancers]] and [[http://finalfantasy.wikia.com/wiki/Thief#Gallery Thieves]]. ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyV'' gave [[http://finalfantasy.wikia.com/wiki/Time_Mage#Gallery Time Mages]] a red hat with a star.]
* ''Franchise/MetalGear''
** Solid Snake's sneaking suit in ''VideoGame/MetalGearSolid2SonsOfLiberty'' has become a fondly remarked-upon outfit, especially for the [[{{Fanservice}} the way it highlights]] [[StupidSexyFlanders his backside]] -- remember that he only wore it for about ''two hours'', in a game where he wasn't even the lead character, and yet it's eclipsed everything else he's ever worn to the point where it's considered his 'default' look. The Bandanna would probably fall under this as well, if it wasn't already an in-game meme/[[InfinityPlusOneSword Infinity-plus-one-bandanna]]. Not to mention his trusty [[CompanionCube cardboard box]]...
** Certainly the [[EightiesHair mullet]]. Even though he wore his hair short in as many games as he wore his hair long, including in his first appearance on the PlayStation, and even though it's not even technically a mullet, the meme's stuck and the haircut is invariably associated with him. Although as a charm point rather than a means of mockery.
** Don't forget Raiden's Skull Suit. Although, does his [[NakedPeopleAreFunny lack of Skull Suit]] at one point count?
* ''VideoGame/GrandTheftAutoIV''
** Niko Bellic is often portrayed wearing fingerless gloves, even though he never actually wore them in-game. The reason for this is because of early artwork showing him wearing them, although they were removed from the game later on. Asking where Niko's fingerless gloves were became a popular meme on GTA message boards.
** Niko's starting outfit, a leather jacket and tracksuit, has become rather memetic, too, to the point where he wears them in all his appearances in the expansion packs, despite having access to a designer clothing store and plenty of money.
* Master Chief's armor in the ''VideoGame/{{Halo}}'' trilogy. That might be because ''he never wears anything else''.
* ''SilentHill'': Pyramid Head's, um, pyramid head, a huge, implied-to-be-very-heavy torture helmet that may or may not be his actual head. Note that the original is solid and has five sides, whereas the most popular version from [[Film/SilentHill the movie]] is four-sided and included grating (because it was impossible for the actor to wear otherwise).
* ''VideoGame/{{Half-Life}}'' Dr. Freeman's HEV Suit.
* ''VideoGame/SuperSmashBros. Brawl''
** [[VideoGame/StarFox Wolf O'Donnell's]] outfit in ''Super Smash Bros. Brawl'' -- combined with Leon's proclamation of [[TheMasochismTango sadomasochistic love]] for him -- has since cemented the Star Wolf leader firmly in the crack between MemeticBadass and MemeticMolester.
** [[VideoGame/{{F-Zero}} Captain Falcon's]] "Captain Fabulous" pink and white outfit from ''Super Smash Bros. Brawl'' has become so popular, sometimes it's referenced as a different character.
** Ditto for the red on pink ensamble worn by [[VideoGame/HotelMario Gay Luigi]] a.k.a. [[WesternAnimation/SuperMarioBros Mama Luigi]].
** And also Marth in his white, "Wedding Marth" outfit.
* ''Franchise/StreetFighter''
** Ryu's sleeveless white gi with Red Headband. Ken's red and Akuma's gray ones follow on from this.
** Blue female outfits with spiked wristbands and white hair-puffs work too.
* ''VideoGame/{{Banjo-Kazooie}}''
** Banjo the Bear is memorable for his yellow shorts. He was granted the chance to talk about it in a Facebook Q&A promoting his latest game. Of course, he also has the backpack that houses his longtime friend Kazooie, but uh...[[http://www.vgcats.com/comics/?strip_id=273 that may cause some uncomfortable conversations these days]].
** His shorts and backpack are so memetic that they appear on ''every. single. transformation.'' that the pair have been through in both the original and sequel. Yes, even the ones that don't make any semblance of sense, like a pumpkin, a snowball, or a ''washing machine.''
* Power armor for the ''VideoGame/{{Fallout}}'' series. As well as the iconic blue-and-yellow-trimmed Vault suits, complete with [=PipBoy=] 3000.
* ''VideoGame/{{Metroid}}''
** The Varia Suit. Although Samus rarely starts the game with it (and if she does, there's a pretty good chance she [[BagOfSpilling loses it pretty soon]]) and usually gets another upgrade or two to her suit, its design (complete with the iconic ShouldersOfDoom) and color scheme are synonymous with her PoweredArmor.
** Also the Zero Suit, especially since appearing in ''VideoGame/SuperSmashBros''.
* ''Franchise/{{Pokemon}}''
** "I like shorts. They're comfy and easy to wear!" The playable characters are also easily recognizable in their attire.
** Lampshaded in ''{{Hotel Dusk|Room215}}'' sequel ''VideoGame/LastWindow'' by player character Kyle Hyde: "I like suits. They're comfy and easy to wear."
* Koei is responsible for doing this to the ''Literature/RomanceOfTheThreeKingdoms'' characters. While many elements of the more iconic characters' appearance, like Guan Yu with his long flowing beard, do exist in the original literature, the ''VideoGame/DynastyWarriors'' games and any predecessors and successors therein always depict recurring characters with now-signature features, to the extent that ''other properties'' depicting ''Three Kingdoms'', like this [[http://san.pengguo.com/index.php?mode=view&view=1 webcomic]] and the toyline ''BBSenshiSangokuden'' also use them -- Lu Bu with his [[NiceHat pheasant-feathered headgear]], Ma Chao with spiky anime hair, Sun Ce's choice of weapons, the list goes on.
* ''VideoGame/{{Touhou}}'' girls have some pretty iconic and unmistakeable outfits:
** Suwako's combination of a purple dress with long wide sleeves paired with her [[NiceHat epic wide-brimmed frog-eyed hat]] makes her stand out in the [[PhysicalGod divine crowd]].
** Two-toned red/blue nurse's dress that [[{{Batman}} Two-Face]] would approve of? It's Eirin!
** Red-white number with DetachedSleeves? Reimu's Incident-resolving dress!
** Oh wait! We forgot to mention the new [[MemeticMutation good]] [[YouGottaHaveBlueHair green haired]] miko in white and blue who lives with [[PhysicalGod Suwako and Kanako]] in the Moriya Shrine. That's right guys! It's Sanae Kochiya (or [[SpellMyNameWithAnS Kotiya]], depends upon your choice).
** Reisen Udongein Inaba only wore a suit jacket in one game out of all the other official games which she had been in. In all the other official works she doesn't wear it; but even so it has become her MemeticOutfit (probably cause without it her outfit looks too plain)
** Flandre Scarlet's distinctive [[http://jollepoker.deviantart.com/art/Flandre-s-Wings-121847881 metal-and-"Christmas lights" wings]] certainly make an impression (unfortunately missing in the picture is a single glowing eye peering out of the darkness at you). Although, the Memeticness might partly come from the fact that Flandre's wings resemble [[VideoGame/{{Kirby}} Marx's]] wings.
** Cirno's ice wings.
** A red, plaid dress and vest, with a white shirt and a {{para|solOfPrettiness}}[[ParasolOfPain sol?]] [[GreenThumb Yuuka]] [[{{Badass}} Kazami]].
** In fact, a [[MemeticMutation rather famous]] FanVid uses the incredible number of [[MemeticOutfit unique outfits]] by showing only silhouettes of the characters. [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VzEUeWnV73U Behold the variety!]] More experienced Touhou fans can identify each character shown.
* All of the ''VideoGame/TeamFortress2'' classes' outfits, and for good reason -- they were designed so that players would be able to identify their opponents at a glance. They were designed and tested to be instantly recognizable in silhouette, in low lighting, to contrast with the backgrounds, and to draw focus towards the torso and head, the two parts you aim for. They have a big presentation on it floating around the interblag, that includes the fiendishly complex shading algorithms.
* ''VideoGame/Left4Dead'': Nick's $3,000 white suit with blue shirt underneath. The style has recently come back in RealLife, causing many fans' heads to whiplash whenever they see it in stores or on TV on unrelated people.
* Hazama/[[spoiler:Terumi]] from ''VideoGame/BlazBlue'' became playable in ''[[VideoGame/BlazBlueContinuumShift Continuum Shift]]'', complete with a white color scheme for his suit that confirms his status as a [[MichaelJackson Smooth Criminal]].
* The standard [[TheHashshashin Assassin]] outfit (a long robe/coat with a red sash and a beaked hood, normally in white) in ''Franchise/AssassinsCreed'' is this. No matter the time period, every Assassin will wear some variant: the Roman Empire, the Crusades, the Renaissance, Imperial China, the American Revolution, the Russian Revolution... Even Desmond's white hoodie harkens back to it.
* ''VideoGame/{{Tekken}}''
** The Mishima studded gloves and Heihachi's tiger's head gi.
** His {{fundoshi}} from the fourth game is hard to forget, too...
* ''VideoGame/DeadOrAlive'' has several of these, especially for the women in the game (Lei Fang's LittleBlackDress, for instance). But one of the most memorable belongs to a male character: Zack's silver "Teletubby" outfit.
* ''VideoGame/TheKingOfFighters''
** Mai Shiranui's famously {{Stripperiffic}} red kimono(?) in ''VideoGame/FatalFury'' and ''The King of Fighters'' -- a classic example of the TheissTitillationTheory in action.
** Black pants, belted together at the knee. Black jacket. White button-up shirt. You are now seeing Iori.
** Terry Bogard has ''two'' of these - one with an orange trucker cap, the other with a wool-lined brown coat.
* ''VideoGame/DragonQuestIX'' plays with this: among the [[VirtualPaperDoll many equipment options]] you can discover are an array of MythologyGag gear that lets you dress up your current party to look like heroes from all of the previous games in the series. You even gain Accolades by collecting and donning a complete set, as well as several Accolades if you manage to match what the representatives for each class are wearing in the example illustrations. On top of this, a lot of the gear that ''isn't'' directly connected to one of the past heroes are still references and holdovers from older games in the series, like the [[VideoGame/DragonQuestII Water Flying Cloth]]/Flowing Robe.
* ''Franchise/SonicTheHedgehog'': Sonic's sneakers.
* The standard Iron Helmet from ''[[VideoGame/TheElderScrollsVSkyrim Skyrim]]'' has come to represent the main character, due to its appearance in the first trailer.
* ''VideoGame/{{Hitman}}'': [[ProfessionalKiller Agent 47's]] black suit, white buttoned shirt, red tie, and the barcode tattoo on the back of his head.
* Hawke in ''VideoGame/DragonAgeII'', having become a living FolkHero to the people of Thedas, has the ''[[ClothesMakeTheLegend Mantle of the Champion]]'' as their memetic outfit. The Mage version of the armour is the one used in the promotional materials and box-art.

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* ''VisualNovel/FateStayNight''
** Archer. Of course is identified by his not-quite-a-[[BadassLongcoat longcoat]]. Technically, it's two red sleeves and a battle skirt. Try and imagine him without it and, at best, you get [[spoiler:a tanned Shirou]].
** Let's not forget [[Pantheon/PersonalAppearance Rin Tohsaka's]] [[ZettaiRyouiki S-Grade Zettai Ryouiki]].
* ''VisualNovel/AceAttorney'': Phoenix Wright's blue suit is iconic within the game universe. In the third game, someone wore the suit and spiked his hair and, [[PaperThinDisguise despite having a tan and acting way out of character]], no one could distinguish him from the real Wright.
* In the ''VisualNovel/TokimekiMemorial'' series : Shiori Fujisaki and her hairband. Yumi Saotome and Megumi Juuichiya, and their hair ribbons. Minori Akiho, and her X-shaped hair decs. Rhythmy Kyono and her headphones.
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[[folder:Web Animation]]
* The immense popularity of ''FanFic/HalfLifeFullLifeConsequences'' means that almost every video made using Gary's Mod uses the same "John Freeman" sprite as it's star.
* Even before John Freeman, Male 07 had been a popular character model due to its starring role as Gordon Frohman in the webcomic ''Webcomic/{{Concerned}}''.
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[[folder:Web Comics]]
* Marten's "TEH" T-shirt in ''Webcomic/QuestionableContent''.
* Due to the fact that everyone is a stick figure in ''Webcomic/{{xkcd}}'', the one extravagance worn by recurring characters is this. [[NiceHat Black Hat Guy]] is the most prominent, followed by [[{{Cloudcuckoolander}} the guy in the beret]].
* In-universe example: the white dress from Agatha's holographic message in ''Webcomic/GirlGenius''.
** Gilgamesh Wulfenbach's [[http://www.girlgeniusonline.com/comic.php?date=20080514 verry nize hat.]] In-universe, it became so well-known that it [[http://www.girlgeniusonline.com/comic.php?date=20120113 serves as instant identification]].
* ''Webcomic/TheAdventuresOfDrMcNinja'': It's probably justified because we never see him wearing anything else, or his face through it, but Dr. [=McNinja=]'s lab coat and Ninja mask. When [[spoiler:Franz Rayner]] made an army of Doc clones, he even made sure to equip each and every single one of them with that same lab coat and mask.
* ''Webcomic/{{Homestuck}}''
** We get [[IneffectualSympatheticVillain Courtyard Droll's]] [[http://www.mspaintadventures.com/?s=6&p=003684 absolutely ridiculous hat]], and to a lesser extent the rest of his outfit. Though it's more just "odd hats in general".
** Each of the kids has a shirt design that is iconic of them, and almost all of their alchemised clothing still has a basis in their original shirts in that they share the logo. Pink hairband and shirt with a defaced purple octopus? Rose. Broken record and baggy pants? Dave. [[Film/{{Ghostbusters}} Japanese Slimer]] T-shirt and cargo shorts (or these days, blue God Tier gear with a windy symbol)? John. Shirt with a dog-head silhouette and a long buttoned skirt? Jade. All the trolls get this too because they almost never wear anything else; trolls think fashion is stupid.
** Although it's more of a case of OffModel, [[http://knowyourmeme.com/memes/pantskat Pantskat]] probably counts, especially since it became an AscendedMeme when his ancestor was intentionally designed with extremely high-waisted Righteous Leggings.
** Then there's Gamzee's [[FanNickname Cod Tier]] Bard of Rage outfit, including a ridiculous, sanity-searing codpiece.
** The Alpha kids have Jane's ProblemSleuth monster, Dirk's cap, Roxy's four-eyed mutant cat, and Jake's green skull.
* ''Webcomic/PennyArcade'': Gabe in yellow and Tycho in blue.
* ''Webcomic/SluggyFreelance'': Torg's plaid jacket (with vertical and horizontal only stripes) and riff's BadassLongcoat.
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[[folder:Web Original]]
* The CoolShades worn by [[HomestarRunner Strong Bad and Homestar]] in the Dangeresque movies have become quite popular when they make appearances out of character.
* Some of the "{{Fanservice}}" outfits in [[Roleplay/SurvivalOfTheFittest SOTF-TV]] qualify both in [[CharacterBlog "Survival of the Snarkiest"]] and among the handlers, especially the ones that are actually worn by the characters. This includes Panya Bishara's Smokey the Bear fursuit, Mae St. Clair's geisha costume, Sidney Rice's PlayboyBunny gear, and Jeanette Buendia's hula girl outfit.
* Most of the Website/ThatGuyWithTheGlasses members that wear a costume recieve this treatment. Most common targets include [[WebVideo/TheNostalgiaCritic the Critic's]] [[UnkemptBeauty black and white suit]], tie and cap, [[WebVideo/AtopTheFourthWall Linkara's]] coat and [[NiceHat purty hat]] and, before she lost it, [[WebVideo/TheNostalgiaChick the Chick's]] [[BowtiesAreCool bowtie]]. And what is WebVideo/ToddInTheShadows without his hoodie?
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[[folder:Western Animation]]
* ''WesternAnimation/ScoobyDoo''
** Fred's ascot (actually a neckerchief). Though present-day Freddie doesn't wear one, they do bust it out for {{homage}}s every once in a while, as well as plenty of LampshadeHanging in the series of Fred's fashion choice.
*** [[WesternAnimation/TheVentureBrothers Hank Venture]] wears one specifically to evoke Fred. There's been a LampshadeHanging on this.
** The other members of Mystery, Inc. also apply, though the ascot (being so out of place) is the most known.
** Of particular note besides Fred, try to picture Shaggy in anything other than his green shirt and bell-bottoms combo. He's worn that outfit in just about every adaptation, reboot, movie, etc since the original show more than 40 years ago.
* Black shirt, gray gloves, and khaki cargo-pants define WesternAnimation/KimPossible's mission look. Also in-universe, to the point that [[TwoLinesNoWaiting one of]] the plot points of one episode was how everyone at her school was copying her (now popular and mass-produced) outfit ("Kim Style") [[YourCostumeNeedsWork without giving her the proper credit]]. Her mission outfit changed in [[PostScriptSeason Season 4]], but you wouldn't know it from the fanart.
* In an interesting case of an adaptation spawning a memetic outfit for a character, [[Franchise/TeenageMutantNinjaTurtles April O'Neil's]] iconic yellow jumpsuit spawned in [[WesternAnimation/TeenageMutantNinjaTurtles1987 the 1987 cartoon]], and has been either in or alluded to in most other canons.
* [[WesternAnimation/SpongebobSquarepants SpongeBob's square pants.]]
* MickeyMouse has his red shorts and yellow shoes.
* DonaldDuck and his sailor hat and shirt.
* WesternAnimation/PhineasAndFerb's signature outfits, as lampshaded in one episode when whey went back-to-school shopping. In the earlier episode "Run Away Runway", they manage to get ''everyone'' in Danville wearing their signature outfits.
* Finn's awesome [[NiceHat hat]] in ''WesternAnimation/AdventureTime''.
* ''WesternAnimation/AvatarTheLastAirbender'': Wang Fire's beard. It only appeared in three episodes, and yet [[MemeticMutation the legend lives on]].
* ''WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic''
** Applejack's hat. Also ponies in a SpyCatsuit from being worn by several of the Mane Six. Several other minor characters are known almost as much for their accessories. In particular, Vinyl Scratch sports a pair of CoolShades.
** In the fanart community, art featuring the ponies in anthro or human form have settled for some commonly accepted outfits. Twilight in a schoolgirl outfit, etc.
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[[folder:Real Life]]
* [[CompleteWorldKnowledge John Hodgman]] is pretty much always seen wearing the same brown suit with orange tie.
* AbrahamLincoln's beard and stovepipe hat.
* Davey Crockett's coonskin cap. Music/JonathanCoulton wears one, too, to go with his "mountain man" image.
* [[Series/MythBusters Jamie Hyneman's]] standard outfit, including the iconic white shirt and [[NiceHat beret]]. He wears that outfit ''[[LimitedWardrobe all the time]]'' unless he has a logical reason not to.
* The obligatory all-concealing {{ninja}} outfit, rarely if ever worn by actual ninja in real life.
* The Nazi uniform. Skulls on a cap, black trenchcoats, or an armband will remind people of the Nazis more than any other group. [[PuttingOnTheReich Writers often use this]] to make it more obvious that their villains are based on the Nazis. The brown party uniform isn't used as often, mostly because it's quite ugly.
* TinaFey and her glasses.
* [[http://imeanwhat.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2009/05/aretha_franklin_hat.jpg Aretha]] [[http://www.papermag.com/blogs/aretha-hat-poster.jpg Franklin's]] [[http://www.shoppingblog.com/pics/arethas_hat_smithsonian.jpg hat]] [[http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3476/3222794249_9204fb044d.jpg that]] [[http://www.thestyleinsider.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/01/noreen-carroll-aretha-franklin-hat-picture-buzzfeed.jpg she]] [[http://www.usmagazine.com/files/degeneres-franklin-b.jpg wore]] [[http://blog.nola.com/living/2009/02/large_ArethaCrop.jpg to]] [[http://s-ec-sm.buzzfeed.com/static/imagebuzz/web02/2009/1/25/13/finally-the-man-in-an-aretha-franklin-hat-now-t-28353-1232908781-11.jpg Obama's]] [[http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3423/3219976078_7c0fc0fa89.jpg inauguration]].
* TheDukeOfWellington: "I shall come in any damn trousers I like!"
* Colonel Sanders and his iconic white suit.
* CarlSagan's tan blazers, often worn with a turtleneck.
* GeorgeWBush and his flight suit.
* WinstonChurchill's pen-striped suit.
* Douglas [=MacArthur=]'s corncob pipe. Not to mention the [[CoolShades aviator shades]], [[OlderThanTheyThink before the aviators started wearing them]], in a literal case of FollowTheLeader. It helps that General [=MacArthur=] had been a Brigadier General since 1918, which for many people only familiar with him from WorldWarII and TheKoreanWar, makes ''him'' OlderThanTheyThink. Before the shades, he as known for his turtleneck sweater and swagger stick which he'd wear on the battlefield.
* The comforting sweaters and sneakers of everyone's favourite TV show host [[Series/MisterRogersNeighborhood Mr. Rogers]].
* Steve Jobs' penchant for rollneck shirts and blue jeans.
* NapoleonBonaparte's bicorne hat and uniform.
* [[http://img.alfonsojimenez.com/2007/01/audrey.jpg Audrey Hepburn's outfit]]. Specially the cigarette holder.
* Creator/MrT's gold chains
* Creator/GeorgeLucas' flannel shirts and jeans. MarkHamill {{lampshaded}} this at the 2005 AFI Lifetime Achievement Award ceremony for Lucas, saying he suspected he was wearing that underneath his tuxedo.
* Jackie Kennedy's pink Chanel suit -- used as a plot point in TheHouseOfYes via the character of Jackie-O.
* JosefStalin's field jacket and pipe.
* {{Michael Jackson}}'s fedora and rhinestone-encrusted glove.
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** His {{fundoshi}} from the [[strike:third]] fourth game is hard to forget, too...

* ''VisualNovel/AceAttorney''{{VisualNovel/Phoenix Wright|VisualNovel/AceAttorney}}'s blue suit is iconic within the game universe. Want to impersonate him? Just wear the suit and spike your hair. Nobody will be able to tell.

* In ''Series/{{Sherlock}}'' the Deerstalker cap is an in-universe MemeticOutfit, with Holmes getting photographed in it the *one* time he wears one and afterward being known as the detective with the hat.

*** ''Film/CasinoRoyale'', in many ways about Bond becoming Bond, makes [[LampshadeHanging much ado]] about the first time he puts on the Tuxedo. And ''Film/QuantumOfSolace'' has him wear the tuxedo for the first half of the movie. It gets increasingly unkempt as the story goes on. By the end, after having his money suspended, he's in a grubby fleece.

* {{Hitman}}: [[ProfessionalKiller Agent 47's]] black suit, white buttoned shirt, red tie, and the barcode tattoo on the back of his head.

Sometimes the popularity of these outfits make the writers have the character wear the outfit as much as possible. Then you have ClothesMakeTheLegend. Being remembered for ''lack'' of clothing would ([[FanDisservice probably]]) be EverybodyRemembersTheStripper.

* ''LightNovel/SpiceAndWolf'': Horo is often remembered in either a purple long dress or... [[EverybodyRemembersTheStripper nothing...]]

* Most of the Website/ThatGuyWithTheGlasses members that wear a costume recieve this treatment. Most common targets include [[WebVideo/TheNostalgiaCritic the Critic's]] [[UnkemptBeauty black and white suit]], tie and cap, [[WebVideo/AtopTheFourthWall Linkara's]] coat and [[NiceHat purty hat]] and, before she lost it, [[WebVideo/TheNostalgiaChick the Chick's]] [[BowtiesAreCool bowtie]].

* ''BreakfastAtTiffanys'': '''The''' LittleBlackDress.

* ''[[HannahMontana Hannah Montana's]]'' blonde wigs. Her pink sparkly jacket and white jeans, maybe, too.

* [[HannahMontana ''Hannah Montana's'']] blonde wigs. Her pink sparkly jacket and white jeans, maybe, too.

* ''Series/HappyDays'': The Fonz in his iconic leather jacket, now hanging in the Smithsonian. Ironically, in his first few appearances he wore an ordinary windbreaker because the network that ''Happy Days'' was on wouldn't allow his character to be portrayed as a juvenile delinquent [[spoiler:even though he was]], but later allowed the jacket to be worn.