History Main / ModestyTowel

* While ''Manga/KaguyaSamaLoveIsWar'' is normally light on {{fanservice}}, Hayasaka spends most of chapter 42 wearing nothing but a towel since Kaguya keeps dragging her away from her bath [[HopelessWithTech to help set up a Twitter account]].

* ''ComicBook/AstonishingXMen Xenogenesis'': ComicBook/{{Storm}} is seen dressed in a towel during a breakfast meeting with the rest of the X-Men.

** ''WesternAnimation/SupermanDoomsday'': This is used twice to imply the intimacy level between Comicbook/{{Superman}} and Comicbook/LoisLane.

** In ''Literature/StormFront'', he's just out of the shower when the date he'd forgotten about (because he took a few blows to the head) shows up. He covers himself with a towel, then a demon shows up and the [[WardrobeMalfunction towel falls off]] while he's fighting it. This is [[HilarityEnsues made more complicated]] when he realizes said date accidentally drank a LovePotion instead of an escape potion.

** In "[[Recap/SmallvilleS09E06Crossfire Crossfire]]", Lois visits her ex-boyfriend and know {{Casanova}} Oliver, and finds his apprentice, Mia coming out of his shower wearing only a Modesty Towel and thanking him for the "[[AccidentalInnuendo workout]]". Lois [[NotWhatItLooksLike naturally jumps to conclusions]], and he only makes things worse when he tries to explain to Lois that he and Mia were only sparring. Lois [[TheNicknamer even ends up nicknaming Mia]] "towel girl".

* ''Series/{{Castle}}'': In "The Limey", Beckett and Castle storm a suspect's hotel room and find him just stepping out of the shower in a towel. Beckett orders him to hold up his hands and the man reluctantly complies, [[NakedFirstImpression leaving his towel to fall to the ground]] and soon identifies himself as Detective Inspector Colin Hunt. [[CrazyJealousGuy Castle]] tries to cover Beckett's [[CoverInnocentEyesAndEars eyes with his hands]], but she [[CovertPervert coyly moves her head aside]] to [[EatingTheEyeCandy get a peek]].

* ''VideoGame/FZero GX'': Lily Flyer bonus movie has her clad in a towel as she washes all her clothes at a laundromat.

** "[[Recap/FamilyGuyS3E21FamilyGuyViewerMailOne Viewer Mail #1]]", Peter wishes he had no bones and is turned to a shapeless blob. At one point he gets thrown out of the Teacups ride at Disneyland and through a window into a locker room, where Creator/MichaelEisner comes out and uses him ''as'' one of these, tucking his face into the inside as he walks out of the room.

* ''Film/DoctorInLove'': A towel is all that Drs. Hare and Burke get to wear during their time spent in the Cold Room at the Foulness Anti-Cold Research Unit.

In media, characters that have just bathed or showered will often wrap themselves in towels to preserve their modesty, even if there is no one else around. This is often done to show that a character has been [[InterruptedBath interrupted while or shortly after they were bathing]], as they had no time to get properly dressed yet. Towels are also common attire in public baths, locker rooms, spas, and saunas. But while wearing a towel in TruthInTelevision, it's far less common in RealLife than media portrays, as people usually prefer the more reliable and modest bathrobes. As such, towels in media are often done to invoke {{fanservice}}.

* In ''Franchise/MyHeroAcademia'' ''[[https://archiveofourown.org/works/45984871/chapters/115749064 The Waters of Lethe]]'', the towel is justified during the bath. Aizawa has been rescued from quirk traffickers and was hit by a severe dose of a Trigger-boosted IdentityAmnesia quirk. Present Mic is trying to help him get clean but though they’re married, he doesn’t want to feel like he’s in any way taking advantage of Aizawa’s fragile state. He persuades Aizawa to drape a towel over his lap while he’s sitting in the tub.

* ''ComicBook/{{Aquaman}} 2011'' #49 has an equal opportunity {{fanservice}} moment with ComicBook/{{Mera}} dancing around in a towel while Arthur is {{shirtless|scene}} at their home. Until they're {{interrupted|Intimacy}} by officer Watson dropping in for a late-night call.

In media, characters that have just bathed or showered will often wrap themselves in towels to preserve their modesty, even if there is no-one else around. This is often done to show a character has been [[InterruptedBath interrupted while or shortly after they were bathing]], as they had no time to get properly dressed yet. Towels are also common attire in public baths, locker rooms, spas, and saunas. But while wearing a towel in TruthInTelevision, it's far less common in RealLife than media portrays, as people usually prefer the more reliable and modest bathrobes. As such, towels in media are often done to invoke {{fanservice}}.

Men will wear the towel wrapped around the waist hanging from their hips while women will wear it wrapped around the torso hanging from their bust. This conveniently covers any body parts MoralGuardians might find objectionable, but is often TruthInTelevision just out of practicality: the towel wards off a potential chill and soaks up any water left remaining on the skin after bathing, plus those who are accustomed to covering themselves while others are around will often do so out of habit, even if they are alone. The differences in how males and females wear it probably stems as much from men and women having different places to hang their towels as their having different places that might require covering. Even more practical, those with long hair often wrap a towel turban-style around it.

Towels on men will be very low to best show their [[ShirtlessScene bare pectorals]] while women will wear them with ImpossiblyLowNeckline to show off cleavage but also have them short on the waist for maximum leg exposure. This also follows the TheissTitillationTheory, as it will be immediately clear that the towel is the ''only'' thing being worn, and it is in constant danger of [[WardrobeMalfunction slipping loose and falling off]] or be [[StrippingSnag snagged away]], a possibility that can be made even more imminent if the wearer makes a sudden movement or reaches for something, usually when surprised or when put in some kind of [[FullFrontalAssault action sequence]]. If the towel ''does'' slip, the wearer will likely have a NakedFreakOut and resort to HandOrObjectUnderwear to maintain some measure of modesty/dignity. Often, a towel actually serves as the "[[HandOrObjectUnderwear Object Underwear]]" for a character that has been [[ShowerOfAwkward caught while they were bathing]]. It can also be used in conjunction with DressHitsFloor (when a character purposefully drops their towel) and SexyCoatFlashing (when a character opens their towel to flash someone).

** ''WesternAnimation/BatmanTheAnimatedSeries'': In the AprilFoolsDay episode "[[Recap/BatmanTheAnimatedSeriesE4TheLastLaugh The Last Laugh]]", Bruce walks to the bathroom in a towel for the bath Alfred "draw" for him. But he finds the bathtub empty and [[ServilleSnarker Alfred]] proceeds to give Bruce an [[ExactWords actual literal drawing of a bath]] as a joke. Bruce is not amused.

* ''ComicBook/TheAvengers'' #236 ComicBook/SheHulk is [[BathtubScene having a bath at the Avengers manor]] when she is [[InterruptedBath forced to abandon]] by the security alarms tripping, and she hurriedly throws on a towel on before rushing to confront the intruder... only for it to turn out to be ComicBook/SpiderMan, who broke into the manor with great fanfare to announce his desire to join the Avengers. Jen is so pissed she is ready to pummel him, until he points out how [[TheissTitillationTheory any sudden movements from her "daring outfit"]] would cause her to suffer a WardrobeMalfunction and she backs off.