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alternative title(s): Knee High Socks; Absolute Territory; Golden Thigh Ratio; Knee Socks; Zettai Ryouki; Short Skirt And Knee Socks; Mini Skirt With Thigh High Socks
Zettai Ryouiki
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"Absolute Territory" ( zettai ryouiki in Japanese) describes the area of uncovered thigh between the skirt and the stockings that's apparently a total magnet for Male Gaze. The proof that when it comes to sexiness, less is more.
The term originates from Neon Genesis Evangelion to designate an area of Absolute Terror, although it's had considerable semantic drift.
Zettai Ryouiki is made up of three components: socks, skin, and skirt. As per usual for fandom who obsess about costumes, this can be considered a moe attribute and thus, appear prominently in character designs and schoolgirl outfits.
Since a Zettai Ryouiki is defined by the length of the stockings, some people have categorize it into grades depending on the size of the socks. This ranking system goes from Grade F to Grade A *. However, only Grades A and B are considered true Zettai Ryouiki. See the Analysis page for more details.
As a relatively new phenomenon, the symbolism of Zettai Ryouiki only recently began to crystallize. Since it is, by nature, a sensual costume that doesn't reveal the "naughty bits", it symbolizes budding, innocent sexuality, a trait common for The Ingenue who is already aware of her attractiveness but not (yet) cynical enough to put it to use (which is why many a Tsundere wears Zettai Ryouiki). Of course, as with any symbols, Genre Savvy characters can invoke it on purpose even if far from the described archetype themselves.
It has gained popularity around the world, especially in Japan, where it is considered the most popular fetish *, and is also a very popular fashion item with girls and young women there, so the occurrence of Zettai Ryouiki can be regarded as Truth in Television.
An Action Girl may trade the skirt for hotpants but if it doesn't include thigh-highs and visible skin, it's not Zettai Ryouiki. This trope not only covers socks, but Thigh-High Boots as well.
See also Joshikousei (a school uniform this trope is often combined with), Stocking Filler (for stockings without the skirts), Mini Dress Of Power, Who Wears Short Shorts?, and She's Got Legs. Compare with Opera Gloves, which is the equivalent for arms. Contrast with Sexy Schoolwoman (who usually shows more leg than this) and Panty Shot.
As the length of this page proves, Zettai Ryouiki is Serious Business.
Examples should be limited to Rank A and B. Use the page image to identify them.
Examples
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General
- This is quite common in Ecchi/Hentai anime, manga, dôjinshi and video games. Note that, in fully X-rated works, it is also very frequent for women to keep the thigh-high socks even while otherwise naked. (And occasionally, for young boys too.)
- Rie Kugimiya-voiced characters seem to have a tendency to wear Zettai Ryouiki.
- Some of Kana Hanazawa-Voiced characters.
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- Shana in Shakugan no Shana.
- Louise Françoise Le Blanc de La Valliere in Zero No Tsukaima. As an Expy of Shana, this isn't surprising.
- Taiga from Toradora, not surprising for another expy of Louise. It also gets a lot of attention in the opening credits.
- Aria H. Kanzaki from Hidan No Aria, yet another Twin Tails wearing Tsundere voiced by Rie Kugimiya, who happens to be one of her schools elite S Rank students. Her zettai ryouiki are known to magically shift between A and B whenever she reveals the dual thigh holsters that she somehow keeps hidden under her skirt.
- Code Geass
- Kallen Stadtfeld in her school uniform, not to mention her Custom Uniform. She is also credited with popularizing the hotpants+socks variety of Zettai Ryouiki.
- C.C's new black outfit in R2 also uses the hotpants + socks variation.
- Suzaku might also have a fondness for Zettai Ryouiki◊. Sorta.
- Nunnally gets to use a B Grade Ryouiki in the Knightmare of Nunnally manga, as it's included in the Ashford Academy's middle school uniform. Same goes to Alpha Bitch Ekaterina, her Girl Posse, and Nunners's best friend Alice.
- Anya gets to use a nice Grade A while in her Knight of Rounds uniform.
- The technical term for the near-impenetrable shield with which the Shinkirou is equipped is the Absolute Defensive Territory (Zettai Shugo Ryouiki). Don't tell me, especially given the amount of real Ryouiki in this series, that that's not tongue-in-cheek par extraordinaire on the part of the writers.
- One of the two protagonists(?) of the upcoming Boukoku no Akito, Layla (the girl on the left)◊ has a Grade B.
- The comedy manga compilation Knight Volume 2 has a story ("Decide for Yourself" by Hina Mido) where C.C. actually launches into a rant about Zettai Ryouiki when Lelouch dismisses her question of "thigh-high versus knee socks" with "doesn't matter to me". Sadly this gets Lost in Translation, but anyone familiar with the concept can tell the original intent of the rant.
C.C.: What did you just say!? Are you stupid? This is for a school uniform! I'm talking about a mini-skirt! The knee-length socks which show our shiny knees, or thigh highs that highlight the area between the edge of our skirt and our thighs! If you don't have a hard time choosing between these socks, you don't know anything about school uniforms.
- Touka, the daughter of the Tennouji Family (from Nogizaka Haruka No Himitsu 2nd season), has a Grade A Zettai Ryouiki, aside from twin tails and tsundere spoiled brat personality, making it a Grade S.
- Love interest Rion Akagami wears this in Cage of Eden, even when they're stuck on a tropical island inhabited by hordes of prehistoric animals.
- Lucky Star
- Chiaki Minami,(occasionally worn by Kana at home) also the standard uniform in her school in Minami-ke.
- Kurumi Momose and Yuma Kashiwagi in Pani Poni Dash!.
- Matsuri Shihou's excellent Zettai Ryouiki is likely the source of her immortality in Sola.
- Seems to be a part of the standard school uniform in Zombie Loan.
- Similarly, it appears to be part of Stellvia Foundation uniform in Stellvia of the Universe.
- Yomi in Azumanga Daioh.
- Sai Hinoki from Betterman is a good example for this trope.
- Pretty much standard uniform for all female crew members in Starship Operators, but considering it is a Show Within a Show, one could blame it on Sex Sells.
- Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha StrikerS
- Nanoha and Fate's basic Barrier Jackets in the third season seem to have been designed with this in mind.
- Fate's Barrier Jacket in the first two seasons, as well, and Nanoha's normal outfits (non-Barrier Jacket, non-school uniform) from those seasons. And the Lieze twins (very perfect "A" Grade). And Vita's normal non-combat outfit (only "B"-Grade, which is sad because she meets both of the added requirements for a Grade S). And Teana's Barrier Jacket and military uniform. Yeah, this show runs on Fanservice, alright.
- Don't forget Sister Schach.
- There's also the strange case of Reinforce, who has... only one sock.
- And now Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha ViVid adds Corona, as well as Lio and Einhart in their Barrier Jackets.
- Young Nanoha sported these in the OP of the first series.
- Alice in ARIA since its part of her school uniform, making her of the very few main characters who wears something else aside from her undine outfit. In one anime episode, Aika wears the variety with shorts.
- Princess Rita Sior in Sisters of Wellber.
- Seemingly part of the school outfit on School Days. It's also humorously refered to, as an army of school girls in short skirts activate Zettai Ryouiki by putting on knee socks in an attempt to draw more people to their classroom for the School Festival. This instance is doubly notable as the last comedic occurrence in the anime before things go straight to hell.
- It's also part of the school outfit in the one Margaret attends in Madlax.
- And Kagura Tennouzou's school in Speed Grapher. IIRC, Kagura also uses Zettai Ryouki when she dones a very Stripperiffic outfit as the Divine Goddess. Yui and Haruna's school in Corrector Yui also has it as a part of its standard outfit. Yui's elemental suit makes the skirt, or even panties, pretty much pointless while initiating, also.
- Mahou Sensei Negima!. Considering that Ken Akamatsu has written about moe on his blog, this is certainly intentional, and shows up quite often, on:
- Yuuki Cross, and several of the female characters in Vampire Knight wear these.
- Momiji from Fruits Basket is another male version, when he wears the girls' uniform at school. Motoko (the president of Yuki's fan club) is also a good example.
- Gungrave: Mika occasionally wears this.
- Shiori Takatsuki in the Revolutionary Girl Utena movie. (Zettai unmei mokushi-ryouiki! Um... sorry.)
- Scheris Adjani rocks a class B in her HOLY uniform in S-CRY-ed, though thanks to her incredibly short skirt it may be misconstrued as a class C.
- Gundam
- Flay Allster and Miriallia Haww in Gundam SEED, since this is a part of their military cadet uniform. When Lunamaria "Luna" Hawke became a redcoat in ZAFT and asked for a customized uniform with a pink miniskirt, she also added long black socks to it.
- Both Nena Trinity and Christina Sierra from Gundam 00 also use the hotpants variety. In Season 1, Nena combines it with socks; in season 2, she switches to the long boots version. Mena Carmine,Nena's Identical Stranger wears thigh-high boots paired with a miniskirt.
- In G Gundam, Sai Saici's girlfriend Cecile Holgar usually wears Grade B. Rain also gets a Grade B when she uses the Mobile Trace System and suits up for fighting.
- Shino in .hack//Roots and her Expy Atoli in the G.U. games.
- To Love-Ru
- Lala Satalin Deviluke
- Yami manages to pull one off here as well*
The costume is a homage to Eve from Black Cat, whom Yami is an Expy of
- The three heroines of Ultimate Girls.
- Part of the standard uniform for most schools in Kyoshiro To Towa No Sora, and since the appropriately-named Academia (the series' setting) is a scholastic city (everything is, or is related to or servicing, a school), that means just about every girl in the city falls into this trope. By law.
- Mishio Maeno in Mnemosyne.
- Ranma ½
- Female!Ranma while disguised as Ryôga's sister, Yoiko.
- Akane as well, on occasion, notably at the start of the Martial Skating arc.
- Tsuyuri in Doujin Work.
- Frequently, Nico Robin of One Piece, if thigh-high boots count.
- Yoko from Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann goes the hotpants route (which Kamina gets a good long look at). She later switches out the socks for boots of about the same length. But this is done very specifically: it emphasizes her butt instead of her legs, like a skirt would. She's has a Grade A but is missing the Girlish Pigtails required to qualify as Grade S.
- Several of the Claymores wear these, even in the dead of winter. But they are Half-Human Hybrids.
- Haruhi Suzumiya: Haruhi wears this a couple of times.
- Rosario + Vampire: Kokoa Shuzen, Mizore Shirayuki, and Yukari Sendo. With the hair, and the attitude Kokoa bumps up to Grade S! However with Mizore, they actually make it an obvious part of her Moe factor, when attempting to seduce Tsukune during moments with his Harem.
- Yu-Gi-Oh!
- Anzu used the hotpants + socks once, more exactly in the Marik and Noa arcs. Anzu also wears the socks + miniskirt in one of the ending animations.
- Rei◊ of Yu-Gi-Oh! GX.
- Aki◊ of Yu-Gi-Oh! 5Ds.
- Dragon Ball
- The trope is Older than They Think: the belted dress-shorts and boots version was used by Mia from Ronin Warriors.
- And even older: Megumi from Voltes V uses the uniform miniskirt plus boots version.
- The eponymous "Black God" of Manga/Kurokami gets a very nice zone when Akane dresses her up.
- Tsukino Azusagawa from Yakitate!! Japan.
- Jun's birdstyle in Science Ninja Team Gatchaman.
- Pokémon
- Jessie's Team Rocket miniskirt and thigh-high boots in the anime.
- Also, Lyra from both the anime and Pokémon HeartGold and SoulSilver sports a Grade B shorts version.
- In the Pokémon Special manga, Dawn's counterpart, Platinum, has higher stockings making her closer to a Grade B.
- Rosette from Chrono Crusade has thigh-high stockings and slits up to nearly her waist in her militia uniform, making it a variation of this trope.
- D.Gray-Man: Lenalee Lee. When you think about it, she's actually got Grade S Zettai Ryouiki at first, what with her Girlish Pigtails and all (though she's not much of a Tsundere). That is, until the whole Eshi incident. And her socks/boots give her magical powers. No, really.
- Seras Victoria from Hellsing, both anime and manga.
- Shinobu from Ninin Ga Shinobuden (a.k.a Ninja Nonsense). Extra points for doing this with a ninja outfit.
- Naruto
- Karin. She also gets points for pulling it off with a ninja uniform (for ninja in the service of Orochimaru, no less), though she uses shorts instead of a skirt.
- Naruto's mother Kushina also liked the look when she was young, being able to pull a Type A nicely. She was wearing it during the Rescue Romance incident with Minato, her future husband and Naruto's dad.
- Alsh the vampire from Bloody Kiss has his preferred Zettai Ryouiki at 10-15 cm.
- Love Hina
- Kaolla Suu seems to wear this quite a bit in the manga.
- Naru also wears this from time to time and the cover of book 7◊ she manages Grade A and epic Opera Gloves at the same time.
- Himeko from Himechan No Ribon is a borderline Grade B.
- Hayate the Combat Butler
- Nagi and Sakuya. The former a bona fide Grade S. So much moe!
- Hinagiku tends towards the hot pants variety, and also gets points for being Tsundere, but no twin-tails.
- Even Isumi joins in on occasion.
- In the season 2 first opening, Ha—, er, Hermione gets the treatment, with the usual result.
- Faye Valentine from Cowboy Bebop, though with hot pants and not a skirt.
- In the 4th season of Mariasama Ga Miteru Yumi Fukuzawa starts dressing this way outside of school.
- Rin Kokonoe in Kodomo no Jikan appears to do this intentionally to seduce her teacher, although it's never explicitly stated.
- In Pandora Hearts, this appears to be the Latowidge School girl's uniform. Note that this is not an all-girl's school, either.
- Sumire's high school in Venus Versus Virus apparently has this as part of the school uniform. What is it with all-girl schools and ultra-short skirts in anime?
- Bakugan
- Runo in Bakugan: New Vestroia is Grade S. (In Bakugan Battle Brawlers, she was a thoroughly unremarkable C-Grade, though she already had the other two parts of the S requirements). Sadly, she and the other two main girls from Battle Brawlers are pretty much gone by the second episode.
- Mira returns in Mechtanium Surge with a new grade A outfit.
- The sisters Mawata and Mayune from Pretear.
- Bludgeoning Angel Dokurochan. Dokuro has got to be at least a Grade A, maybe even S. High socks? Check. Ponytails? Check. Tsundere? Oh yes.
- The eponymous Shion of Shion No Ou exhibits Grade A Zettai Ryouiki, usually with a red miniskirt and white thigh highs.
- Nao Yuuki from Mai-HiME uses Grade B as well.
- This seems to be part of the standard uniform in Mai-Otome.
- From 2007 onwards it was a requisite that at least one team member in a Pretty Cure continuity had this:
- Blue from Wolf's Rain uses thigh-high boots and a peacoat.
- Moetan is filled with this as part of the all-you-can-eat Fetish Fuel Station.
- The latest volume of Nora has Keini in Grade A. She already had the other two components for Grade S. Could there be something higher?
- Sumika from Sasameki Koto.
- Most people don't notice, but Macross Frontier actually has a lot of this.
- Nanase wears the traditonal variant with her school uniform.
- Ranka Lee has it with one of her stage outfits.
- Sheryl wears both the traditional and hot pants versions as well as a tantalizingly stripperiffic, one-legged version.
- Klan is Grade S!
- Yuki Nomura from No Bra. And you'll probably not believe it, but that's a male example.
- Nodoka of Saki almost has all the requirements needed for Grade S. Just lacks the personality. Yuuki wears a very suspicious one too, and her personality is a bit more fitting as well.
- Ellis from El Cazador de la Bruja.
- Kaze no Stigma
- Kanon (one of Ren's school friends) wears A-Rank in both her school uniform and her street clothes. She also has twin-tails; unfortunately, she is not a Tsundere.
- Ayano, the tsundere female lead, qualifies but only for Grade C.
- Nodamiki from GA Geijutsuka Art Design Class, at least in her anime incarnation.
- Aoba Kozue from Mahoraba wears them as part of her personal wardrobe.
- Kenichi's sister Honoka in Kenichi: The Mightiest Disciple. Shigure also wears it regularly.
- Umino Masachika of Satou Kashi No Dangan Wa Uchinukenai sports a solid Tybe B while wearing her school uniform. Most of her classmates wear there stockings somewhere below the knee.
- Kamen No Maid Guy has Token Loli Liz wearing this. And she even has the twin pigtails.
- These seem to be part of the school uniform in Seitokai No Ichizon. Even when they're wearing swimsuits, the stockings remain.
- The default female cadet uniform aboard the Libertad in Soukou No Strain is very definitely Grade A.
- Yukino's rival Maho Izawa in Kare Kano. This is actually included in the default winter/autumn uniform of their school, but Maho wears it outside school too.
- The girls from I''S. This manga is full of Grade A & B.
- Sieglinde Baumgard from Dragonaut The Resonance.
- Emba from Wild Rock sports a Grade A male version of this (other characters too, but his is the most obvious).
- Airi of Queen's Blade fame/infamy qualifies. If she were Tsundere, she might possibly be Grade S.
- Nina of Words Worth, a story-driven H-series, gets the unusual naturally occuring version of this, being a mini-skirted catgirl. Ranks somewhere around a lower A due to how she carries it off.
- Ran Mouri/Rachel Moore from Case Closed/Detective Conan sports the look from time to time. It's quite noticeable in the first OP, where she uses Type A... If she wore pigtails, her Type B Tsundere traits would give her a Grade S.
- Hitagi Senjôgahara from Bakemonogatari, who would be a Grade S if Kuudere counts for the personality factor.
- Lunar of Seto no Hanayome: Double Pigtails? (Check), Tsundere? (check). Yep, we have Grade S.
- Madoka Ayukawa from Kimagure Orange Road tends to use both A and B. Another one who is Girlish Pigtails away from hitting Grade S.
- Kuroshitsuji/Black Butler
- Makina from Shikabane Hime sports a Grade C in her usual outfit, though her not-so-Magic Skirt and apparent Vapor Wear somewhat defeats the whole "not quite showing anything explicitly naughty" aspect.
- Card Captor Sakura: Tomoyo definitely◊ loves◊ this◊ trope◊ and◊ dresses◊ Sakura◊ accordingly.◊
- In a non-schoolgirl-related example, the eponymous Nana Osaki of Nana likes to mix this with◊ garter◊ belts◊.
- Cute devil Dark Mu, of the Mutant Turtles: Legend of the Super Mutants OVA, sports this look combining red thigh-high boots with an equally red minidress.
- Aoi from WORKING!! wears these.
- Riko of kiss×sis sometimes sports Grade A, usually to catch the eye of her step brother Keita.
- In B Gata H Kei, the protagonist Yamada can be seen showing off Grade A while wearing her cheerleader outfit in the series opening.
- Madoka from Metal Fight Beyblade sports Grade A.
- Kiara the Amaranthine from There, Beyond the Beyond.
- Angel Beats!
- Yuri sports a Grade B throughout the series.
- Shiori Sekine (the bassist) has Grade A.
- Shugo Chara!
- Utau has a Grade A in her black uniform. Add her signature twin tails and her tsundere attitude, and Utau Hoshina is officially a Grade S! Not to mention her Lunatic Charm costume, as well as Dark Jewel and Seraphic Charm. And Seraphic Charm's supposed to be angelic.
- Several of Amu's casual outfits have Grade A as well. [1]◊
- And Amulet Spade, which, instead of a skirt, has short shorts and adds garter belts.
- Amulet Diamond had a Grade A and Amu wears pigtails while transformed, although she is usually not tsundere.
- Amulet Clover◊ has a Grade A and pigtails as well.
- Yaya◊ is increasingly closer to a Grade S. She's got the 57 cm socks and she's got the twin tails. She's in fourth grade. Well, technically she's in fifth in the second season, but still. Fourth grade.
- Sae from Amagami SS often displays this when in her school uniform, as does Kaoru in her waitress outfit (much to the protagonist Junichi's delight during her arc).
- Mitsuba from Mitsudomoe.
- Chocola and Vanilla from Sugar Sugar Rune both have Zettai Ryouiki, Chocola with a Grade A and Vanilla with a Grade D. How much you wanna bet that 90% of the time Pierre stares at Chocola's legs instead of her face?
- Soul Eater
- In the second ending for the anime, Maka's got some of this thing going on, specifically Grade A.
- Not to mention Blair, who has a Grade A with her thigh high boots and witch dress.
- And many variations of Maka's Spartoi uniform feature thigh highs.
- Kim Diehl and her weapon Jacqueline (who usually wear matching uniforms).
- The Korean version of Mazinger Z called Robot Taekwon V gives us Yoon, who wears thigh-high boots and a short skirt. Early example.
- Many of the idol singers in EL sport Grade A, though given that this is a hentai title, it's to be expected.
- Kirino from Ore No Imouto Ga Konna Ni Kawaii Wake Ga Nai displays Grade A in the fourth episode of the anime. Varying degrees can also be seen in some of the games she plays, which should come as no surprise given that she's a secret eroge otaku.
- Bleach
- The Arrancar Loly uses the boots plus miniskirt version — Grade A, more exactly. Since she has Girlish Pigtails, the only thing keeping her away from Grade S is being a Yandere instead of a Tsundere.
- Once the Hueco Mundo arc is over and she becomes a senior in Karakura High, Orihime Inoue starts wearing Grade A.
- New character Riruka Dokugamine has turned out to be a Grade S.
- Anime-only Nozomi Kujo goes between Grades A and C depending on how she's drawn at the moment, but usually is a B.
- In Highschool of the Dead, Rei◊ has Grade A in her uniform and Saeko◊ has Grade A (plus garterbelts) when she borrows Rika's clothes.
- Kusakabe Maron, from Kamikaze Kaitou Jeanne, definitely counts. As a matter of fact, it seems this is part of the uniform.
- There's a ton in Black★Rock Shooter. It would seem that the girls' outfits are designed the way they are so that it would be easier for them to move.
- Maid Gunner◊ has thigh highs that would have made her a Grade B, but her skirt is too long for her to qualify. It only counts for Zettai Ryouiki when her skirt flies up to, not a panty shot, but high enough that the tops of her thigh highs are visible.
- Underworld Balkan◊ has Grade C socks, but her skirt is too long to qualify.
- Ryuuko Kounuma from Wolf Guy - Wolfen Crest is seen wearing a one legged version. Sadly, it's mixed with Fan Disservice as she's tied up to invoke Distressed Damsel as a part of Haguro's plan.
- Zakuro Fujiwara/Mew Zakuro from Tokyo Mew Mew.
- Maria from the Witchblade anime gets these after her personality changes.
- All Magical Girls from Puella Magi Madoka Magica except Homura. Madoka is a Grade A in her school uniform and a Grade C in her Magical Girl uniform. Sayaka is a Grade C in both school and Magical Girl uniform. Mami is somewhat between Grades C and B in her transformated uniform, and Kyouko is a Grade A when transformed.
- Several characters in Freezing have some form of Zettai Ryouiki, as it seems to be a part of the standard Pandora outfit (even for battle!). The female lead is one of the few that do not, though she certainly attracts attention in other ways. (Underneath it she does have them.) Ganessa Roland is an unequivocal Grade S, however.
- Panty & Stocking with Garterbelt
- Fittingly enough, Kneesocks in is a Type A. Except when she takes off the kneesocks to turn them into scythes.
- Also Stocking herself, who transform hers into katanas.
- Fairy Tail
- Erza Scarlett has a few armors that donned this style and in some cover pages.
- Lucy on a few cover pages, and the clothes she gets from the Stellar spirit world, usually has this.
- Wendy donned this in the Edoras arc and later in the Tenrou Island arc.
- Mirajane's Take Over Satan soul gives her this in boots.
- Angel
- Urtear's battle outfit and Meredy.
- Averted in Berserk. Warrior Casca wore very tall riding boots and her tunic fell below her armor plate, far enough to form the desired look of a Zettai Ryouiki (to add a bonus, her tunic had a slit on both sides). However, since the warrior women of the Berserkerverse wear reasonable, non-stripperific armor, you can guess that Casca wears leggings underneath.
- Sailor Moon
- Usagi displays a Grade S in the, well, "S" Movie.
- One of the outfits that Minako puts on in the opening sequence gives her a nice Grade A.
- Several girls in Blue Exorcist, but Kamiki Izumo is the only Grade S. She's got the thigh-highs, the tsundere personality, and her hair is (usually) in twin tails.
- Infinite Stratos
- The gym uniform, a swimsuit with stockings◊, gives all the girls a clear grade A. More like skintight leg-warmers, though; the girls' ankles are also clearly visible. If only they didn't have shoes, they would be able to get the rare Zettai Ryouiki-Foot Focus double-dip.
- Houki also has it as a part of her uniform.
- Mio Isurugi from MM! has Grade A and a tsundere personality, but no twin tails.
- Ageha the Shinigami from RIN-NE — white stockings with a white Sailor Fuku.
- Although their outfits change almost every episode in Hime Chen Otogi Chikku Idol Lilpri, Natsuki/Princess Kaguya's standard princess outfit when using the Princess Fairytale card is grade A Zettai Ryouiki (borderline S). Surprising because she's technically wearing a kimono. She also has grade A with thigh-high boots when she's untransformed but then she's somewhere around the age of eight...
- Emi Kisaki from Kurogane No Linebarrel. Her black uniform sports long socks that almost touch her little skirt. She is a grade A.
- Haqua du Lot Herminium from The World God Only Knows is a grade A bordering on S due to her tsundere personality, but lacking the twintails.
- Fear and Konoha from Cube×Cursed×Curious both sport Grade A. Konoha, with her Girlish Pigtails, would be a Grade S if she were more tsun.
- Asaka from Cardfight!! Vanguard sports a Grade B.
- Taiwan from Axis Powers Hetalia wears a Grade A in Hetaween 2011, while cosplayed as the virtual idol Silverlight. May have bordered on Grade S if you see that she's wearing Girlish Pigtails (which she doesn't, normally) and if you count her interactions with her brothers as her being Tsundere.
- Maya Kumashiro from Occult Academy is a perfect example of the tsundere and zettai ryouiki as well.
- Medaka from Medaka Box has Grade B.
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- Raf from Angels Friends wears these at Grade B. Did we mention that she is 12 as well?
- Appears many times during Empowered — as part of Emp's Sexy Librarian Costume Inertia; Sistah Spooky and Ninjette's outfits; in Emp's vision of herself with bat wings that looks suspiciously like Etna cosplay...
- One of Legionnaire Kinetix's costume's sported this look. However, given her penchant for changing costumes, it didn't last.
- Cyclone from the Justice Society of America. The fact that she displays so little in the way of skin compared to other superheroines arguably just makes her more attractive.
- Hack Slash: Cassie Hack◊, on occasion◊.
- Although Supergirl's boots usually don't go above the knee, one of her costumes during the seventies did in fact combine thigh-highs with a mini-dress. Curiously, the costume sprung up from a combination of designs from two different female fans.
- Undead girl Talia from Brodys Ghost sports the thigh-highs/mini-skirt combo as part of her Jacob Marley Apparel.
- Envy Adams in Scott Pilgrim. Usually at a Grade B or C, but sometimes a Grade S. She loves gogo boots and short skirts.
- Bizarrely enough, Darkseid's normal outfit◊ has this, but it goes up and down depending on the artist. Because this trope is associated with females, many artists have tried to update Darkseid's outfit to have pants of some kind instead of a skirt, but because of Grandfather Clause, Jack Kirby's original skirted design keeps coming back. Notably, the DCAU tries to avert this trope by giving him leggings at least to avoid the bare legs while maintaining the classic look, but even then it sort of comes across as forced. If you think of it as a tunic and armored greaves with kneepads it looks slightly less like the mighty evil overlord is trying to dress like a sexy lady, but since Granny Goodness is sort of rocking the opposite androgyny...
- Rose Walker of The Sandman wore them for a fairly lengthy sequence in The Kindly Ones.
- Stephanie (Batgirl) Brown when infiltrating the Academy of Evil that is St. Hadrian's Finishing School for Girls in Batman Incorporated: Leviathan Strikes. Several of the other students also wear their uniforms this way.
Comic Strips
- There's an old Playboy cartoon (probably from the magazine's early days) that features a bar graph made of three girls wearing ever-longer stockings (coupled with ever-shorter skirts). There was a caption about how the graph represented economic growth, and how the future was looking good. Hur hur.
- Amy Pond in the strip "The Golden Ones" in Doctor Who Magazine. The story is set in Japan, appropriately enough.
Fan Works
Films — Animation
Films — Live-Action
- Felicity Shagwell from Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me is both a western and live-action example on her first appearance.
- The eponymous DEBS wear outfits like this.
- Shilo's outfits in Repo! The Genetic Opera are almost all Grade A Zettai Ryouiki.
- Just about every girl in St Trinians, varying from Grade D (which somehow still looks good on them) to Grade A, most notably Chelsea and Annabelle. Annabelle also adds garter belts and fishnets on any uncovered thigh area. Even Tara and Tania have some Grade E and D, which is slightly disturbing given the fact they're two 10-year-old pyromaniacs. Here's a basic summary of all the Zettai Ryouiki in this movie.◊
- Not involving a skirt, but Trillian's outfit in The Movie of The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, in her first main story appearance, has this as one of about a dozen things contributing to her overall sexiness. The socks are argyle, too!
- Before it even had a name, the thigh-high/mini-skirt combo was seen in many of the outfits worn by the girls in Clueless.
- Scary Movie
- In the first movie, Buffy has this as part of what appears to be a naughty schoolgirl outfit right after Cindy is taken down to the police station the first time.
- Then in Scary Movie 2, the Charlie's Angels parody has the girls remove their clothing to reveal... well, they initially forgot their Angel clothing, leaving them in just their underwear and shoes, which in one case consisted of a Black Bra and Panties and thigh-high stockings. Sadly, this lasts all of about three seconds.
- Cassie in Push, as part of her image as Little Miss Badass.
- Babydoll during her battle "dream sequences" in the Zack Snyder flick Sucker Punch. This was very true to the Japanese style, as she was wearing a traditional Japanese schoolgirl uniform, and her actress Emily Browning looked interestingly high school age in the film (despite being 22 in real life).
- In the 2008 film Tokyo!, a glimpse of this is the first thing to push a "hikikomori" (shut-in) to venture into the outside world.
- Jennifer Beals' character Alex in Flashdance, when she's wearing that dance leotard and leg-warmer ensemble.
- Abby in The Return of Swamp Thing when she arrives at the Arcane mansion.
- Alice in Resident Evil 3 uses thigh-high socks. The only thing is that she doesn't use a skirt, instead she uses short pants.
- Pretty much every girl in Vampire Girl vs. Frankenstein Girl is sporting some Zettai Ryouiki to some extent. Mostly because they're all schoolgirls or naughty nurses. The only exceptions are the girls in the Super Dark Girls' Club, because they are basically cosplaying as black people.
- Maggie Cheung's character in Heroic Trio.
- The main poster for Pretty Woman has Julia Roberts wearing the knee-high boots variant.
- Brittani Louise Taylor had a stunning Grade A in EMO WITCH!, with garter belts.
- Danielle Harris's character Alissa◊ in Blood Night: The Legend of Mary Hatchet has the short skirt and high-heeled boots variant.
- Jess, the Hooker with a Heart of Gold from Cornered!.
- In the opening scene of Transporter 2, Frank is carjacked by a girl in white thigh-high stockings and a short pleated tartan skirt. When her Show Some Leg ploy fails to get him out of his car, she resorts to a gun instead. It doesn't work either.
Literature
- Probably every version of Pippi Longstocking wears it, Grade B and upwards. And we're still talking about a franchise for kids.
Live-Action TV
- Abby Sciuto of NCIS sometimes wears this kind of attire. And woo-ee, does she work it.
- Geoffrey Jellineck◊ in a brief cheerleading tryouts scene◊ in Strangers with Candy.
- Seven episodes into Dollhouse, and Echo has already rocked it twice. Once using thigh-high boots, the other time using stockings (which can also be seen in the theme song sequence).
- Cameron pulls this off extremely well in the third episode of The Sarah Connor Chronicles (see here for some examples).
- Natsumi, the female lead of Kamen Rider Decade, wears tights with every outfit. In episode 10, she wears them with shorts, and is suddenly that much hotter. Zettai Ryouiki in action!
- From Kamen Rider OOO, Mezool's human form after getting revived.
- Maddie from The Suite Life of Zack and Cody gets a B-Grade in an early episode and often has a C-level.
- Sharona in Monk often falls into A-Grade category in skirt, and frequently wears boots around/above knee-high, often coupled with high stockings.
- Star Trek: The Original Series: A Romulan commander, of all people, wears Zettai Ryouiki of a sort.◊ Yes, that's Spock in the background. Zettai Ryouiki: Spock digs it.
- Kahlan's new outfit that appears regularly in season two of Legend of the Seeker features a side-plit dress and thigh high leather boots. During action scenes in particular, Zettai Rouiki at a Grade B level is visible. Kahlan also receives an injury to the thigh in one episode, resulting in close ups of Zettai Ryouiki, however that is the closest Kahlan has come to partial nudity.
- iCarly: Carly had a Grade B level (with blue and white striped socks/stockings) along with a fairly short skirt in iHave My Principals, where their regular School Principal was removed, and the harsh new leadership forced a school uniform.
- Same actress, different show: from Drake & Josh, Megan in the first half of the episode "Tree House" (also Grade B).
- Full House: Stephanie Tanner dressed like this at least a couple times in the final season of Full House. Grade B with a plaid skirt and black socks.
- Glee
- Serena gets a Grade B in Gossip Girl. See here◊, here◊
- An episode of Sabrina the Teenage Witch has Libby and her friends wear Grade B. When Sabrina changes the color of one of Libby's socks, Libby adds Fashionable Asymmetry to her Zettai Ryouiki.
- Singer Brandy in a recent episode of Dancing with the Stars not only rocks a type A but her double pony tails and Tsundere attitude during the segment (Tsun during the rehearsals, Dere after the dance) pumps her up to Type S. In fact this trope frequently appears on the show, usually anywhere from C to A.
- In Tower Prep some of the girls uniforms are Grade D or C, depending on the individual. Recurring character Emily's is a C.
- In episode 2 of Pretty Little Liars, Aria wears an admirable Grade B to school.
- American Idol
- Ros in the Frasier Halloween Episode where she went as O from The Story of O.
- Charlotte Cameron in the Midsomer Murders episode "Death in the Slow Lane". No, really.
- Molly Quinn in promotional pictures for the new season of Castle.
- Torchwood: Miracle Day: Gwen sports a Grade B when she and Jack pose as loud-mouthed Americans in "Escape To LA".
Music Videos
- ABBA was playing around with this back in the 70s. See this version of Waterloo.
- Vocaloid is FULL of Zettai Ryouiki.
- For starters, Miku Hatsune wears thigh highs and a skirt (actually, they're thigh-high boots, but many people don't even realize this).
- And nearly every single fan-made variant of Miku Hatsune (Zatsune, Zumi Hatsune, Kiku Juon, Sai Tonarine, and Kiru Meikane are a few examples) has Grade A, and usually has pigtails.
- Luka Megurine has Grade A as well.
- Neru Akita has Grade A thigh-highs (boots), a tsundere personality, and... sadly, only a side ponytail. Disappointing, but she is the closest you'll get to Grade S when it comes to Vocaloid.
- Rin Kagamine has Grade C with short shorts and leg warmers. And if that weren't enough, her most popular design is her Meltdown design, where she's wearing a short dress and thigh high boots.
- And now her new Append version bumps her up to a Grade B and a half. Hey, 54 centimeters falls right in between, so we don't know what else to call them. Isn't our job so hard?
- Len Kagamine also has Grade C (although his shorts are much longer than Rin's.)
- SF-A2 Miki has Grade C.
- Yuki has Grade C (innocent enough for a 6-year old).
- Lily has Grade A with thigh-high boots, but hers are more pimped out than the rest of the Vocaloids.
- Teto Kasane has Grade A with twin drills.
- Iku Acme has Grade B.
- And then Vocaloid3 pretty much cranks it up to twenty-two. Of the eleven that have been confirmed (not including the Gumi and VY 1 upgrades), five fit this trope: See U, Ring Suzune, Aoki Lapis, Akikoroid-chan, and Cul. That's not even counting the Vocaloidols, of which at least several are going to follow suit.
- Alizée, on many live performances of "J'en ai marre", wears hotpants and overknees for a B-Grade. As seen here◊ and here. Soft skin, indeed.
- Shakira in the video for her song "Las de la intuiciòn". Oh, my...
- Namie Amuro
- She wears an extremely short dress and tigh-high stockings in her recent "New Look" video. Here
- It should also be noted that knee-high or thigh-high socks or boots with short skirts, short dresses, or shorts are pretty much Namie's signature look. She's been doing it since she debuted.
- Madonna manages to pull a decent Grade B-C in the video for her song "Celebration".
- Beyoncé
- Kirsten Dunst shows off some Grade A-B in a non-work safe music video. Given the location, I'm sure it was noticed and commented on.
- The Singer Avatar for Mylène Farmer in the Animesque music video for "Peut-être toi".
- Tissue-Hime, a Japanese bassist well known for his crossplay outfits of various female anime characters, often sports Zettai Ryouiki of various grades in his videos. An example can be seen here.
- The Korean girl group Kara wear Grade B socks in this video to support their South Korean team in the FIFA World Cup. Yes, Koreans know Zettai Ryouiki well like their neighbors.
- Noodle sports Zettai Ryouki in the Gorillaz video for "On Melancholy Hill".
- Katy Perry and her companions show off Grades B and C with their Girl Scout outfits in the video for "California Gurls".
- Iida Kaori from Morning Musume hit an A Grade with her Little Black Dress and stockings in the PV for Mr Moonlight.
- Britney Spears at the beginning of "Baby One More Time". In concert, the skirts were way shorter and the socks much higher.
- Uruha, the lead guitarist of Visual Kei band The GazettE has sported this more than once, though with booty shorts rather than skirts. And he has VERY nice legs.
- Some of the girls hanging all over Steven Tyler in the music video for his new single "(It) Feels So Good" are rocking Grade B (boots variant — skip to 1:45 for first appearance). The majority, however, go the opposite route for titillation.
- Sever, the lead singer of the band Sumo Cyco, has Grade B in their music video for Interceptor.
- Girls' Generation wears a Grade B in their music video "Hoot".
Myths & Religion
- "The Satanic Witch", in addition to the religious tracts, devotes three pages to this (p. 162). It advises women to throw away their pantyhose and wear stockings instead — just so they can "accidentally" flash skin above the top of their stockings, all in order to manipulate men.
Pro Wrestling
- Many male professional wrestlers. Most wrestlers wear a combination of wrestling boots, kneepads, and kickpads (essentially elaborate shin guards.) This usually leaves almost everything below the knee hidden, and depending on the tights they were, Zettai Ryouiki can occur. Before he changed to longer tights, A.J. Styles◊ was on of the most famous examples.
Sports
- Surprisingly, some male soccer players are able to pull the shorts variant of Grade C more or less succesfully. This is actually a Justified Trope, since the long socks help them keep their shinguards in place. Pay attention the next time you see David Beckham and Cristiano Ronaldo on screen...
- A very interesting example is Mexican Goalkeeper Guillermo Ochoa. Like many soccer players, he wears long socks to cover the protective gear on his legs. However, he takes it one step beyond and usually sports a Grade B Zettai Ryouiki as seen here◊.
- Volleyball uniforms with knee high socks will most likely be connected to knee pads giving it the illusion of Grade B Zettai Ryouiki (Action Girl variant).
- Basketball players, too, more so at the college level (male and female). Of course, basketball shorts haven't been short enough to make this truly work since the 1980s. (Go back and look at pictures of NBA players from the 70s and early 80s — or better yet, the ABA — some time. You'll likely see at least Grade C Zettai Ryouiki, if not higher, on men, and tall men at that. Come to think of it, the socks would probably have to be as long as the typical female Grade A just to get to the knee on some of those guys...)
- United Autosports tends to have their promo girls wear a Grade A, as seen here.
- The second result under "related videos" is now the aforementioned Benefiber ad. Clearly even YouTube has been mesmerized.
Theater
- Wendla in Spring Awakening wears these in the first scene, where she is chastised by her mother for their suggestive appearance. She switches to a less-revealing dress and, later, a frumpy nightgown in Act II. They reappear in the show's closing number in addition to being prominently displayed on the poster.
- Spider-man: Turn Off the Dark has female cast members wearing these during a song about the Military, of all things. Later, the female spider minions have six.
- In some productions of Vanities, parrticularly ACT's run of The Musical, Mary wears a red (sometimes vinyl) minidress and go-go boots in the second scene, as shown here. In the Theatreworks run, this was delayed until the third scene.
Toys
- Joybelle from Barbie's Thumbilina line wears this at Grade A. Not only is she the only character to be wearing stockings or leg coverings of any kind but her Fairytopia doll wears tights. This is aimed at little girls and pre-teens, by the way.
- The entire Duel Maid III line if collectable figures feature this trope. Every maid is dressed in a short dress with thigh stockings.
- The Lollipop Girl doll line has loads of this. One doll sports grade B and two sport grade A in the first edition line. Again, aimed at little girls.
- One of Draculaura's costumes from Monster High give the illusion of this (if it's on Draculaura or Spectra, at least). It looks like grade B, but the skirt is so short, it's a little hard to tell. Again, this is aimed at little girls.
- From one incarnation of the Moxie Teenz dolls, Bijou has grade C going on with her default outfit (of the shorts and stocking variety — or grade D, if you ditch the stockings).
Video Games
Visual Novels
- Rin Tohsaka in Fate Stay Night. Let's see... 57 cm stockings: check. Double pigtail: check. Tsundere: check◊. Yes, Rin Tohsaka is Grade S! Rider does not have a grade as high as Rin's, but she certainly qualifies too.
- Tsukihime
- Sion Eltnam Atlasia from the spin-off Melty Blood packs a pair that rivals Rin's.
- Ciel in her Seventh Holy Scripture outfit also has this.
- Umineko No Naku Koro Ni
- Jessica definitely has this, and depending on your definition of knee socks (they stop literally just below the knee), so do all of the other girls. Even Maria. Beatrice sports Grade B in her suit◊ from EP2.◊
- Beatrice from has a whole Grade B going on when she appears in the game - board◊ in Turn of the Golden Witch, with an addition to her Tsundere personality.
- The Siestas have an interesting version of this, as although their boots reach up to their thighs, and they do wear mini-skirts, said skirts are split open in the front (they wear leotard-type things underneath), effectively ruining the look.
- Ange pretty much screams Grade S: Pigtails, short skirt, optimal thigh exposure, and she, like so many other characters in that series, is totally Tsundere.
- Gaap has Grade C.
- Nayuki, Kaori and Shiori in Kanon. Makoto successfully attains Grade S ZR. At least a couple times.
- Tamaki Kousaka, Sasara Kusugawa, and the Himeyuri twins in To Heart 2, all have Grade A.
- Kyou (and Ryou, although after a while she stops wearing them) in Clannad — even when playing basketball. Kyou's power is truly without limit.
- Miyo Takano of Higurashi No Naku Koro Ni has this as part of her nurse outfit. Also from the same series, the Angel Mort outfit seems designed with Zettai Ryouiki in mind. Rena's outfit is a twist — she wears the thigh socks but her skirt is very long, which would normally disqualify her. However, sometimes she has "Zettai Ryouiki Flashes" where her thighs are visible through the skirt's long side slit, as is clearly visible in this image.
- Every single girl in Shuffle, at some point or other. Mostly in their school outfits.
- Ameri in Tayutama is a definite Grade S in her school uniform.
- The creators of Koihime Musou LOVE this. Almost everyone in the show/game's massive, almost all-female cast wears this.
- Kazuha from Yosuga No Sora has Grade A.
- As if Ace Attorney's Ema Skye weren't cute enough already, her look in Ace Attorney Investigations' features this trope.
- Shizune Hakamichi from Katawa Shoujo has a very nice Grade A.
Web Comics
- The Wotch
- Kimiko does this very well in one of the MegaTokyo posters and in this magnificent poster.
- Fuchsia the succubus gets into this in Sinfest when she dresses up as a schoolgirl to pander to her crush on Criminy.
- The title characters of the Powerpuff Girls Doujinshi after chapter 1.
- Kit in the third chapter of Fey Winds, of the thigh-high boots variety.
- Sarah often does this in Building 12. Peoni also gets one in one of the Fanservice Pages. As a nurse.
- One of Cassiel's many Fanservice outfits in Misfile in this strip Molly as well.
- Just about all of the characters in Moe Moe Niji Taisen.
- Naturally considering its Mangaesque origins, Experimental Comic Kotone is loaded with them. The title character gets most of these, but Anya, Laika, and Lisa all get their chances as well.
- Yuki from Ménage à 3 also sports the look.
- Angel Moxie: Tristan starts wearing stockings with her warm-weather uniform in this strip — and has to argue with a teacher that it isn't against the school's dress code on the next page.
- In The Inexplicable Adventures of Bob!, the skirt and gogo boots Galatea sports in France would count — although the viewer's enjoyment may be hindered by the fact that her legs have fur (although some folks... oh never mind...).
- Erfworld has Prince Tramennis, more girlie than the female characters in an armor skirt and jump boots.
- June of Tnemrot has so far been shown wearing this, along with a collar.
- In Eerie Cuties, the uniforms for the All Ghouls School Charybdis Heights have this at Class-C.
- Strawberry Death Cake's main character, Marilyn, sports Zettai Ryouiki as her default outfit, combined with Of Corsets Sexy.
- In Rain, Rudy takes on this look as part of a Halloween costume. DID I MENTION HE'S A GUY?
- You can be forgiven for not noticing (since she's, you know, a stick figure), but Tsukiko from The Order of the Stick is a rare grade S (of the thigh-high boots type).
Web Original
- The Cheerleaders, a trio of supervillains from the Global Guardians PBEM Universe, consciously make use of this trope as part of their "Jiggle Fu" distraction powers against male opponents.
- All OS-tans have been depicted wearing Zettai Ryouiki at some point. It is especially popular with XP-tan and Firefox-ko.
- In the Whateley Universe, Jade has discovered this. Along with the formula. Fear her! She's a trap! And a post-op.
- About 85 Percent of dancers in any of fan-made or official Caramelldansen videos.
- Almost all the girls from Roosterteeth's Pajamachievements series rock this look, most sporting either a Grade C or B, with pajamas of course.
- Clawdeen from Monster High wears her socks at Grade B. Some background characters sport Grade C and B as well.
- In Suburban Knights, the short length of the Critic's boots and his tiny skirt make him a Grade C.
Western Animation
- Code Lyoko
- Yumi Ishiyama in the first episode, "TeddyGozilla".
- Also Noémie, a minor character.
- Starfire from Teen Titans. She's got thigh-high boots and a skin-tight skirt, which is probably the main factor behind Robin's attraction to her.
- Portia Gibbons from The Mighty B!. Imagine her in five years time...
- Sheila from the Dungeons And Dragons cartoon gives us the thigh-high boots with short tunic variant.
- Yori in Kim Possible.
- Various outfits worn by the Winx Club's protagonists sport this, including Bloom's season 2 casual outfit and Stella's Believix costume.
- Transformers
- Sari Sumdac of Transformers Animated starting in Season 3.
- Miko from Transformers Prime seems to somehow transcend Grade A, with knee high boots, Stockings that go even higher than her thighs, and jean shorts that are roughly the size of a large belt.
- Various outfits in Totally Spies!
- Several of the girls on Jem have this at various points in the series. One example being Aja's workout outfit, which has this at Grade A.
- Evangelyne from Wakfu's Season 1. Another case of thigh-high boots with miniskirt.
- In Legion of Super-Heroes, Zettai Ryouiki can be seen in the costumes worn by Triplicate Girl, Triplicate Girl, and Triplicate Girl.
- Scooby-Doo: Velma Dinkley's trademark outfit qualifies as Grade C.
- Phineas And Ferb
- Stacy, who seems to shift between Grade C and Grade B.
- Also Candace and the Fireside Girls have Grade Es. Isabella on the other hand sports a Grade D, perhaps because she's the leader.
- Alternate dimension Candace wears a nice pair of grade-A because she's such a badass.
- Princess Mandie on The Fairly OddParents. Her boots come up to mid-calf, then straps wrap around her legs up to her knees.
- As part of her trademark abbreviated schoolgirl outfit (including the standard Bare Your Midriff top), Olga Pataki of Hey Arnold sports true Grade B Zettai Ryouiki.
- An interesting case is Him from The Powerpuff Girls, who is meant to be an androgynous male devil, and wears a short pink Tutu with thigh-high boots.
- Carmen from the rejected Carmen Gets Expelled pilot usually wears her socks at Grade C, as well as several other students.
- Gargoyles' Elisa Maza briefly sported this look when she went undercover as "Salli◊".
- The Ashleys of Recess wear something frighteningly close to Grade A.
- Princess Ilana from Sym-Bionic Titan wears Grade B socks as apart of her disguise in the first episode.
- The Simpsons
- Lisa◊ in "Lisa Simpson, This Isn't Your Life".
- Also Greta Wolfcastle in the beginning of "The Bart Wants What It Wants" when Bart saves her from bullies.
- As far as Adventure Time goes, Finn's GenderFlipped counterpart Fiona has this.
- Saffi on Jimmy Two-Shoes, combined with Stocking Filler.
- Star Wars: The Clone Wars
- In Season Three, Ahsoka has a vision of a potential future version of herself. Future Version is either grade A or S depending on your opinion of her Bizarre Alien Biology.
- Also, Assajj Ventress becomes Grade A in Season Three after some clothing changes.
- Cassiopeia in the Duck Dodgers episode "They Stole Dodgers' Brain".
- Atomic Betty's Galactic Guardian uniform.
Real Life
- This is the only step required to change a Halloween costume into a "Sexy" Halloween costume.
- Emma Roberts (niece of Julia Roberts) shows off her slender figure in a pair of thigh-high socks.
- It seems that this is fashionable for 2009's fall season. Grades C and B seem the most popular, while some places do carry Grade A.
- As of late 2011, the look still seems to be in for Fall, and woe to whatever misguided fashionistas try to declare it "out" any time soon...
- Had skirts been shorter we would have had this as far back as the the 1700's. The stockings/socks worn under skirts at that time were Grade B with the rare case of Grade A.
- Many flappers wore their stockings at Grade C, and sometimes Grade B.
- Spear Counterpart: American Indian men's loincloths and leggings leave anywhere from practically no visibility to the upper thigh to the entire thigh, depending on culture area.
- Kilts. As one young lady put it: "Sexy men in sexy kilts with sexy knee-high socks? Yes please!"
- Some private schools have Grade C socks as a required part of student uniforms.
- In the Rugby Ralph Lauren store in Manhattan, there is a mannequin displaying some of the new spring clothes, namely a blouse, a blue skirt, and lavender thigh highs, which were at Grade A level.
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