Basic Trope: Wearing a hospital gown is seen as embarrassing.
- Straight: Bob is hospitalized, and finds it embarrassing to wear a hospital gown because it keeps exposing him.
- Exaggerated:
- The gown is also extremely short on Bob, or was even somehow put on backwards instead.
- A Wardrobe Malfunction results in the gown coming off completely, much to Bob's humiliation.
- Downplayed:
- The gown is of the kind that doesn't expose nearly as much of him (e.g. it's the kind that's closed in the back), but Bob is still embarrassed by having to wear the outfit and would much rather get back into his real clothes.
- Bob is a little embarrassed because the gown keeps opening in the back, but the medical professionals aren't too bothered and agree not to bring it up.
- Justified: Hospital gowns are meant to be loose-fitting and easy to put on and take off, which usually means they're open at the back.
- Inverted: For some reason, Bob finds wearing regular clothing embarrassing, to the point in which he's perfectly fine with wearing a hospital gown.
- Subverted: ???
- Double Subverted: ???
- Parodied: ???
- Zig-Zagged: ???
- Averted:
- Bob doesn't have to wear a hospital gown for his procedure.
- Bob doesn't mind wearing the gown.
- Enforced: To add Fanservice, humor, or even Fan Disservice, depending on what the work is going for.
- Lampshaded: ???
- Invoked: Bob intentionally exposes himself while wearing a hospital gown.
- Exploited: ???
- Defied: Bob talks to his doctor to find out if there's a way to make his hospital visit less humiliating, such as by asking if he can wear another hospital gown in the back, or even keep some of his regular clothing on.
- Discussed: ???
- Conversed: "The main character's in the hospital... I bet he's gonna have to wear one of those gowns that comes loose at the wrong time."
- Played for Laughs: Naked People Are Funny, Joke of the Butt, and/or Cringe Comedy.
- Played for Drama: The hospital staff intentionally tries to humiliate Bob.
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