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  • Basic Trope: A character is embarrassed or ashamed to be seen in his/her pajamas.
  • Straight: Alice hears the doorbell ring at 8:00 AM. She quickly changes from PJ pants to jeans before answering the door.
  • Exaggerated:
    • Alice pretends she isn't home, so she won't have to answer the door in her pajamas.
    • Alice acts like she's completely naked when she's just in her pajamas.
  • Downplayed: Alice is mildly embarrassed to be seen in pajamas, but doesn't let it bother her too much.
  • Justified:
    • Alice has been taught that "respectable" people don't let other people see them in their pajamas.
    • Alice's pajamas are rather revealing, such as a slinky nightie, and she doesn't have a robe to put over them.
    • Alice has some unflattering accessories, like a mud mask, bunny slippers, and giant curlers on.
    • Alice's pajamas are a bit ratty; they've got holes and stains on them.
    • Alice's pajamas have some sort of goofy print on them, which she finds embarrassing.
  • Inverted: In a World… where everyone wears their pajamas everywhere, Alice is embarrassed to be seen in her suit.
  • Subverted:
    • Alice is wearing sweatpants, not pajamas.
    • Alice sleeps in the nude.
  • Double Subverted: She still changes to jeans or nicer pants when answering the door or going out.
    • She puts on clothes, or at least a bathrobe, before answering the door.
  • Parodied: ???
  • Zig-Zagged: Some people are embarrassed to be seen in pajamas, others not.
  • Averted: Alice isn't wearing pajamas.
  • Enforced: ???
  • Lampshaded:
    Alice: Just a minute, I'm not decent!
    Bob: ...Alice, you're wearing a band T-shirt and PJ pants.
  • Invoked: ???
  • Exploited: Someone tries to blackmail Alice with an unflattering picture of her in her pajamas.
  • Defied: Alice struts confidently out the door in her PJs to Wall-to-Wall-Mart.
  • Discussed: ???
  • Conversed: ???

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