- 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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