Basic Trope: Wind blows up a woman’s skirt.
- Straight: A strong wind or a subway vent blows up Alice’s skirt as she walks past.
- Exaggerated:
- The wind blows Alice’s skirt entirely off.
- The wind blows Alice's super tight pencil skirt.
- The wind blows up the skirts of every woman around.
- Downplayed: The wind lightly moves Alice’s skirt.
- Justified: It's a strong wind and Alice has a light skirt.
- Inverted: The wind blows Alice's skirt back down.
- Subverted:
- Double Subverted:
- Zig-Zagged:
- Parodied:
- The vent blows all of Alice’s clothes off, leaving her naked in the street.
- As Alice tries to replicate the maneuver, a lawyer from the Marilyn Monroe’s estate or a revived Monroe confronts her and threatens her with a lawsuit.
- Alice's skirts are blown away when she "breaks wind".
- The wind blows up Angus MacDonald's kilt, revealing that he's Going Commando.
- Averted: No one's skirts are blown up by wind.
- Enforced: Rule of Sexy, the producers wanted to show as much of Alice's legs (and her… you know) as possible.
- Lampshaded:
- Invoked: Alice does this to attract her crush's attention.
- Exploited:
- Someone who has a crush on Alice lures her to the subway vent so it will push her skirt up.
- When Alice's skirt is blown up, someone takes a picture/video of the ensuing Panty Shot.
- Defied:
- Discussed:
- Deconstructed:
- Reconstructed:
- Implied: While talking to Bob on a windy day, Alice is seen pushing her skirt down.
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