History LimitedWardrobe / Comics

* ''ComicBook/WonderWoman1942'': Even when the other Holliday Girls change outfits Etta Candy wears her Holliday College tank top and red shorts. Even in space. The only exception to the rule is if she's on vacation at her family ranch in Texas, in which case she wears a cowgirl outfit, or in the two issues which are {{costumer}}s.

* In the ''ComicBook/XWingSeries'', Wedge Antilles basically wears only three outfits: orange Republic flightsuit when flying, white-and-black formal uniform in formal occasions, and his civilian clothes, which consist of black boots, blue pants, brown jacket, and a vertically striped turtleneck shirt. Anything else, and he needs a plot reason to wear it.

--->'''Jason''': It's high time someone asked you a question...\

** They're shorts, not pants. [[https://i.pinimg.com/originals/05/f7/fd/05f7fdb39199d6518109f2b678d5488c.jpg Short pants touch his feet]].
* In the ''Comicbook/XWingSeries'', Wedge Antilles basically wears only three outfits: orange Republic flightsuit when flying, white-and-black formal uniform in formal occasions, and his civilian clothes, which consist of black boots, blue pants, brown jacket, and a vertically striped turtleneck shirt. Anything else, and he needs a plot reason to wear it.
* For the first few years of ''Comicbook/MarvelStarWars'', the main characters generally just wore what they wore in the [[Film/ANewHope first movie]]. It wasn't until ''Film/TheEmpireStrikesBack'' came out that the artists really began drawing the heroes in new outfits.

-->'''Wally:''' Well, well. It wouldn't be casual day without Alice wearing her one pair of tan pants.

* In issue 85 of ''Comicbook/TheSimpsons'' comic, a pair of marketing experts decide that the Simpsons are the perfect indicator of popular culture, and model all of their company's products - including clothes - after their lifestyle. Cut to everyone in Springfield dressed like the Simpsons. After everything returns to normal, Marge reveals that she bought all of the duplicates of their normal wear. In the final panel, a small box with a Matt Groening pops up and Groening says, "And ''that's'' why the Simpsons always wear the same clothes!"
* {{Comicbook/Steelgrip Starkey|AndTheAllPurposePowerTool}} and his partner Flynn "Flyin'" Ryan almost always wear the same clothes -- a red short-sleeve shirt and blue jeans for Steelgrip, and overalls and a white T-shirt for Flynn. In Steelgrip's case it's because it's his company uniform.
* In ''Comicbook/TheBeano'', pretty much every character wears the same clothes all the time; however, their clothes have occasionally changed. For example, ''ComicStrip/{{Dennis the Menace|UK}}'' originally had a little tie back in 1951, but his clothes changed to a stripy jumper and then to a black and red jumper once his strip gained the colour red, and his clothes have never changed since except for the occasional gag about how old fashioned his clothes are. This also true for a number of strips, especially The Bash Street Kids, where Teacher has worn an old fashioned Teacher's outfit complete with mortarboard since the 1950s, which is frequently lampshaded.

* Comicbook/LuckyLuke is almost always dressed the same. {{Lampshade|Hanging}}d on one occasion when he does find himself in an all-white outfit - and immediately goes into a store, demanding exactly the items he usually wears.
* ''Comicbook/{{Asterix}}''. Asterix gets a different hairstyle for a while in ''The Actress'', Cacofonix gets a scarf all through ''The Roman Agent'' to indicate that he's lost his voice and occasionally Geriatrix's wife will try out a new fashion trend or Julius Caesar will be shown wearing some new piece of ceremonial dress, but for the most part this is completely followed. Taken to the point of ridiculousness in ''Obelix All At Sea'', when Asterix asks the village seamstress for a new set of clothes for the magically de-aged Obelix, and she makes him kid-sized versions of his usual outfit, explaining that the child looks so much like Obelix that she couldn't resist making him striped breeches too.

* Dawn Greenwood in ''Comicbook/SilverSurfer'' is a partial example. Her default outfit is a red minidress with black polka dots and collar, a black belt and leggings and red sneakers. She sometimes wears different outfits, but they're still red with black polka-dots. Her twin sister Eve favours yellow outfits with black stripes. It's eventually explained that when they were babies, their Dad got ladybug and bumblebee onesies to distinguish them, and that became their "thing".

* All the main characters in Brazilian comic ''Comicbook/MonicasGang'' ([[http://www.monica.com.br/mauricio/cronicas/images/cron206.gif this image of the protagonist]] sums it up).
* In classic ''{{Franchise/Superman}}'' comics, Clark Kent always wears a blue suit, white shirt, and red tie. This was actually explained once: When he changes to Superman, Clark compresses his street clothes into a flat packet which he carries in a pouch in his cape. To prevent them becoming wrinkled, he has to treat them with a special chemical which has the side effect of dyeing everything red, white, or blue...
* ''{{Comicstrip/Peanuts}}'' characters occasionally comment on their own unvarying clothing. How many yellow zigzag shirts does Charlie Brown own? And how would we know Rerun from Linus without the overalls?

* The closet gag was explicitly used by Jughead Jones in the ''Franchise/{{Archie|Comics}}'' comic book series, where his closet has all clothes which are all the same.

* Pete Wisdom in ''Comicbook/{{Excalibur}}'' once explained to Kitty Pryde that his entire closet contains nothing but black slacks, black suit jackets, and white shirts, because he wrecks so many clothes on missions that if he didn't do that he'd have a garish nightmare of partial sets of clothes. He ended up giving one of his outfits to Douglock when Doug had no clothes of his own to wear, causing Douglock to note that Pete said he had "twenty-seven suits of clothing that are all exactly the same."

* Pointed out by [[Franchise/TheFlash Wally]] in one of the comics based on the ''WesternAnimation/YoungJustice'' cartoon when shopping with Superboy. "But don't you want a little variety? I mean you picked out a whole rack of the same black T-shirt..."

* The ''Comicbook/{{Shazam}}'' comics have [[KidHero Billy Batson]], one of the few mainstream superheroes who embodies this trope in his secret identity. He has a signature outfit in every time period and continuity, and in just about any of them, it'll be blue jeans with a shirt/sweater/jacket that's mostly red, possibly with yellow trimming and/or a white shirt under it.

* ''ComicStrip/TheWackyAdventuresOfPedro'''s title character usually only wears purple sweaters, and sometimes explains in the ''Boys' Life'' fan mail column that he owns more than one.

* [[Comicbook/TheWasp The original Wasp, Janet van Dyne]], was an important exception. [[UnlimitedWardrobe She changed her costume all the time]]. Eventually, anyway. When first introduced, she had a uniform that was always the same, but it began to evolve over the years. First she lost the pointy wimple, revealing her hair while everything remained as it was; then her costume changed occasionally, but with long periods between alterations; and then she went nuts and her costume became just one more outfit subject to the whims of fashion.

* For a period in the 60s, ComicBook/{{Supergirl}} would change outfits every few issues. All of the costumes were designed by fans. Eventually they decided on one costume and she kept that outfit (with minor changes) until her death in the 80s.

* In ''Comicbook/TheBeano'', pretty much every character wears the same clothes all the times, however their clothes have occasionally changed. For example, ''ComicStrip/{{Dennis the Menace|UK}}'' originally had a little tie back in 1951, but his clothes change to a stripy jumper and then to a Black and Red Jumper once his strip gained the colour red, and his clothes have never changed since except for the occasional gag about how old fashioned his clothes are. This also true for a number of strips, especially The Bash Street Kids, where Teacher has worn an old fashioned Teacher's outfit complete with mortarboard since the 1950s, which is frequently lampshaded.

* Everyone in ''ComicBook/RicHochet'' wear the same clothes, except for Nadine. Ric Hochet still has the same blue jeans, red shirt, white jacket since 1955.

* The closet gag was explicitly used by Jughead Jones in the ''Franchise/{{Archie|Comics}}'' comic book series, where he does the exact same thing as the cartoon up above: his closet has all clothes which are all the same.
** Katy Keene usually averts this trope, the main appeal of her comics is that her outfits are designed and sent in by readers, so she changes outfits very frequently.

* An ''Manhua/OldMasterQ'' had this as the [[http://www.oldmasterq.com/comics/1703/ punchline]] as this trope.
* The ''Comicbook/{{Shazam}}'' comics has [[KidHero Billy Batson]], one of the few mainstream superheroes who embodies this trope in his secret identity. He has a signature outfit in every time period and continuity, and in just about any of them, it'll be blue jeans with a shirt/sweater/jacket that's mostly red, possibly with yellow trimming and/or a white shirt under it.
** {{Lampshade|Hanging}}d in both ''Power of Shazam'' and ''[[http://machi-mahou.tumblr.com/post/110035904655/oh-my-god-its-true Superman[=/=]Shazam]]: First Thunder,'' saying that when he was homeless he got a bargain for a dozen identical shirts.

* Ernie Bushmiller's ''ComicStrip/Nancy'' comic strip, the title character almost invariably wore the same outfit of white blouse, black pullover vest and red skirt. There was an attempt to hang a lampshade on that in one strip, in which Nancy is examining her closet full of identical outfits, but one newspaper that did its own coloring in its daily comics section knocked the lampshade off when a clueless colorist gave each outfit a different color scheme.

* ''ComicStrip/DeRechter'': With only a handfull of exceptions, the characters are always wearing their toga’s, even when they are not at work.

* The [[Comicbook/TheSandman other Sandman]] can wear pretty much anything he or whoever is looking at him can imagine, but when he's alone, he always wears the same emo ensemble of black T-shirt, black pants, and black boots. His sister is much the same, with a tank-top instead of a T-shirt and an ankh necklace.

* {{Comicbook/Steelgrip Starkey|AndTheAllPurposePowerTool}} and his partner Flynn "Flyin'" Ryan almost always wear the same clothes -- a red short-sleeve shirt and blue jeans for Steelgrip, and overalls and a white T-shirt for Flynn. Justified in Steelgrip's case because it's his company uniform.

* Comicbook/LuckyLuke is almost always dressed the same. {{Justified|Trope}} as he is perpetually WalkingTheEarth. {{Lampshade|Hanging}}d on one occasion when he does find himself in an all-white outfit - and immediately goes into a store, demanding exactly the items he usually wears.

* The creators of ''ComicBook/{{WITCH}}'' made not only sure to give their protagonists signature ''styles'' for their outfits, but even gave Hay Lin the habit (and skills) of making her own clothes once in a while, and the few who ''do'' play the trope straight [[JustifiedTrope have their own good reasons]].

* In ''Comicbook/TheBeano'' pretty much every character wears the same clothes all the times however their clothes have occasionally changed for example ''ComicStrip/{{Dennis the Menace|UK}}'' originally had a little tie back in 1951 but his clothes change to a stripy jumper and then to a Black and Red Jumper, once his strip gained the colour red, and his clothes have never changed since except for the occasional gag about how old fashioned his clothes are. This also true for a number of strips especially The Bash Street Kids where Teacher was worn an old fashioned Teacher's outfit complete with mortarboard since the 1950s which is frequently lampshaded.

* In issue 85 of ''Comicbook/TheSimpsons'' comic, a pair of marketing experts decide that the Simpsons are the perfect indicator of popular culture, and model all of their company's products- including clothes- after their lifestyle. Cut to everyone in Springfield dressed like the Simpsons. After everything returns to normal, Marge reveals that she bought all of the duplicates of their normal wear. In the final panel, a small box with a Matt Groening pops up and Groening says, "And ''that's'' why the Simpsons always wear the same clothes!"

** ''Film/ThePeanutsMovie'' has two scenes in which Charlie Brown looks through a closet filled with yellow zigzag shirts, trying to decide on the ''right'' yellow zigzag shirt.

* ''Comicstrip/FoxTrot'' oddly plays this straight with some characters, but averts it with others. Peter Fox almost always wears jeans, the same sweatshirt and a baseball cap with the letter "A" on it. Likewise, Eileen Jacobson always seems to wear the same shirt and skirt.

* ''{{Comicstrip/Doonesbury}}'': B.D. always wore his football helmet 24/7. Then when he was in the First Gulf War he switched to a "Fritz" helmet. He wore the helmet until he was wounded and discharged from the army. {{Lampshade|Hanging}}d when they had to have a special operation to remove his helmet. B.D.'s helmet was a slowly-changing icon. He switched to an army helmet for the first time when he went to Vietnam. Since then, he's also sported an NFL helmet, a CHP helmet, and a riotgear helmet (following the Rodney King verdict), among others.
* Pretty much all the characters in ''{{Comicstrip/Peanuts}}''. There's a discussion on the DependingOnTheArtist page where someone listed Charlie Brown's shirt sometimes being red instead of yellow; someone brought up the possibility that good old Chuck might actually have two zigzag-striped shirts of different colors. One of the cartoons did show Charlie Brown's closet, in which he had shirts in a variety of colors, all of which have the same black zigzag stripe on them.
* Calvin, of ''Comicstrip/CalvinAndHobbes'', has his trademark ensemble of red striped t-shirt, black pants, and white-and-red sneakers. As it happens, he does have a dresser full of other clothes--unless said clothes are strewn about his room--but is never seen choosing to wear them. He also has pajamas and winter wear.
* In the ''Comicbook/XWingSeries'', Wedge Antilles basically wears only three outfits: orange Republic flightsuit when flying, white-and-black formal uniform in formal occasions, and his civilian clothes, which consist of black boots, blue pants, brown jacket, and a vertically-striped turtlenecked shirt. Anything else, and he needs a plot reason to wear it.

* The [[Comicbook/TheSandman other Sandman]] can wear pretty much anything he or whoever is looking at him can imagine, but when he's alone, he always wears the same emo ensemble of black t-shirt, black pants, and black boots. His sister is much the same, with a tank-top instead of a t-shirt and an ankh necklace.
* In ''Comicstrip/{{Dilbert}}'', everyone wears the same clothes every day.

* ''{{Comicstrip/Zits}}'' takes this UpToEleven by showing Jeremy and Connie shopping at a strip mall with a dedicated ''store'' for each item in Jeremy's Limited Wardrobe. Connie once claimed that men don't shop, they Tivo their closets.
* An OldMasterQ had this as the [[http://www.oldmasterq.com/comics/1703/ punchline]] as this trope.

* Whilst everyone else in ''Comicstrip/CalvinAndHobbes'' changed clothes regularly (well, Calvin's dad ''did'' favor collared button-downs and black slacks), Calvin always wore the same red stripy T-shirt and black jeans, unless the plot required a change (e.g. bedtime, snow, etc.).

** Calvin wasn't the only exception, actually - there was also his bully of the strip, Moe. He always wore the same black t-shirt and pants every single time he appeared - except in one gym Sunday strip, in which he is seen in a white t-shirt with red shorts.

* For the first few years of ''Comicbook/MarvelStarWars'', the main characters generally just worse what they wore in the [[Film/ANewHope first movie]]. It wasn't until ''Film/TheEmpireStrikesBack'' came out that the artists really began drawing the heroes in new outfits.

* Pretty much all the characters in ''{{Comicstrip/Peanuts}}''. There's a discussion on the DependingOnTheArtist page where someone listed Charlie Brown's shirt sometimes being red instead of yellow; someone brought up the possibility that good old Chuck might actually have two zigzag-striped shirts of different colors.