History MagicPants / WesternAnimation

* ''WesternAnimation/TheOwlHouse'': Whenever Eda turns back from her cursed form to normal form, her dress remains completely intact. [[spoiler:The same applies to Lilith after she decides to bear half of Eda's curse]].

* In ''WesternAnimation/KassaiAndLeuk'', Marana's clothes transform with her whenever her InvoluntaryShapeshifting kicks in.

* ''WesternAnimation/TheOwlHouse'': Whenever Eda turns back from her monster form to normal form, her dress remains completely intact.

* Confusedly ZigZagged in ''WesternAnimation/TheBatman'':

* In ''WesternAnimation/{{Gargoyles}}'', when a gargoyle turns to stone during the day, any personal possessions he has on him (including clothing) will turn to stone with him. WordOfGod says AWizardDidIt in Roman times with a "spell of humility", and that there's a story there to tell (if the series would stop getting ScrewedByTheNetwork long enough to actually tell it).
** Averted with Fox in ''Eye Of The Beholder''. When she turns back she's completely naked, and Elisa, whose wearing a Halloween costume over her normal clothes, takes the skirt off [[YouMustBeCold so Xanatos can cover her up]].

** Sort of played straight and sort of not in the episode that introduced [[EvilutionaryBiologist DNAmy]]. [[spoiler:She combined Mr. Barkin and [[MascotWithAttitude Rufus]] into a naked but [[BarbieDollAnatomy not particularly childhood-scarring]] monster. When the two were separated again, Rufus was wearing a miniaturized version of Mr. Barkin's original outfit, and Mr. Barkin was urgently requesting pants]].

** {{Lampshaded}} again in "[[HalloweenEpisode Night of the Living Pharmacists]]," where one of Doofenshmirtz's inventions starts turning everyone else into mindless clones of him:
-->'''[[Film/ShaunOfTheDead Shaun]] {{Expy}}:''' Don't touch me! I don't want to be a pharmac--! Wait a second...that doesn't even make sense. You get touched by a pharmacist, you become a pharmacist? I mean, you can't just ''grow'' a lab coat.\\

* Spoofed in ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons'' in the episode, "I Am Furious Yellow". Through a series of pranks by Bart, Homer winds up covered in green paint and shirtless, throwing him into a whirlwind of rage. What's Bart's only reply after beholding the sight he's put into motion?
-->'''Bart:''' Thank God his pants stayed on.
** One HalloweenEpisode had a FantasticVoyagePlot. At one point, Marge is attacked by antibodies that start eating through her LatexSpaceSuit. "I must admit, they know where to stop," she {{Lampshades}} as her clothes are reduced to swimsuit-size.
** In the Simpsons comic book, Homer once ended up becoming 50 ft tall as a result of an experiment performed on him by Mr Burns. Most of his clothes are destroyed in the transformation, including his pants.

*** The only full {{Aversion}} comes in ''WesternAnimation/StevenUniverseFuture'''s penultimate episode; after [[spoiler:turning into a {{Kaiju}}]], Steven wakes up wearing only a blanket that someone presumably wrapped him in.

* The question of what exactly happens to Beast Boy's uniform on ''WesternAnimation/TeenTitans'' whenever he changes into an animal is never explained, or even ''attempted'' to be explained. In an episode where he is infected with a virus that turns him into a werebeast his clothes are shredded -- in fact the second time he transforms into the monster he completely tears off his clothes (pants included) and yet when he changes back his pants are intact. In [[ComicBook/TeenTitans the comics]], Beast Boy's outfit was some sort of unstable molecule suit similar to the ComicBook/FantasticFour outfits. The thing would basically break apart and float on his skin, then reassemble when he scaled back to human form.
** Raven's uniform seems to be able to not only change in size as needed (larger in Nevermore, smaller in The End), but can also change between the normal black/blue and white based on her father's influence over her or her mood (in Spellbound when she falls in love, [[spoiler: in The End bringing her father to earth strips her of most of her memories and powers]]).

* Merrily played with in 'WesternAnimation/TheTick vs. Dinosaur Neil'. As the titular [[AttackOfTheFiftyFootWhatever Dinosaur Neil]], grown huge and [[ScaledUp apparently nude]], rampages through the city, the mad scientist character who appears occasionally has somehow already built a pair of appropriately-sized pants. The pants (held up by something that looks sort of like a shuttle gantry) are promptly struck by lightning, and Dinosaur Neil is subdued by other means, shrunken back to human... where he is once again wearing his [[LimitedWardrobe dinosaur costume]].

* In ''WesternAnimation/UltimateSpiderMan,'' [[FromNobodyToNightmare Alex]] transforms into [[TheJuggernaut the Rhino]] with his clothes just vanishing, only to reappear when he returns to normal. The angles chosen for his transformation scenes seem designed to keep the audience from seeing how this happens.
* ''WesternAnimation/YoungJustice'':
** {{Averted}} since [[SuperpowerLottery M'gann]] wears special Martian clothes [[MySuitIsAlsoSuper that change into whatever she wants]]. [[{{Animorphism}} Beast Boy]]'s clothes shrink into a collar when he transforms; though the show never makes it clear, WordOfGod says that it's the same material as M'gann's outfit, though only "programmed" with two different forms (since Gar presumably can't issue it psychic commands).

** Handwaved in the episode "A Bicyclops Built For Two": Leela meets the the only other cyclops -- Alkazar -- who turns out to be a shape-shifter using the "I'm the only other member of your species" tack on four other [[LastOfHisKind last-of-their-kind]] females. When asked why he made the foolish mistake of [[TwoTimerDate trying to marry all of them at the same day]] he points out that [[MySuitIsAlsoSuper a tuxedo that shifts shape with its wearer]] is very expensive to rent.

** Averted in the season 7 premiere "Bonnie and Neddy". Finn and Jake start wearing armor while serving as the King of Ooo's guards [[spoiler: after he takes over the Candy Kingdom]]. At first, Jake likes the armor while Finn doesn't, but later the tables turn when Finn finds it has grown on him, but Jake gets tired of it because it limits his stretching ability.

* The "Grande Size Me" episode in the fourth season of ''WesternAnimation/KimPossible'', aside from being an {{Anvilicious}} episode espousing healthy food choices, also had Ron turn into an enormous, yellowish, ''Incredible Hulk''-like thing that talked in HulkSpeak and craved fast food. When he turned back, they oddly went with the RunningGag and had him reduced to his boxers--which were intact.

-->'''[[Film/ShaunOfTheDead Shaun]] {{Expy}}:''' Don't touch me! I don't want to be a pharmac—-! Wait a second...that doesn't even make sense. You get touched by a pharmacist, you become a pharmacist? I mean, you can't just ''grow'' a lab coat.\\

'''Shaun Expy:''' Infects my c—-are you insinuating that my clothes are alive? That's scarier than these pharmacists saying--

** When Steven and Connie first [[FusionDance fuse]] into Stevonnie, they're only about as tall as a late teen/young adult, so the clothing they were wearing turns into an appropriately-size article — Steven's pants become shorts, Connie's dress and Steven's shirt become a crop top. Neither of their shoes fit, but they were both barefoot at the time, so Stevonnie was too. However, Stevonnie's later fusions have some or all of either part's clothes, as well either or both's footwear, disappear completely, then reappear when Stevonnie defuses.

** Peridot cannot shapeshift, so if she wants to wear something different (without [[ResurrectiveImmortality reforming]]), she has to find some actual ones and change into them — or, more commonly, [[DressedInLayers wear them over her regular clothes]]. However, she once wore a dress and shoes, which disappear [[NoBodyLeftBehind along with her body when she's "poofed"]].

* Confusedly ZigZagged in ''WesternAnimation/TheBatman.'' Both Clayfaces were wearing clothes when they first got powers, which just change with them as they shapeshift; we see this with Basil in particular, since his first empowered act is shifting through some bars while maintaining a human-looking form. However, when the pair are cured, for some reason they turn back into normal, ''naked'' humans. Did they just ditch their real clothes and decide to go around as {{Technically Naked Shapeshifter}}s at some point?

** When Steven and Connie first [[FusionDance fuse]] into Stevonnie, they're only about as tall as a late teen/young adult, so the clothing they were wearing turns into an appropriately-size article — Steven's pants become shorts, Connie's dress and Steven's shirt become a crop top. Neither of their shoes fit, but they were both barefoot at the time, so Stevonnie was too. However, Stevonnie's later fusions have some or all of either part's clothes, as well either or both's footwear, disappear completely, then reappear when Stevonnie defuses. Similarly, forming , the first fusion of Steven and a Gem, seemingly turns Steven's shirt into a tank top, and both it and his pants are stretched so much that it seems they should tear.

** When Steven and Connie first [[FusionDance fuse]] into Stevonnie, they're only about as tall as a late teen/young adult, so the clothing they were wearing turns into an appropriately-size article — Steven's pants become shorts, Connie's dress and Steven's shirt become a crop top. Neither of their shoes fit, but they were both barefoot at the time, so Stevonnie was too. However, Stevonnie's later fusions have some or all of either part's clothes, as well either or both's footwear, disappear completely, then reappear when Stevonnie defuses. Similarly, forming Smoky Quartz, the first fusion of Steven and a Gem, seemingly turns Steven's shirt into a tank top, and both it and his pants are stretched so much that it seems they should tear.
*** In fact, most of Steven's known fusions with full Gems wear at least part of his clothing, which stretches to fit them even though they're all larger than Steven, especially Sunstone. And whenever any of Steven's fusions with full Gems unfuse, his clothes reappear in perfect condition.
*** Taken to the next level in [[WesternAnimation/StevenUniverseTheMovie the movie]] when [[spoiler:Steven and Greg fuse into "Steg"]]. Their ''guitars'' fuse into a double-necked guitar, yet when they defuse, Steven's shirt is now ripped.
*** The only full {{Aversion}} of this trope comes in ''WesternAnimation/StevenUniverseFuture'''s penultimate episode: after [[spoiler:turning into a {{Kaiju}}]], Steven wakes up wearing only a blanket that someone presumably wrapped him in.

*** Taken to the next level in [[WesternAnimation/StevenUniverseTheMovie the movie]] when [[spoiler:Steven and Greg fuse into Steg while playing guitars. The ''guitars'' fuse into a double-necked guitar, yet when they defuse, Steven's shirt is now ripped.]]