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* In ''VideoGame/SpiderManPS4'', Peter Parker starts the game in his original iconic Spidey suit. After it gets torn during his fight with Comicbook/TheKingpin, he upgrades to the Advanced Suit, which is more durable, flexible, and designed to better absorb impact. He can also unlock his homemade suit from the MCU and a wrestling outfit from the Ultimate comics, which a wrestling poster reveals was his canon beta outfit.
** This continues into ''VideoGame/SpiderManMilesMorales'', where a number of Miles's costumes are civilian duds mixed with hand-me-down Spider-suit components from Peter. Notable options include his intital "Sportswear" suit (winter clothes worn over a spare Spider-suit), the "Great Responsibility" suit (a gift from Peter as Miles' first high-tech costume, resembling an ill-fitting classic Spidey costume), and the Spider-Training Suit (his normal attire from the first game with a Spider-Man mask, which he wears during TheStinger of ''The City That Never Sleeps: Silver Lining''. The black and red "Classic" suit he finally dons is a collaborative work between Miles and Ganke, as a morale-booster when Miles is left shaken by his first encounter with the Tinkerer.

->''"Finger himself had said that Batman had been an idea of Creator/BobKane's, but the original ideas for the character were quite different. He only had a domino mask, red tights, no gloves, and bat-like wings instead of a cape."''
-->-- '''[[WebVideo/AtopTheFourthWall Linkara]]''' reviewing [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6kWCzTxVCuI "Detective Comics #27,"]] the first appearance of ''ComicBook/{{Batman}}''

* ''ComicBook/SpiderMan'': In ''ComicBook/AmazingFantasyNumber15'', Spider-Man wore an improvised UsefulNotes/ProfessionalWrestling outfit to participate in an amateur wrestling match. Various AlternateContinuity retellings of the origin have their own spins on the improvised outfit. In the [[ComicBook/TheAmazingSpiderManLeeAndDitko Lee-Ditko run]] of ''The Amazing Spider-Man'' he makes the classic Spider-Man suit himself after signing up to be on television, while in ''ComicBook/UltimateSpiderMan'' and other retellings his first real Spider-Man suit is provided by the company (though in ''Ultimate'', it comes without the web pattern. Peter adds that after he starts being Spidey). ''Spider-Man: With Great Power'' even shows many variations of his Spider-man suit before settling on the classic one.

See also CheapCostume (a barely working outfit is thrown on at the last minute). It may intersect with an EarlyInstallmentWeirdness, when it's the creators the ones hammering out a design used in the pilot or first few episodes, or an IconicAttributeAdoptionMoment, if the work is an adaptation and the character wears the Beta Outfit before eventually switching to their more-well known appearance from the source material.

See also CheapCostume (a barely working outfit is thrown on at the last minute). It may intersect with an EarlyInstallmentWeirdness, when it's the creators the ones hammering out a design used in the pilot or first episodes, or an IconicAttributeAdoptionMoment, if the work is an adaptation and the character wears the Beta Outfit before eventually switching to their more-well known appearance from the source material.

See also CheapCostume (a barely working outfit is thrown on at the last minute). It may intersect with an EarlyInstallmentWeirdness, when it's the creators the ones hammering out a design used in the pilot or first episodes.

* ''WesternAnimation/SupermanManOfTomorrow''. Clark Kent's BetaOutfit is a [[PilotOutfit vintage aviator's uniform and goggles]]. He then tries to tie a red blanket around his neck and likes the look, but the blanket falls off the moment he zooms into the air. Then the [[FullFrontalAssault rest of his outfit gets burned off]] during his fight with Lobo, leaving Superman exposed to the world (literally), so his parents wear out several bandsaws cutting and sewing the [[MySuitIsAlsoSuper alien material]] used in the blanket Clark was wrapped in as a baby, to make his classic Superman outfit.

* ''Batman: Knight Gallery'' is basically Bruce Wayne's sketchbook of failed costume designs and his musings on each one.

-->-- '''[[WebVideo/AtopTheFourthWall Linkara]]''' reviewing [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6kWCzTxVCuI "Detective Comics #27,"]] the first appearance of ''Franchise/{{Batman}}''

* In ''ComicBook/BatmanYearOne'', Bruce Wayne's first night out fighting crime had him dress in street clothes, only with a huge scar on his face, applied with makeup, to disguise himself. It goes horribly wrong.
* Batman's outfit in ''ComicBook/BatmanZeroYear'' is cobbled together, including purple gloves as a MythologyGag to their original color.
* The Joker's flashback in ''ComicBook/TheKillingJoke'' shows Batman with a wing-like cape and long-eared cowl more akin to his original 1930s appearance.
* DC's ComicBook/New52 reboot gave Franchise/{{Superman}} two main costumes. The first was a [[CivvieSpandex regular T-shirt and jeans]] worn with his Kryptonian cape, which featured in the first arc of ''ComicBook/{{Action Comics|New52}}''. It was later replaced by Kryptonian armor.
* The AlternateContinuity ''ComicBook/SupermanAmericanAlien'' by Creator/MaxLandis has Clark's first superhero outfit include an aviator helmet with goggles (to hide his face and keep bugs out of his eyes), a bulletproof vest (to hide his invulnerability), and one of Batman's capes (left behind after an altercation).
* In ''ComicBook/AmazingFantasyNumber15'', ComicBook/SpiderMan wore an improvised UsefulNotes/ProfessionalWrestling outfit to participate in an amateur wrestling match. Various AlternateContinuity retellings of the origin have their own spins on the improvised outfit. In the [[ComicBook/TheAmazingSpiderManLeeAndDitko Lee-Ditko run]] of ''Amazing Spider-Man'' he makes the classic Spider-Man suit himself after signing up to be on television, while in ''ComicBook/UltimateSpiderMan'' and other retellings his first real Spider-Man suit is provided by the company (though in ''Ultimate'', it comes without the web pattern. Peter adds that after he starts being Spidey). ''Spider-Man: With Great Power'' even shows many variations of his Spider-man suit before settling on the classic one.
** Miles Morales' first "outfit" is a store-bought knock-off of Peter's usual Spider-Man costume, until he's found by S.H.I.E.L.D., who provide him with his black and red costume.
* ''ComicBook/SupermanAndBatmanGenerations'', an AlternateContinuity GenerationalSaga, had Clark and Bruce dressed in their 1930s costumes in the actual 1930s, then adjusting their appearances through the decades which are copied by their successors.

* The AlternateContinuity ''ComicBook/TheLegendOfWonderWoman2016'' has Diana's first superhero outfit consist of her undergarments under the magical items her mother gave her under the outerwear of a US Army field kit including the helmet with an open jacket. This outfit configuration only lasts for one outing and Etta Candy designs her red and blue Wonder Woman suit when she gets back.
* ''Batman: Knight Gallery'' is basically Bruce Wayne's sketchbook of failed costume designs and his musings on each one.
* ''Franchise/TheFlash'': The "Year One" storyline has Barry working on his outfit as the Flash. It's not until the end of the storyline he manages to get all the way up to the Flash suit.

* ''WesternAnimation/TinyToonAdventures'' spoofs this in "Batduck", where Plucky plays a Franchise/{{Batman}} parody. He decides to dress as a bat, but he first puts on a baseball bat costume. Immediately following that, he's shown donning parodies of other iconic costumes, each one of them a failure -- one with a massive cape which lead him to getting blown off a building, an Adam West-styled one that lead to him getting hit with his own sound effect, and a ''ComicBook/TheDarkKnightReturns''-styled version which ends up getting his massive muscles deflated before settling in on a ''WesternAnimation/BatmanTheAnimatedSeries''-type.

** This continues into ''VideoGame/SpiderManMilesMorales'', where a number of Miles' costumes are civilian duds mixed with hand-me-down Spider-suit components from Peter. Notable options include his intital "Sportswear" suit (winter clothes worn over a spare Spider-suit), and the "Great Responsibility" suit (a gift from Peter as Miles' first high-tech costume, resembling an ill-fitting classic Spidey costume). The black and red "Classic" suit he finally dons is a collaborative work between Miles and Ganke, as a morale-booster when Miles is left shaken by his first encounter with the Tinkerer.

** This continues into ''VideoGame/SpiderManMilesMorales'', where a number of Miles' costumes are civilian duds mixed with hand-me-down Spider-suit components from Peter. Notable options include his intital "Sportswear" suit (winter clothes worn over a spare Spider-suit), and the "Great Responsibility" suit (a gift from Peter as Miles' first high-tech costume, resembling an ill-fitting classic Spidey costume). The black and red "Classic" suit he finally dons is a collaborative work between Miles and Genke, as a morale-booster when Miles is left shaken by his first encounter with the Tinkerer.

** In ''Film/BatmanBegins'', Bruce starts out with an armored ninja costume, which he transitions to a ''Mission Impossible''-style burglar outfit, before settling on the bat motif.
** In ''Film/TheDarkKnight'', the batsuit is updated again into a less bulky costume that allowed for more mobility. This one had purpose both in and out of universe: the costume was so stiff and bulky that Batman/Bale had to turn almost completely around to look at something not in front of him. Creator/MichaelKeaton had the same problem in the Creator/TimBurton ''Batman'' films.

* In ''ComicBook/AmazingFantasyNumberFifteen'', ComicBook/SpiderMan wore an improvised UsefulNotes/ProfessionalWrestling outfit to participate in an amateur wrestling match. Various AlternateContinuity retellings of the origin have their own spins on the improvised outfit. In the [[ComicBook/TheAmazingSpiderManLeeAndDitko Lee-Ditko run]] of ''Amazing Spider-Man'' he makes the classic Spider-Man suit himself after signing up to be on television, while in ''ComicBook/UltimateSpiderMan'' and other retellings his first real Spider-Man suit is provided by the company (though in ''Ultimate'', it comes without the web pattern. Peter adds that after he starts being Spidey). ''Spider-Man: With Great Power'' even shows many variations of his Spider-man suit before settling on the classic one.