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* In ''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/13295694/2/Bahkeeta Bahkeeta]]'', a naked Harry snags jeans and a shirt from a clothesline after Snape helps him escape Voldemort's captivity.
* ''Film/TheFugitive'' Kimble steals a workman's uniform to get into a hospital, then steals a patient's clothing to get out.
* In ''Film/TheFullMonty'', two of the male strippers steal sheets from a clothesline when fleeing police who have busted their rehearsal.
* In ''Film/TheFullMonty'', two of the male strippers steal sheets from a clothesline when fleeing police who have busted their rehearsal.
* The hero of ''Film/IAmAFugitiveFromAChainGang'' has just escaped prison and comes across a farm where clothes are hanging out to dry. He "harvests" the clothesline and runs away with his new garments that turn out to fit perfectly.
* In ''Film/ScaryMovie4'', when Cindy and Brenda arrive at the Amish village, they decide to steal clothes from a hamper to better blend in with the villagers.
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* In ''Film/ScaryMovie4'', when Cindy and Brenda arrive at the Amish village, they decide to steal clothes from a hamper to better blend in with the villagers.
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* In ''Film/TheFullMonty'', two of the male strippers steal sheets from a clothesline when fleeing police who have busted their rehearsal.
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* The hero of ''Film/IAmAFugitiveFromAChainGang'' has just escaped prison and comes across a farm where clothes are hanging out to dry. He "harvests" the clothesline and runs away with his new garments that turn out to fit perfectly.
* In ''Film/TheFullMonty'', two of the male strippers steal sheets from a clothesline when fleeing police who have busted their rehearsal.
* ''Film/TheFugitive'' Kimble steals a workman's uniform to get into a hospital, then steals a patient's clothing to get out.
* ''Series/{{Hustle}}'': In "The Henderson Challenge", Mickey and Danny are dumped naked in the centre of London. While Danny bolts for a taxi, Mickey ducks into a workman's tent and emerges wearing a set of coveralls that--unusually for this trope--are a little bit short on him.
* Not actually done, but mentioned when speaking with one of Corporal Vale's "irregulars" in ''VideoGame/DragonAgeInquisition''. The soldier in question talks about how the refugees are freezing for lack of warm garments and blankets, and laments that they're so far from a city because otherwise he could just steal some from people's clotheslines.
* ''VideoGame/MarioAndLuigiSuperstarSaga'': After being informed that the princess is in danger, Mario - who had just gotten out of the shower and was only wearing a towel - runs outside and jumps into the clothesline Luigi was hanging their clothes on, coming out fully dressed and with Luigi tied to his leg.
* ''VideoGame/MarioAndLuigiSuperstarSaga'': After being informed that the princess is in danger, Mario - who had just gotten out of the shower and was only wearing a towel - runs outside and jumps into the clothesline Luigi was hanging their clothes on, coming out fully dressed and with Luigi tied to his leg.
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* Not actually done, but mentioned when speaking with one of Corporal Vale's "irregulars" in ''VideoGame/DragonAgeInquisition''. The soldier in question talks about how the refugees are freezing for lack of warm garments and blankets, and laments that they're so far from a city because otherwise he could just steal some from people's clotheslines.
* Not actually done, but mentioned when speaking with one of Corporal Vale's "irregulars" in ''VideoGame/DragonAgeInquisition''. The soldier in question talks about how the refugees are freezing for lack of warm garments and blankets, and laments that they're so far from a city because otherwise he could just steal some from people's clotheslines.
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* In issue nine of ''ComicBook/ImmortalHulk'', Bruce tries to steal a shirt off a trailer park clothesline, only to get shot in the gut. Unfortunately for the shooter, this happens just before nightfall, which release the Hulk - who proceeds to smash everything he owns except for the shirt. [[spoiler: And then Agent Burbank comes along later and shoots him.]]
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* In ''Series/StarTrekEnterprise'' episode "Carbon Creek", three Vulcans who crash-landed on Earth in 1957 had to blend in by stealing from clotheslines. The female crewmember accidentally put a dress on backwards.
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* ''Series/Charmed1998'': In "The Good, The Bad, And The Cursed", Cole and Prue end up in the Wild West and steal outfits from a clothesline to blend in. Prue gets harassed for wearing men's clothing.
* ''Series/DoctorWho'' likes a very specific variant involving the Doctor, usually shortly after regenerating, stealing new clothes from hospitals:
** [[Recap/DoctorWhoS7E1SpearheadFromSpace The Third Doctor]] chooses his distinctive ensemble, [[SharpDressedMan cape and all]], from a hospital changing room (after [[{{Fanservice}} we watch him]] [[ShowerScene taking a shower]]).
** [[Recap/DoctorWhoTVMTheTVMovie Eight]] ''also'' gets his duds from a hospital locker room, though the outfits in question were actually intended for a costume party — the employee in question was going as Wild Bill Hickok.
** "[[Recap/DoctorWhoS31E1TheEleventhHour The Eleventh Hour]]": After he gets tired of being called "the raggedy Doctor", due to wearing the remains of Ten's outfit, the Eleventh Doctor steals clothes from a hospital changing room, including a vast selection of ties, to create an ensemble he likes. Amy calls him out on this, and he calls the theft fair in exchange for saving the Earth.
* In ''Series/TheDukesOfHazzard'' episode "The Ghost of the General Lee", the Duke boys are skinny dipping when their famous car gets stolen. With their clothes inside. Fortunately, there's a home nearby with laundry hanging out to dry.
* ''Series/DoctorWho'' likes a very specific variant involving the Doctor, usually shortly after regenerating, stealing new clothes from hospitals:
** [[Recap/DoctorWhoS7E1SpearheadFromSpace The Third Doctor]] chooses his distinctive ensemble, [[SharpDressedMan cape and all]], from a hospital changing room (after [[{{Fanservice}} we watch him]] [[ShowerScene taking a shower]]).
** [[Recap/DoctorWhoTVMTheTVMovie Eight]] ''also'' gets his duds from a hospital locker room, though the outfits in question were actually intended for a costume party — the employee in question was going as Wild Bill Hickok.
** "[[Recap/DoctorWhoS31E1TheEleventhHour The Eleventh Hour]]": After he gets tired of being called "the raggedy Doctor", due to wearing the remains of Ten's outfit, the Eleventh Doctor steals clothes from a hospital changing room, including a vast selection of ties, to create an ensemble he likes. Amy calls him out on this, and he calls the theft fair in exchange for saving the Earth.
* In ''Series/TheDukesOfHazzard'' episode "The Ghost of the General Lee", the Duke boys are skinny dipping when their famous car gets stolen. With their clothes inside. Fortunately, there's a home nearby with laundry hanging out to dry.
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* In ''Series/TheDukesOfHazzard'' episode "The Ghost of the General Lee", the Duke boys are skinny dipping when their famous car gets stolen. With their clothes inside. Fortunately, there's a home nearby with laundry hanging out to dry.
* A variant happens in ''Series/DoctorWho'', the Eleventh Doctor's debut episode "[[Recap/DoctorWhoS31E1TheEleventhHour The Eleventh Hour]]". After he gets tired of being called "the raggedy Doctor", due to wearing the remains of Ten's outfit, the Doctor steals clothes from the hospital changing room, including a vast selection of ties, to create an ensemble he likes. Amy calls him out on this, and he calls the theft fair in exchange for saving the earth.
** The scene is a bit of a CallBack to [[Recap/DoctorWhoS7E1SpearheadFromSpace the Third Doctor]] choosing his distinctive ensemble, [[SharpDressedMan cape and all]], from a hospital changing room (after [[FanService we watch him]] [[ShowerScene taking a shower]]). [[Recap/DoctorWhoTVMTheTVMovie Eight]] also got ''his'' duds from a hospital locker room, though the outfits in question were actually intended for a costume party--the employee in question was going as Wild Bill Hickok.
* In the ''Series/StarTrekTheOriginalSeries'' episode "The City on the Edge of Forever", Kirk and Spock take clothes to blend in in 1930s America. They get noticed by a police officer.
* In ''Series/StarTrekEnterprise'' episode "Carbon Creek", three Vulcans who crash-landed on Earth in 1957 had to blend in by stealing from clotheslines. The female crewmember accidentally put a dress on backwards.
* A variant happens in ''Series/DoctorWho'', the Eleventh Doctor's debut episode "[[Recap/DoctorWhoS31E1TheEleventhHour The Eleventh Hour]]". After he gets tired of being called "the raggedy Doctor", due to wearing the remains of Ten's outfit, the Doctor steals clothes from the hospital changing room, including a vast selection of ties, to create an ensemble he likes. Amy calls him out on this, and he calls the theft fair in exchange for saving the earth.
** The scene is a bit of a CallBack to [[Recap/DoctorWhoS7E1SpearheadFromSpace the Third Doctor]] choosing his distinctive ensemble, [[SharpDressedMan cape and all]], from a hospital changing room (after [[FanService we watch him]] [[ShowerScene taking a shower]]). [[Recap/DoctorWhoTVMTheTVMovie Eight]] also got ''his'' duds from a hospital locker room, though the outfits in question were actually intended for a costume party--the employee in question was going as Wild Bill Hickok.
* In the ''Series/StarTrekTheOriginalSeries'' episode "The City on the Edge of Forever", Kirk and Spock take clothes to blend in in 1930s America. They get noticed by a police officer.
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* ''Series/Charmed1998'': In "The Good, The Bad, And The Cursed", Cole and Prue end up in the Wild West and steal outfits from a clothesline to blend in. Prue gets harassed for wearing men's clothing.
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* ''Series/Charmed1998'': In the ''Series/StarTrekTheOriginalSeries'' episode "The Good, The Bad, And The Cursed", Cole City on the Edge of Forever", Kirk and Prue end up in the Wild West and steal outfits from a clothesline Spock take clothes to blend in. Prue gets harassed for wearing men's clothing.in in 1930s America. They get noticed by a police officer.
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* In ''Series/StarTrekEnterprise'' episode "Carbon Creek", three Vulcans who crash-landed on Earth in 1957 had to blend in by stealing from clotheslines. The female crewmember accidentally put a dress on backwards.
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* In ''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/13295694/2/Bahkeeta Bahkeeta]]'' a naked Harry snags jeans and a shirt from a clothesline after Snape helps him escape Voldemort's captivity.
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* In ''ComicBook/{{Cavewoman}}: Shorts'', Meriem finds herself naked yet again, and 'borrows a pair of [[WhoWearsShortShorts Daisy Dukes]] and a slightly too small shirt from a clothesline on the outskirts of Marshville.
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Typically a {{Comedy}} trope where characters, who are in need of new clothes, take spare garments from the next best clothesline. Bonus point if the scene involves a close-up on a pieces of clothing slowly moving across the screen as the clothesline is being pulled from one end. Often the stolen clothes are the wrong size, intended for a person [[UnplannedCrossdressing of the other gender]], or both.
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Typically a {{Comedy}} trope where characters, who are in need of new clothes, take spare garments from the next best clothesline. Bonus point if the scene involves a close-up on a pieces piece of clothing slowly moving across the screen as the clothesline is being pulled from one end. Often the stolen clothes are the wrong size, intended for a person [[UnplannedCrossdressing of the other gender]], or both.
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* In the first ''[[Literature/OnTheRun Chasing the Falconers]]'' novel by Creator/GordonKorman, Meg and Aiden use this so they'll have alternative to juvie jumpsuits.
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* In ''WesternAnimation/AvatarTheLastAirbender'' episode "The Headband", when the Gaang settles in the Fire Nation, they have to steal Fire Nation clothes from a clothesline to blend in.
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* In ''WesternAnimation/AvatarTheLastAirbender'' episode "The Headband", when the Gaang settles in the Fire Nation, they have to steal Fire Nation clothes from a clothesline to blend in. Aang doesn't realize that his chosen outfit is actually a school uniform; he's promptly picked up for truancy and sent "back" to class.
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* ''Film/TheFullMonty'' two of the male strippers steal sheets from a clothesline when fleeing police who have busted their rehearsal.[[/folder]]
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* In ''ComicBook/{{Cavewoman}}: Shorts'', Meriem finds her naked yet again, and 'borrows a pair of [[WhoWearsShortShorts Daisy Dukes]] and a slightly too small shirt from a clothesline on the outskirts of Marshville.
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* Happens in ''{{Discworld}}'' fic ''Fanfic/SlippingBetweenWorlds''. Two uniformed British soldiers who abruptly find themselves in the alien setting of Ankh-Morpork, pursued by the City Watch and Guild of Assassins, reason this is the best way to blend into their surroundings and remain undetected.
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* In the ''StarTrekTheOriginalSeries'' episode "The City on the Edge of Forever", Kirk and Spock take clothes to blend in in 1930s America. They get noticed by a police officer.
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* Music/PinkFloyd's early song "Arnold Layne" is all about a man with a humorous habit of stealing clothes from washing lines. Not just any old clothes. The ... uh ... ''frillier'' and more ''delicate'' sort.
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* In ''Film/ScaryMovie 4'', when Cindy and Brenda arrive at the Amish village, they decide to steal clothes from a hamper to better blend in with the villagers.
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Sister trope to MuggedForDisguise and StrippingTheScarecrow. Compare NakedPeopleTrappedOutside. Compare GoneSwimmingClothesStolen, which can be either an alternative place to steal clothes when there are no washing lines around, or the reason why they need clothes to begin with.
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* Happens in ''Series/DoctorWho'', the Eleventh Doctor's debut episode "[[Recap/DoctorWhoS31E1TheEleventhHour The Eleventh Hour]]". After he gets tired of being called "the raggedy Doctor", due to wearing the remains of Ten's outfit, the Doctor steals clothes from the hospital, including a vast selection of ties, to create an ensemble he likes. Amy calls him out on this, and he calls the theft fair in exchange for saving the earth.
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* Happens A variant happens in ''Series/DoctorWho'', the Eleventh Doctor's debut episode "[[Recap/DoctorWhoS31E1TheEleventhHour The Eleventh Hour]]". After he gets tired of being called "the raggedy Doctor", due to wearing the remains of Ten's outfit, the Doctor steals clothes from the hospital, hospital changing room, including a vast selection of ties, to create an ensemble he likes. Amy calls him out on this, and he calls the theft fair in exchange for saving the earth.
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* In ''Series/TheDukesOfHazzard'' episode "The Ghost Of The General Lee", the Duke boys are skinny dipping when their famous car gets stolen. With their clothes inside. Fortunately, there's a home nearby with laundry hanging out to dry.
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* In ''Series/TheDukesOfHazzard'' episode "The Ghost Of The of the General Lee", the Duke boys are skinny dipping when their famous car gets stolen. With their clothes inside. Fortunately, there's a home nearby with laundry hanging out to dry.
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* ''Series/TheDukesOfHazzard'': In one episode, the Duke boys are skinny dipping when their famous car gets stolen. With their clothes inside. Fortunately, there's a home nearby with laundry hanging out to dry.
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* ''Series/TheDukesOfHazzard'': In one episode, ''Series/TheDukesOfHazzard'' episode "The Ghost Of The General Lee", the Duke boys are skinny dipping when their famous car gets stolen. With their clothes inside. Fortunately, there's a home nearby with laundry hanging out to dry.
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->''Arnold Layne had a strange hobby\\
Collecting clothes\\
Moonshine washing line\\
They suit him fine.''
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Collecting clothes\\
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They suit him fine.''
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* In ''Film/TheHollywoodKnights'' some guys are being hazed and have to get to a radio station in town while naked. They pull some sheets down from a clothesline, and [[CoincidentalAccidentalDisguise unfortunately end up looking like the KKK]] outside a black family's house.
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* In ''Film/TheHollywoodKnights'' ''Film/TheHollywoodKnights'', some guys are being hazed and have to get to a radio station in town while naked. They pull some sheets down from a clothesline, and [[CoincidentalAccidentalDisguise unfortunately end up looking like the KKK]] outside a black family's house.
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* Happens in ''Series/LukeCage''. After escaping the experiments that gave him his powers at Seagate prison, Luke Cage steals a change of clothes off a clothesline, which just happens to (combined with the restraints from the procedure he's still wearing) exactly replicate his original comic book costume.
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Typically a {{Comedy}} trope where characters, who are in need of new clothes, take spare garments from the next best clothesline. Bonus point if the scene involves a close-up on a pieces of clothing slowly moving across the screen as the clothesline is being pulled from one end. Often the stolen clothes are the wrong size, intended for a person [[UnplannedCrossdressing of the other gender]], or both.
May be becoming a ForgottenTrope due to the [[TechnologyMarchesOn increasing ubiquity]] of tumble dryers.
Sister trope to MuggedForDisguise and StrippingTheScarecrow. Compare NakedPeopleTrappedOutside.
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!!Examples
[[AC:Fan Works]]
* Happens in ''{{Discworld}}'' fic ''Fanfic/SlippingBetweenWorlds''. Two uniformed British soldiers who abruptly find themselves in the alien setting of Ankh-Morpork, pursued by the City Watch and Guild of Assassins, reason this is the best way to blend into their surroundings and remain undetected.
[[AC:Films -- Animated]]
* In ''WesternAnimation/{{Minions}}'', after landing in New York City, the minions scavenge clotheslines for outfits to replace their parkas and have a EurekaMoment when they find denim suspenders, their IconicOutfit in the chronologically later earlier movies.
[[AC:[[LiveActionFilm Film - Live Action]]]]
* In ''Film/TheHollywoodKnights'' some guys are being hazed and have to get to a radio station in town while naked. They pull some sheets down from a clothesline, and [[CoincidentalAccidentalDisguise unfortunately end up looking like the KKK]] outside a black family's house.
* In ''Film/ManOfSteel'', Clark steals some clothes off a clothesline in a remote fishing village when he emerges from the ocean following the oil rig explosion.
* In the first ''Film/XMen1'', after being mutated by Magneto and using his new power of semi-amorphism to escape, Senator Kelly lands naked on a public beach and grabs a swimmer's change of clothes.
* In ''Film/ScaryMovie 4'', when Cindy and Brenda arrive at the Amish village, they decide to steal clothes from a hamper to better blend in with the villagers.
* The hero of ''Film/IAmAFugitiveFromAChainGang'' has just escaped prison and comes across a farm where clothes are hanging out to dry. He "harvests" the clothesline and runs away with his new garments that turn out to fit perfectly.
[[AC:Literature]]
* In the first ''[[Literature/OnTheRun Chasing the Falconers]]'' novel by Creator/GordonKorman, Meg and Aiden use this so they'll have alternative to juvie jumpsuits.
* ''Literature/TheTimeTravelersWife'': Henry has involuntary time-travelling episodes and is NakedOnArrival. The first thing he has to do during a trip is find clothes, and this is one of his go-to methods.
[[AC:LiveActionTV]]
* Occasionally on ''Series/TheIncredibleHulk'', David will find a clothesline with a shirt hanging in order to reclothe himself. (Since he has MagicPants he's not worried about below the waist.) Since he's an honest person, when he can he leaves a few dollars in its place so he's not stealing the shirt in question.
* ''Series/DukesOfHazzard'': In one episode, the Duke boys are skinny dipping when their famous car gets stolen. With their clothes inside. Fortunately, there's a home nearby with laundry hanging out to dry.
* Happens in ''Series/DoctorWho'', the Eleventh Doctor's debut episode "[[Recap/DoctorWhoS31E1TheEleventhHour The Eleventh Hour]]". After he gets tired of being called "the raggedy Doctor", due to wearing the remains of Ten's outfit, the Doctor steals clothes from the hospital, including a vast selection of ties, to create an ensemble he likes. Amy calls him out on this, and he calls the theft fair in exchange for saving the earth.
* In the ''StarTrekTheOriginalSeries'' episode "The City on the Edge of Forever", Kirk and Spock take clothes to blend in in 1930s America. They get noticed by a police officer.
* In ''Series/StarTrekEnterprise'' some Vulcans who allegedly crash-landed on Earth in the 1950s had to blend in by stealing from clotheslines. The female crewmember accidentally put a dress on backwards.
* Happens in ''Series/LukeCage''. After escaping the experiments that gave him his powers at Seagate prison, Luke Cage steals a change of clothes off a clothesline, which just happens to (combined with the restraints from the procedure he's still wearing) exactly replicate his original comic book costume.
-->'''Luke''': You look like a damn fool.
[[AC:Music]]
* Music/PinkFloyd's early song "Arnold Layne" is all about a man with a humorous habit of stealing clothes from washing lines. Not just any old clothes. The ... uh ... ''frillier'' and more ''delicate'' sort.
[[AC:Video Games]]
* Near the beginning of ''VideoGame/StarOcean1'', Roddick is tasked with bringing clothes for Ilia so she can blend into Roakian civilization. One option is to steal them from an elderly woman's clothesline, but that is not recommended unless you want Ilia's [[RelationshipValues affection towards Roddick]] to drop.
* ''VideoGame/MarioAndLuigiSuperstarSaga'': After being informed that the princess is in danger, Mario - who had just gotten out of the shower and was only wearing a towel - runs outside and jumps into the clothesline Luigi was hanging their clothes on, coming out fully dressed and with Luigi tied to his leg.
[[AC:Web Comic]]
* In ''Webcomic/DaughterOfTheLilies'', Thistle [[TheFaceless hides her face]] for reasons that once get her [[http://www.daughterofthelilies.com/dotl/22 run out of town]] by a TorchesAndPitchforks mob; even when fleeing for her life, she snags a shirt off a clothesline to wrap around her head as a replacement for her usual MysteriousVeil.
[[AC:Western Animation]]
* In ''WesternAnimation/AvatarTheLastAirbender'', when the Gaang settles in the Fire Nation, they have to steal Fire Nation clothes from the clothesline to blend in.
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To be indexed on {{Disguise Trope|s}}.
Typically a {{Comedy}} trope where characters, who are in need of new clothes, take spare garments from the next best clothesline. Bonus point if the scene involves a close-up on a pieces of clothing slowly moving across the screen as the clothesline is being pulled from one end. Often the stolen clothes are the wrong size, intended for a person [[UnplannedCrossdressing of the other gender]], or both.
May be becoming a ForgottenTrope due to the [[TechnologyMarchesOn increasing ubiquity]] of tumble dryers.
Sister trope to MuggedForDisguise and StrippingTheScarecrow. Compare NakedPeopleTrappedOutside.
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!!Examples
[[AC:Fan Works]]
* Happens in ''{{Discworld}}'' fic ''Fanfic/SlippingBetweenWorlds''. Two uniformed British soldiers who abruptly find themselves in the alien setting of Ankh-Morpork, pursued by the City Watch and Guild of Assassins, reason this is the best way to blend into their surroundings and remain undetected.
[[AC:Films -- Animated]]
* In ''WesternAnimation/{{Minions}}'', after landing in New York City, the minions scavenge clotheslines for outfits to replace their parkas and have a EurekaMoment when they find denim suspenders, their IconicOutfit in the chronologically later earlier movies.
[[AC:[[LiveActionFilm Film - Live Action]]]]
* In ''Film/TheHollywoodKnights'' some guys are being hazed and have to get to a radio station in town while naked. They pull some sheets down from a clothesline, and [[CoincidentalAccidentalDisguise unfortunately end up looking like the KKK]] outside a black family's house.
* In ''Film/ManOfSteel'', Clark steals some clothes off a clothesline in a remote fishing village when he emerges from the ocean following the oil rig explosion.
* In the first ''Film/XMen1'', after being mutated by Magneto and using his new power of semi-amorphism to escape, Senator Kelly lands naked on a public beach and grabs a swimmer's change of clothes.
* In ''Film/ScaryMovie 4'', when Cindy and Brenda arrive at the Amish village, they decide to steal clothes from a hamper to better blend in with the villagers.
* The hero of ''Film/IAmAFugitiveFromAChainGang'' has just escaped prison and comes across a farm where clothes are hanging out to dry. He "harvests" the clothesline and runs away with his new garments that turn out to fit perfectly.
[[AC:Literature]]
* In the first ''[[Literature/OnTheRun Chasing the Falconers]]'' novel by Creator/GordonKorman, Meg and Aiden use this so they'll have alternative to juvie jumpsuits.
* ''Literature/TheTimeTravelersWife'': Henry has involuntary time-travelling episodes and is NakedOnArrival. The first thing he has to do during a trip is find clothes, and this is one of his go-to methods.
[[AC:LiveActionTV]]
* Occasionally on ''Series/TheIncredibleHulk'', David will find a clothesline with a shirt hanging in order to reclothe himself. (Since he has MagicPants he's not worried about below the waist.) Since he's an honest person, when he can he leaves a few dollars in its place so he's not stealing the shirt in question.
* ''Series/DukesOfHazzard'': In one episode, the Duke boys are skinny dipping when their famous car gets stolen. With their clothes inside. Fortunately, there's a home nearby with laundry hanging out to dry.
* Happens in ''Series/DoctorWho'', the Eleventh Doctor's debut episode "[[Recap/DoctorWhoS31E1TheEleventhHour The Eleventh Hour]]". After he gets tired of being called "the raggedy Doctor", due to wearing the remains of Ten's outfit, the Doctor steals clothes from the hospital, including a vast selection of ties, to create an ensemble he likes. Amy calls him out on this, and he calls the theft fair in exchange for saving the earth.
* In the ''StarTrekTheOriginalSeries'' episode "The City on the Edge of Forever", Kirk and Spock take clothes to blend in in 1930s America. They get noticed by a police officer.
* In ''Series/StarTrekEnterprise'' some Vulcans who allegedly crash-landed on Earth in the 1950s had to blend in by stealing from clotheslines. The female crewmember accidentally put a dress on backwards.
* Happens in ''Series/LukeCage''. After escaping the experiments that gave him his powers at Seagate prison, Luke Cage steals a change of clothes off a clothesline, which just happens to (combined with the restraints from the procedure he's still wearing) exactly replicate his original comic book costume.
-->'''Luke''': You look like a damn fool.
[[AC:Music]]
* Music/PinkFloyd's early song "Arnold Layne" is all about a man with a humorous habit of stealing clothes from washing lines. Not just any old clothes. The ... uh ... ''frillier'' and more ''delicate'' sort.
[[AC:Video Games]]
* Near the beginning of ''VideoGame/StarOcean1'', Roddick is tasked with bringing clothes for Ilia so she can blend into Roakian civilization. One option is to steal them from an elderly woman's clothesline, but that is not recommended unless you want Ilia's [[RelationshipValues affection towards Roddick]] to drop.
* ''VideoGame/MarioAndLuigiSuperstarSaga'': After being informed that the princess is in danger, Mario - who had just gotten out of the shower and was only wearing a towel - runs outside and jumps into the clothesline Luigi was hanging their clothes on, coming out fully dressed and with Luigi tied to his leg.
[[AC:Web Comic]]
* In ''Webcomic/DaughterOfTheLilies'', Thistle [[TheFaceless hides her face]] for reasons that once get her [[http://www.daughterofthelilies.com/dotl/22 run out of town]] by a TorchesAndPitchforks mob; even when fleeing for her life, she snags a shirt off a clothesline to wrap around her head as a replacement for her usual MysteriousVeil.
[[AC:Western Animation]]
* In ''WesternAnimation/AvatarTheLastAirbender'', when the Gaang settles in the Fire Nation, they have to steal Fire Nation clothes from the clothesline to blend in.
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