History Main / FutureSpandex

* In the first novel of the Greg Mandel trilogy by Creator/PeterFHamilton, the protagonist is measured by laser for a custom-fitted LatexSpacesuit, and is relieved in the final novel (set over a decade later) to find that a less form-fitting outfit is now used, given that he no longer has his HeroicBuild. What doesn’t change are the combat suits used to radiate heat from {{Energy Weapon}}s away from the wearer, which look like a diving suit.

* In more recent years, Tony Stark usually wears something along the lines of this under his regular civilian attire. {{Justified|trope}} in that it's meant to interface with his ComicBook/IronMan [[PoweredArmor suit]]. Part of his Extremis upgrade meant that this "inner suit" was kept within his bones and he could manifest it at any time. This inner suit is also present in his ''WesternAnimation/TheAvengersEarthsMightiestHeroes'' incarnation.
* When the ComicBook/FantasticFour started the Future Foundation, they started wearing white spandex with black piping, as did their pupils- that included Spider-Man (though he only wore it when appearing specifically in that title, presumably giving him a chance to air out his standard red-and-blue).
* ''ComicBook/DCOneMillion'' has [[SuperheroesWearTights Superhero Spandex]] that is ''also'' Future Spandex -- the present-day heroes note that their future counterparts' costumes are shiny, seamless and ''even more formfitting'', and wonder what they're made from.
* Worn by [[ComicStrip/StarFox Fara Phoenix]] in 1993's ''Magazine/NintendoPower'' comics. It's a rather [[FormFittingWardrobe tight fit]].
%% * N.O.W.H.E.R.E.'s uniforms, and the ComicBook/{{New 52}} version of ''ComicBook/{{Superboy|New52}}'''s "Containment Suit".
* Many depictions of Krypton in ''Franchise/{{Superman}}'' run with this idea. Occasionally, they even go for the route that Superman's costume is designed after a traditional Kryptonian outfit.
* Spoofed in ''ComicBook/SpiderMan2099'' vol 2. When Miguel, who is presently trapped in the modern day, is confronted by Liz Allan having worked out he's not who he says he is, he reveals he's from the future, and his holographic assistant Layla gives him an appropriately "futuristic" looking outfit that looks ridiculous. Once Liz is gone, Miguel asks Layla what that was all about, and she explains that she figured that was what Liz would ''expect'' someone from the future to dress like.

This trope tends to go along with WeWillHavePerfectHealthInTheFuture (no love-handles interfering with the lines of those sleek little outfits!) but it is equally compatible with BigFatFuture (used to great effect in ''WesternAnimation/WallE'', where the human characters looked infantile and helpless in enormous, stretchy jumpsuits).

* The heroines of ''Literature/DirtyPair''.

* The heroines of ''LightNovel/DirtyPair''.

* And in ''Anime/MagicalGirlLyricalNanohaStrikers'', the [[QuirkyMinibossSquad Numbers']] skintight jumpsuits, in a blatant ShoutOut to ''LightNovel/MuvLuvAlternativeTotalEclipse''.

* UsefulNotes/FormulaOne drivers wear balaclavas under their helmets provide protection from fuel fires. The racing suits aren't totally form-fitting but are similarly fire-resistant, unlike some form-fitting fabrics.

* All of the human-looking [=NetNavis=] in ''VideoGame/MegaManBattleNetwork'' have this. In fact, according to the [[AllThereInTheManual Complete Works]] the designers were expressly forbidden from having Navi characters wear any kind of cloth in order to reinforce the futuristic cyberworld vibe. The sole major exception is [[BonusBoss Bass.EXE]] with his BadassCape, thanks to sheer RuleOfCool.

* In ''VideoGame/PlanetSide 2'', the [[MachineWorship Vanu Sovereignty]] infantry all wear form-fitting spandex. Most classes have varying amounts of metal armor over vulnerable spots, such as the Engineer carrying an armored backpack, and an armored right wrist. Additionally, all the [[InvisibilityCloak Infiltrators armors]] from both games have form-fitting spandex regardless of empire, though the Composite Armor cosmetic item in ''Planetside 2'' adds armor to make them look like some sort of cyber-samurai.

* Common in the ''VideoGame/DeusEx'' series.

* Many of the uniforms and outfits in the ''Franchise/MassEffect'' series.
* The sneaking suits in the ''VideoGame/MetalGear'' series.

* Fortified Suits in ''VisualNovel/MuvLuvUnlimited'' and ''VisualNovel/MuvLuvAlternative'', though the role sort of crosses over with LatexSpacesuit.

* In ''VideoGame/HonkaiImpact3rd'', several of the Valkyries' battlesuits, especially the MECH-type suits such as Kiana's White Comet and Himeko's Scarlet Fusion, are extremely form-fitting and spandex-like, starkly contrasting other battlesuits and outfits worn by the same characters which are much more like [[CivvieSpandex regular clothing,]] [[AwesomeAnachronisticApparel old-style armor]], and military uniforms.

* Ryoko's skintight battlesuit from ''Anime/TenchiMuyo''

* The combat gear used by Section 9 from ''Anime/GhostInTheShell'' is this plus tactical vests. Especially noticeable on The Major.

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* In ''WebAnimation/MundoUltimateNewsCp'', the characters in the futuristic city use completely skinny nanotech hydrophobic clothes made of graphene and synthetic fibers, with even the possibility of changing the design and colors wherever they want with the mobile device.
** These clothing are also made at home in specific wall printers. They purchase the model and the design online.
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* ''Series/BuckRogersInTheTwentyFifthCentury'' First season. Colonel Wilma Deering (Erin Gray) and Buck Rogers sometimes wore spandex jumpsuits.

** ''[[Series/StarTrekTheNextGeneration The Next Generation]]'' uses this in the first two seasons before phasing them out because [[UpToEleven they were so form-fitting that they were a health and safety hazard]]; Patrick Stewart had to seek a doctor because they were playing hell with his back, and they were also extremely hot and uncomfortable under the studio lights.

* Samus Aran's Zero Suit from ''VideoGame/{{Metroid}}''. Similar to Tony Stark's outfit, it's to interface with her [[PoweredArmour Power Suit]].