History Main / FutureSpandex

* On ''{{Automan}}'', it's easy to see that [[ProjectedMan Automan]] is something different because he's dressed up in sparkly Future Spandex.

** 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 ''AvengersEarthsMightiestHeroes'' incarnation.

* ''GGundam '': All of the pilots wear skin-tight body suits as part of the interface for their [[HumongousMache mobile suits]]. The substance is sort of like spandex, but they actually have transformation sequences (not always shown) that make it look like plastic wrap. Nearly all of the pilots are male, but there is one point where [[WrenchWench Rain]] goes through the process.

* ''GGundam '': All of the pilots wear skin-tight body suits as part of the interface for their mobile suits. The substance is sort of like spandex, but they actually have transformation sequences (not always shown) that make it look like plastic wrap. Nearly all of the pilots are male, but there is one point where Rain goes through the process.

* Samus Aran's Zero Suit from ''{{Metroid}}''.

** In the more recent ''Dark Heresy'' series of ''{{Warhammer 40000}}'' RPGs by Fantasy Flight Games, Synskin has been changed to 'a bio-reactive bodyglove with an inert non-reflective surface that molds itself to the wearer's form'. In other words, it isn't literally sprayed on anymore, though it's still FutureSpandex.

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-->-- '''Bruce Boxleitner''', on the costumes used in ''{{TRON}}''

* ''{{Tron}}'' is a particularly noteworthy example, as is the sequel, ''TronLegacy''.

* Most of the truly [[http://deadspace.wikia.com/wiki/Advanced_Suit advanced RIG suits]] in DeadSpace2 look quite tight fitting.

* ''ZZGundam'''s Puru Two, although not too noticeable since [[TokenLoli she doesn't]] [[{{Pettanko}} have a figure]] to begin with. If she did, it would likely be similar to a Plugsuit.

* On ''{{Automan}}'', it was easy to see that the [[ProjectedMan titular superhero]] was something different because he was dressed up in sparkly Future Spandex.

* In the ''JudgeDredd'' film, Judges wear a lycra/spandex bodysuit undergarment under their body armor.

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** ''[[StarTrekTheNextGeneration The Next Generation]]'' also had it in its first few seasons before switching to looser uniforms, as did ''[[StarTrekEnterprise Enterprise]].''

* ZZ Gundam's Puru Two, although not too noticeable since [[TokenLoli she doesn't]] [[{{Pettanko}} have a figure]] to begin with. If she did, it would likely be similar to a Plugsuit.

* [[GhostInTheShell Major Kusanagi]] loves these.

** ''[[StartrekThenextgeneration The Next Generation]]'' also had it in its first few seasons before switching to looser uniforms, as did ''[[StarTrekEnterprise Enterprise]].''

* This has been a trope associated with [[SuperRobot piloted robot]] [[RealRobot cartoons]] since the genre's inception. It is EXCEEDINGLY rare to show a pilot in an robot show that wears anything bulkier than form-fitting lycra.

-->''"They showed me the costume and I said, 'You've got to be kidding me. Where are the pants? '''Where are the PANTS'''?"''
-->-- '''Bruce Boxleitner''', on the costumes used in ''{{TRON}}'

* In the ''JudgeDredd'' film. Judges wear a lycra/spandex bodysuit undergarment under their body armor.

* Zoe Heriot from ''DoctorWho''.

* ''PowerRangers'': They embody this trope. In every season, beginning to end, the rangers always wear skintight spandex suits. These suits are so tight, in fact, some of the male ([[ShesAManInJapan and female]], at least until Disney took the rights from Saban) rangers have bulges, and the female rangers wouldn't even need to wear a bra due to the tightness. Not to mention the franchise incorporates a lot of FetishFuel in its seasons.
** '''[[PowerRangersRPM IT'S]] [[BerserkButton NOT]] [[MemeticMutation SPANDEX!!!]]'''

* Subverted in a ''Futurama'' episode in which the robot Bender steals lots of stuff from a public swimming pool in an attempt to gain notoriety; he also stole a banana hammock of sorts, which he wears.

* Common in the ''DeusEx'' series.

-->-- '''Bruce Boxlightner''', on the costumes used in ''{{TRON}}'

* ''BubblegumCrisis''. The Knight Sabers, underneath their power suits, wear form-fitting outfits. It's also [[JustifiedTrop justified]], as it's explained that the outfits serve as a neural interface between the user and the suit.

Many of the uniforms and outfits in the ''MassEffect'' series.

While there's often overlap, this is not the same as [[SuperHero superhero]] [[SuperheroesWearTights tights]]. While superhero tights are used to emphasize the physicality of the hero, Space Spandex is used to emphasize his technological superiority.

* ''DCOneMillion'' has SuperheroSpandex 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.

LatexSpacesuit and SpyCatsuit are both SubTropes. A SisterTrope to (and often overlaps with) SpaceClothes and SuperheroesWearTights. See also SpandexLatexOrLeather. Compare CrystalSpiresAndTogas.

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