History Main / GoneSwimmingClothesStolen

* In ''[[RanmaOneHalf Ranma 1/2]]'', a {{Mode Lock}}ed Ranma spies [[spoiler:{{Mode Lock}}ed]] Herb bathing in an onsen. Feeling particularly vindictive (Herb DID humiliate her in battle and locked her as a female) Ranma steals her clothes and taunts her about it. Cue the [[BattleAura ki-bolt]] to the face.

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* There is a popular (and likely apocryphal) story that America's first female reporter, Anne Royall, came across JohnQuincyAdams while he was skinny-dipping in the Potomac River and sat on his clothes until he agreed to an interview.
** There was another story in which said president had his clothes stolen while he was skinny-dipping and he had to ask a passerby to run to the White House and bring him back another outfit.
* Thieves were a big problem at the Roman baths for exactly this reason. [[ValuesDissonance The Romans didn't have the same issues with nudity that we have,]] but clothes were a lot more expensive back then.
** Many baths offered to sell cheap robes at ridiculously steep prices to bathers whose clothes were stolen. Many of those baths also had thieves on their payroll.
* Before GeorgeWashington was ever a president, a revolutionary, or even a lieutenant in the French and Indian War, there is a record of a court proceeding against a girl who stole his clothing or at least his belongings while he was swimming on a trip.
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** * In another, the kids steal the clothes of a man while he went swimming; the reason being that they believed that he was going to marry their beloved teacher Ms. Crabtree (and this being the 20s, teachers were required to be unmarried), and he would not be able to if he had no clothes. Turns out, [[spoiler:he was actually her brother]]. Cue embarrassment. [[spoiler:Her brother did eventually get clothes... women's clothes]].

* In one ''OurGang'' short, the kids steal the clothes of a man while he went swimming; the reason being that they believed that he was going to marry their beloved teacher Ms. Crabtree (and this being the 20s, teachers were required to be unmarried), and he would not be able to if he had no clothes. Turns out, [[spoiler:he was actually her brother]]. Cue embarrassment. [[spoiler:Her brother did eventually get clothes... women's clothes]].

* Happened recently in ''[[NineChickweedLane 9 Chickweed Lane]]''.

* In the 1970 Swedish PippLongstocking movie ''Pippi on the Run,'' Pippi, Tommy and Annika go swimming, and some cows come along and ''eat'' Tommy and Annika's clothes, forcing them to dress in old sacks until they can get new ones. Pippi, however, escapes the trope entirely because she [[{{Cloudcuckoolander}} always goes swimming fully-clothed.]]

* In an ''Our Gang'' episode, while the boys are swimming, their clothes aren't stolen, just soaked and then tied in knots by their rivals, rendering them unwearable.

* Patrick [=McManus=], in one of his books, tells a story involving a Boy Scout leader who not only went skinny dipping, but did so in extremely cold water. Predictably, the scouts steal his clothes. Possibly also predictably, he happens upon some ladies whilst in this position, and tries to ask them something, prefacing it with "Pardon my nudity, but..."

* Happens with the whole gang in ''{{That 70s Show}}''.

* In InuYasha, Kagome's clothes are stolen by a monkey while she bathes. Technically she isn't naked (she's wearing a swim suit), but still acts as if she is, going so far as to hide in a bush when confronting the owner of the monkey for her clothes back.

* It is done to Lemnear in the first chapter to the ''Legend of Lemnear'' manga.
* AyashiNoCeres has this as the whole backstory - Goddess wants revenge because a guy stole her celestial clothes while she wasn't watching. Granted, her rage is understandable since she's stuck on Earth until she gets it back.
* Semi-example in {{Mai-HiME}}, where the students go swimming, and someone steals the girls' underwear. [[spoiler:Actually, monsters did it.]]

* I Love Trouble includes a bit in which Julia Roberts is exiting the lake when a group of boyscouts happen upon her and Nick Nolte. No clothes are stolen, but the only ModestyTowel she can get her hands on happens to be hiding behind Nolte. Still a little miffed from a previous argument the pair had had, Nolte proceeds to walk towards the boyscouts while ignoring Julia's surprised protests. Nick gets her to admit to secretly reading his novel, despite her professed disinterest in his writing, but Julia makes the mistake of mumbling how she'd expected more from the writing. As one might expect, the scene closes with an embarrassed Julia squeeling in alarm as the boyscout's camera's are going off.
* in the 2007 StTrinians movie, the girls band together to effect this trope on new girl Annabelle Fritton as she showers, filming the resulting [[NakedPeopleAreFunny nekkid antics]] on hidden cameras and broadcasting it on YouTube.
* In ''Queens Logic'', the guys in town for the wedding of one of their number go skinny dipping in a public pool. The clothes are stolen by the women. The guys streak through the parking lot, but fortunately one of the guys' suitcases is in the trunk of the car.

* There is a joke about a master thief and his apprentice. As a test of skill the master orders his student to climb a tree and steal some eggs from the nest without disturbing the hen. The guy undresses, and climbs the tree but the hen hears him and takes alarm. The master decides to show top class, undresses, climbes the tree and steals the eggs. When he climbes down, both his student and his clothes are gone.

* Happened during a bumper for the show Ed, Edd, and Eddy where the Kanker sisters stole their clothes as shown here [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dX53h45sP9g +]]

* In the first [[ShowerScene gratuitous shower scene]] of {{Freefall}}, a raccoon swipes Florence's towel while she's washing ([[http://freefall.purrsia.com/ff300/fv00205.htm 205]]).

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* The first two lines of Morrissey's "Everyday Is Like Sunday":
->''Trudging slowly over wet sand''
->''Back to the bench where your clothes were stolen''
* The summer camp song "Once I Went in Swimming."
->''Dove into the water''
->''Just like Pharaoh's daugher''
->''Dove into the Nile.''
->''Someone saw me there''
->''And stole my underwear''
->''And left me with a smile.''
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* {{Ceres}} has this as the whole backstory - Goddess wants revenge because a guy stole her celestial clothes while she wasn't watching. Granted, her rage is understandable since she's stuck on Earth until she gets it back.

[[caption-width-right:350: [[FridgeLogic How did he get a barrel in the middle of nowhere?]] ]]

->'''Mr. Burns''': "''Gentlemen, while you've been showering, I've sold your clothes.''"
->'''Lenny''': "''Ah, [[OhNoNotAgain not again]]!''"
-->--'''TheSimpsons'''

* One [[{{Shazam}} Captain Marvel]] cover involves the titular Captain dressed in a rain barrel yelling and shaking his fist at a punk who's stolen his outfit.

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