History Main / Loincloth

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* Parodied in ''Don't Go Near the Water'' by William Brinkley. Creator/EdgarRiceBurroughs (creator of ''Tarzan'') is coming for a visit, so the Navy brass suggest he do a PR tour to a nearby island, but the natives wear ordinary clothes and refuse to dress in loincloths for the occasion.

* In ''VideoGame/DarkSouls'', the player wears this under all their armor.

* ''ComicBook/WonderWoman1942'': Queen Clea has ComicBook/SteveTrevor dressed in a fur trimmed loincloth, and nothing else, for his public execution. She hands him a sword and intends to watch him fight her giant monsters to death in the arena over dinner, but to her disappointment he kills all of her monsters and survives. Her subsequent order for him to be shot by the archers perched all around the arena goes awry when he uses the corpse last of the beasts he'd killed as a shield against the arrows.

* The human males typically wear loincloths in ''Film/PlanetOfTheApes''.

* Sculptor Paul Manship has fun with a loincloth in ''[[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin Indian Hunter and his Dog]]''. As the hunter runs after his quarry the front flap of his loincloth preserves his modesty ([[http://www.flickr.com/photos/65986072@N00/8010763201/in/photostream/ Photo]]), but the rear flap billows up and [[WardrobeMalfunction exposes his backside]] ([[http://www.flickr.com/photos/65986072@N00/8010764643/ Photo]]).

* ''Manga/RuinExplorers'': Apparently, [[CuteMonsterGirl Fam]] feels she doesn't need to wear pants (or shoes, for that matter) since she has fur. And [[UnusuallyUninterestingSight no one seems to care]] that she runs around in nothing but a thong and a loincloth - likely because she's underaged[[note]]she's 14[[/note]].

* ''Anime/YuYuHakusho'' Literally all of the ogres, including Jorge, only wear a loin cloth. It's even lampshaded a few times by Koenma that they should wear most clothes.

* Dar dons one in his segment of ''WesternAnimation/HeavyMetal''.

* The ''Series/StarTrekVoyager'' fanfic ''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/6748504/1/Attack-of-the-50-Ft-Half-Klingon Attack of the 50-Ft Half-Klingon]]'' has an [[AttackOfThe50FootWhatever oversized]] B'Elanna Torres appearing in the [[Film/TheAdventuresOfCaptainProton Captain Proton]] holodeck program to wreck revenge on a philandering Tom Paris. As she doesn't have MagicPants she's wearing a {{loincloth}} made from stitched bedsheets and [[GoingCommando no underwear]]. Later Tom returns to seek revenge as Film/TheAmazingColossalMan, but he hasn't been able to find underwear either, which makes him vulnerable to a JetPack-wearing heroine using the [[GroinAttack kind of attack]] that wouldn't be contemplated in a 1950's monster movie.

* The ''Series/StarTrekVoyager'' fanfic ''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/6748504/1/Attack-of-the-50-Ft-Half-Klingon Attack of the 50-Ft Half-Klingon]]'' has an oversized B'Elanna Torres appearing in the [[Film/TheAdventuresOfCaptainProton Captain Proton]] holodeck program to wreck revenge on a philandering Tom Paris. As she doesn't have MagicPants she's wearing a {{loincloth}} made from stitched bedsheets and [[GoingCommando no underwear]]. Later Tom returns to seek revenge as Film/TheAmazingColossalMan, but he hasn't been able to find underwear either, which makes him vulnerable to a JetPack-wearing heroine using the [[GroinAttack kind of attack]] that wouldn't be contemplated in a 1950's monster movie.

* ''Disney/{{Moana}}'': Deuteragonist Maui wears nothing more than a leaf loincloth and animal-tooth necklace because his whole body is covered in {{Animated Tattoo}}s which need to be exposed as they add depth and commentary to the ongoing story.

* In ''Franchise/{{Star Wars|Legends}}: [[ComicBook/XWingSeries The Krytos Trap]]'', ProudWarriorRace Twi'leks are said to wear an outfit that consists of a loincloth, wrapped leggings to the knee, FingerlessGloves, and a decorative/functional bandoleer, all under a cloak. Wedge Antilles, visiting to try and coax them into selling the New Republic some medicine, puts on a modified version that includes an emerald green loincloth over his trousers. He wants his garb to signal that he's a warrior and not a merchant, but he's also not a Proud Warrior Race Twi'lek.

* Kim Wu from {{Killer Instinct}} during ''KI2'' wears a qipao-like outfit with a bottom half that's a loin cloth that easily shows her [[PantyShot underwear]]. She wears a more modest outfit in her reboot appearance (where she wears an outfit similar in style but she has shorts on).

* Star of the ''Series/Beastmaster'' television series Daniel Goddard often complained about the coverage afforded by his loincloth, advocating for it to be ''shorter''.

* Gollum wears only a small loincloth to preserve his modesty in ''TheLordOfTheRings''-trilogy.

* This is probably what Grignr of ''Literature/TheEyeOfArgon'' was ''supposed'' to be wearing, but the word that actually ended up being used was "[[{{Malapropism}} g-string]]". How it had folds is anyone's guess. (A loincloth can have a wider waistband and even pockets.)

* Krystal in ''VideoGame/StarFoxAdventures'' wears a loincloth and bikini top, in contrast to her catsuit in the later games.