History Main / NakedApron

* ''Anime/HungryHeartWildStriker'' manages to [[GettingCrapPastTheRadar pull similar imaginery]] when, during the BeachEpisode, the HospitalHottie Kaori puts on a bikini and then an apron over it as she helps Kyousuke and Co. to handle a ''[[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kakigori kakigori]]'' stall.

* ''WesternAnimation/{{Animaniacs}}'': In season 1 episode 13 the "La Behemoth" the male hippo at one point only wears only an apron. But he has BarbieDollAnatomy/ is a HalfDressedCartoonAnimal. ([[GettingCrapPastTheRadar But this show would do it.]])
* ''WesternAnimation/{{Chowder}}'': Shnitzel sometimes wears pants under his apron, sometimes not. This being a children's cartoon, the trope is mostly PlayedForLaughs ([[GettingCrapPastTheRadar though given the show...]])

* In ''VisualNovel/MajiDeWatashiNiKoiShinasai'' on Yukie's route she prepares breakfast one morning like this. Yamato is delighted and decides breakfast can wait as after seeing her like that he other things on his mind.

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* In ''Manga/GachaGacha'', there is a sequence in which Clara is trying to thank Kouhei for his help thus far and begins cooking for him and dons an apron, however one of her personalities overtakes her during and when Kouhei reenters the room, Clara is wearing nothing ''but'' the apron and begins heavily flirting with him pointing out her "breast meat" as she cups her breasts underneath her apron, and her "thigh meat" as she strokes her thighs. Clara manages to regain control as Kouhei becomes flustered and panics, and as one would expect she is absolutely mortified. As this isn't a hentai manga, but rather an ecchi, you never actually see much of anything, but there is a rear shot of her when she panics that shows off her butt.

* In ''LightNovel/HighSchoolDxD'', Issei sees Asia wearing one during season 2. When he protests that his parents would be mad if they saw her like that, his mom pops out from the kitchen, stating she was the one that came up with the idea. Rias then decides to do the same as well. It is later revealed that Issei's parents were very naughty when they were younger and his mother wore this at times.

* Subverted in ''Manga/OkusamaGaSeitoKaichou'', when Hayato arrives home to find Ui seemingly wearing nothing but an apron. After teasing him a little, she reveals she's wearing a school swimsuit underneath.

** The episode "Sacrifice" had the detectives crash the set of a porno that seemingly involved this.

* ''Manga/AxisPowersHetalia'':

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* Ikki once fantasizes this on Simca in ''Manga/AirGear''.

* In ''Manga/{{Change 123}}'', Kosukegawa imagines Motoko as his future wife in a hadaka apron a couple of times.
* Chi of ''Manga/{{Chobits}}'' is sort of naive about this and sort of not--she picked up the behavior from one of Hideki's hentai manga, but she doesn't understand anything about it other than that Hideki liked the manga.

* ''ComicBook/BuckGodotZapGunForHire''. A catgirl can be seen wearing one while Buck Godot is hiding at The Velvet Fist.

* ''Film/EightyEightMinutes'': Sara in the beginning is wearing one, and nothing else.

* In ''Film/FrenchTwist'', Victoria Abril's character is seen wearing an apron while otherwise naked. It's a turn-on both for her husband and her ButchLesbian girlfriend.
* Leah Cairns' character in ''Film/EightyEightMinutes'' does this at the beginning to cook for Creator/AlPacino's character.
* Done in ''[=McVicar=]'', a mostly-true story of a prison escapee, by a woman who wants to make sure the on-the-run lead character doesn't leave the house.
* Jane March's character in ''Film/ColorOfNight'' surprises Creator/BruceWillis's character by showing up unexpectedly at his home and is cooking him dinner while wearing only an apron. It becomes very apparent when she turns around to retrieve an item from the oven and then feigns modesty by covering her rear with a potholder after she exposes her backside to him.
%%* Pauline Lafont in Chabrol's ''Poulet au vinaigre''.

* In one of Phyllis Reynolds Naylor's ''Alice'' books, on the the main character's older brother's birthday, his girlfriend cooks him dinner while wearing only panties.
* In ''Literature/TheMasterAndMargarita'', DarkChick Hella wears this when she's not completely naked.

* There was a CookingShow, ''Cooking Naked'', who featured this with their (rotating) hosts.
* The Canadian cooking show ''Barely Cooking'' did the same thing, hosted by a couple (a man and a woman) who wore nothing but an apron.
* In an episode of ''Series/{{Wings}}'', Joe and Helen, having kicked Brian and Casey out of the house, decide that they will celebrate their newfound privacy by being "all nude, all the time" while at home. This later leads to an argument when she comes out of the kitchen wearing an apron, but nothing else. (He's covered up by a newspaper he's conveniently reading ''at arm's length'' while walking down the stairs.)
-->'''Joe:''' Helen, what is with that apron? I thought we agreed, all nude all the time!\\
'''Helen:''' I am ''not'' cooking bacon naked.
* Technically, it could be said that Chewbacca's wife wears one about 5 minutes into ''Film/TheStarWarsHolidaySpecial'', but it's just confusing -- like the rest of the show.

* The video for Music/{{Genesis}} song "Jesus He Knows Me" features a woman dressed just this way [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=EprQGmZ3Imw#t=203 during the pool scene at the bridge]]. She's the one working the barbecue. In case you're not familiar with the video, she's a housemaid of a TV evangelist.

* Equipping an apron but no other top on a female created character in ''[[VideoGame/SoulSeries Soul Calibur IV and Soul Calibur V]]'' results in their usual bikini top disappearing. Oddly, if the apron is broken, their bikini top reappears.

* In ''[[VideoGame/WWEVideoGames Smackdown vs. Raw 2011]]'' equipping an apron results in female's characters bikini top disappearing.

* One of the available looks for Brooke in ''VideoGame/HunieCamStudio'' is this, and is also what she wears in her eyecatch.

* In ''VisualNovel/FragmentsNote'', Kazuhide talks Mischa into doing this for Yukiha.
* One of the costumes the player can make Sonico wear in Sonicomi is a naked apron. It's an all ages game, though, so it comes with panties. It's actually a bowdlerized version of a costume worn in one of the official illustrations, which had a thong in place of the panties. Taken even further with an official figure based on the illustration, in which the panties are removable for full effect, [[{{Fanservice}} though so is the apron itself]].

* ''Webcomic/KarinDou4koma'': Used by Mifi in one strip in a planned Valentine's Day gimmick for Elza, and together with Aiina in two others as part of a LysistrataGambit against Elza.
* ''Webcomic/MenageA3'' seems quite fond of the trope for both sexes:
** [=DiDi=] [[{{Fanservice}} pulls]] this off [[DistractedByTheSexy quite distractingly]], starting with strip #431 (March 28, 2011, NSFW).
** Peggy employs one while trying to make Zii jealous over Sonya (strip #835, January 09, 2014, NSFW).
%%** See also the entries for the SpinOff ''comic Webcomic/StickyDillyBuns''.
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* Seen briefly in [[http://www.sinfest.net/view.php?date=2008-08-17 the second panel]] of a ''Webcomic/{{Sinfest}}'' strip.
* The strip of ''Webcomic/{{Springiette}}'' titled [[http://www.springiette.net/strips/Awkwarse "Awkwarse"]].

* ''Webcomic/GirlGenius'': The Foglios prove that the effect can be achieved [[http://www.girlgeniusonline.com/comic.php?date=20150701#.WSfyi-vytdg even when the subject is fully clothed]].

* ''Webcomic/TwoKinds'': Done by Kathrin in [[http://twokinds.keenspot.com/archive.php?p=622 this strip]]. Notable due to [[InnocentFanserviceGirl Kathrin]] usually wearing even ''less'' -- with the addition of this trope to her catalog, Kat is rapidly becoming [=TwoKinds=]' [[MsFanservice premier fanservice model]].
-->[[AltText "Strange how wearing an apron can seem more revealing than nothing at all."]]

* [[http://cheezburger.com/3294059776 This Demotivational Poster]].

* This outfit appears on Gerald's mother in the ''WesternAnimation/PerfectHairForever'' episode "Woke Up Drunk".
* ''WesternAnimation/StevenUniverse'''s Bismuth wears only a blacksmith apron and LongPants, [[NonhumansLackAttributes though this is less provocative than it sounds]]. An animation error briefly has the pants colored the same as her skin, making it seem like the apron was her only clothing.

* In a character special in the ''Manga/{{Bleach}}'' manga, Kon goes around interviewing characters around Urahara Shoten. He winds up skipping the interview with Tessai (large, muscular guy) after finding him putting on his trademark apron... with nothing on underneath.

* This happens in episode 15 of ''Anime/TheWallflower'', in which Noi (while under the influence of a pirate ghost) hallucinates Takenaga cooking her dinner in nothing but a pink frilly apron.
* ''Anime/KamisamaKazoku'': Shortly after the example above in the female section, we see Samataro's father (a.k.a. God) wearing a naked apron too. Of course, [[FanDisservice this isn't as nice a sight as the previous example]].

* The first chapter of ''Oku-san's Daily Fantasies'' involves the titular character being "forced" into wearing one by Sudou.

* In the chapter six extra of manga, ''Apron de Choushoku wo'', "house husband" Shirakawa capitulates under his partner's constant requests to wear a naked apron and proceeds to grant his wish as a birthday gift.
* In the manga, ''Love Kitchen'', Dr Kurusu is loaned an android robot, Sakuya, to help him with his household chores. Sakuya's standard uniform is a naked apron.

* On White Day, in volume two, chapter one of the manga, ''Love Stage'', Rei wears nothing but a plaid apron for his lover Shougo. Rei tries to prepare snacks for him before they're both so distracted that food becomes the last thing on their mind.
* In chapter four of the manga, ''Koisuru Omocha'', famous author Aonuma, demands that his eager-to-please editor, Sawai, clean his home wearing nothing but an apron. The starstruck Sawai has no choice but to comply, thinking that Aonuma is asking him for "research" purposes. In chapter seven of the same manga, a house husband, Makoto, is caught by his lover Kazuma wearing nothing but a T-shirt and an apron.
* A teenage heir, Yukitaka, demands that his 22-year-old butler, Munukata, perform his household duties consisting of a maid uniform in chapter seven of the manga, ''Kimi De Oboreta Ato Wa''. Munukata is embarrassed and highly reluctant, but his professional pride makes him determined to please his master. When Yukitaka tells Munukata he likes seeing him in erotic outfits, the obliging butler takes the initiative to order a frilly apron online and only wears a matching g-string and knee high pantyhose and suspenders underneath.
* In chapter 5 of manga, ''Twin's Labyrinth'', Ren wears a naked apron for his lover's birthday, although it doesn't remain on for very long.
* In the last chapter of ''Barairo Mitsubachi'', a new school teacher, Aoi, accuses his benefactor, Kazoumoi, of being a "dirty old man" when the latter fondles him as he's cooking dinner. Aoi is wearing an apron at the time and Kazoumoi promises to show him what being a "dirty old man" is really about. In the next frame, a protesting and embarrassed Aoi has been completely stripped of his clothes under his apron.
* In the last chapter of ''Ashita mo Tanin'', the protagonist Akio's new boss, Tsukada, suggests that he wear an apron to express his feelings for his childhood friend-turned-lover, Ryousuke. Akio wears an apron with underwear underneath and welcomes Ryousuke home from work. An excited Ryousuke strips Akio of his briefs and completely loses control and later tells Akio to never ask his boss for love advice again.
* In one-shot manga, ''Love Sweat'', school art club member Yuu wears a naked apron whenever he paints in his dorm room because he doesn't want to dirty his clothes. Shouji, who shares a dorm room with him, is left completely flustered.
* In the one-shot manga, ''Itoshii, to Iu Koto'', a company supervisor goes to check on the health of one of his junior staff, who is off work sick. He begins to prepare a meal for his kouhai and puts on an apron, when his trousers and underwear are stripped from his body.
* Isshiki from ''Manga/FoodWars'' wears just an apron back at the dorm as one of his default outfits. The others are a {{Fundoshi}} for yard-work, and a very elegant suit-and-tie for when he has to [[LetsGetDangerous get serious.]]
* In one chapter of ''Manga/MeruPuri'', Aram, after forgetting the magical ring that ages his clothes up with him, is forced by Airi to wear an apron after his aging curses activates.

* The male version happens in ''Film/FreeEnterprise''.
* Also in ''Theatre/MammaMia'', where it's not obvious until the character turns around and walks away. According to some commentary online, the actor did this on his own as a prank.

* Appears as a FunnyBackgroundEvent in the second ''[[Film/TheNakedGun Naked Gun]]'' movie.
* In an infamous scene in the classic Creator/WoodyAllen film ''Film/{{Sleeper}}'', at one point protagonist Miles Monroe finds himself in an apartment where some gay men live. Enter the butler, clad only in an apron.

* Shown in a montage during ''Film/TheFiveYearEngagement''. Creator/JasonSegel is serving Creator/EmilyBlunt a homemade breakfast in a long sleeve shirt and an apron. We assume he is fully clothed but he turns around to show his behind to the camera and his on-screen fiancé.

* In an episode of ''Series/ThirdRockFromTheSun'', Harry decided that clothes were a scam and spent the episode naked. He decided to put on an apron while frying... bacon or something, but frequently had to turn around, exposing his back to the grease. He turned back very fast.

* ''Series/{{Fringe}}'': In "Back to Where You've Never Been", Peter has a dream that he is back home, which includes his father wearing nothing but an apron while making him breakfast.
* Happens in the ''Series/MidsomerMurders'' episode "Destroying Angel". Barnaby arrives to question a middle-aged, male suspect only to find him doing a spot of baking wearing nothing but an apron.

* Creator/MontyPython did this in one of their live performances during the "Sit on My Face" number.

* The Store Clerk in ''Ironsword: VideoGame/WizardsAndWarriors II'' wears nothing under his green apron. (Well, actually he may be wearing clothes the same color as his skin due to palette limitations, but he sure ''looks'' naked.)

* ''Webcomic/GroovyKinda'', around midway there's [[spoiler: 15 y.o. Jacob for Anya.]]

* ''Webcomic/{{Freefall}}'': The [[http://freefall.purrsia.com/ff3100/fc03037.htm morning after]] Florence and Winston move in together, they both {{Invoke|dTrope}} this independently of each other. Just because they're still navigating all the implications of their InterspeciesRomance doesn't mean they can't put on a bit of a show for each other. Albeit Winston keeps undies since he doesn't have a tail to help his modesty.

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* Hungary from ''Manga/AxisPowersHetalia'' seems to be wearing one when she and Taiwan go check on her land's [[HotSpringsEpisode famous hot springs.]]

* ''Manga/GirlsBravo''

* ''LightNovel/HaiyoreNyarkoSan'': There's an official figurine of Nyarko decked out this way; while she hasn't done it in-series yet, [[ShamelessFanserviceGirl it's exactly the kind of thing she WOULD do]] if she thought it would score her points with her LoveInterest Mahiro.
** Episode 4 of the ''Haiyoru! Nyaruani'' series is titled "Mahiro's First Naked Apron", but actually doesn't contain anything of the sort; instead it's about [[MakesJustAsMuchSenseInContext Mahiro's goldfish growing human legs after he entrusted it to Cuko's care]].

* PlayedForLaughs in ''Manga/GourmetGirlGraffiti''. When Akira told Ryou Kirin maybe staying with her in the weekends in episode[=/=]chapter 1, Ryou said her cooking may not be good enough for Kirin. Akira said any problems with cooking can be made up by this trope.

* ''Manga/MahouSenseiNegima''
** Konoka Konoe, being one of the more maternal girls, does show up once in this. It's invoked again later, as a part of [[spoiler:Setsuna's Cosmo Entelechia a.k.a. the world she wants the most: she fantasizes about Konoka cooking for her in this, which shocks Negi and embarrasses Poyo when they find out.]].
** Haruna is definitely going for the look, although she's wearing a bikini underneath it.
** Fate's followers Homura and Shirabe try this look to impress Fate in Volume 0. [[spoiler: They fail miserably.]]

* ''Manga/SoulEater''

* The three heroines of ''Manga/ZettaiKarenChildren'' unleash a school-swimsuit-under-apron variation on their supervisor Minamoto. [[HilarityEnsues Freakout Ensues]].

* ''Webcomic/AxisPowersHetalia'' fanfic ''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/12023508/1/Kaitō-Kokoro Kaitō Kokoro]]'': Feliciano has nothing but an apron on once while cooking breakfast. Let's just say Kiku isn't hungry for the food.

Compare and contrast TheissTitillationTheory, BodyPaint, GodivaHair, SceneryCensor, {{Sideboob}}, {{Stripperiffic}}, BarelyThereSwimwear, ToplessnessFromTheBack, VaporWear.

* In ''Film/FrenchTwist''), Victoria Abril's character is seen wearing an apron while otherwise naked. It's a turn-on both for her husband and her ButchLesbian girlfriend.

* In ''Gazon Maudit'' (released in Britain as ''French Twist''), Victoria Abril's character is seen wearing an apron while otherwise naked. It's a turn-on both for her husband and her butch lesbian girlfriend.

* ''Manga/NininGaShinobuden'' has this in episode 11, when Sasuke [[HostileShowTakeover takes over the show]] and turns it into an UnwantedHarem. Kaede's mom is wearing only an apron.

* Shown in a strip of the ''Anime/MagicalGirlLyricalNanoha'' FanWebcomic ''A's Nano'' where costume changes are discussed.

* ''Manga/RanmaOneHalf''

** Ukyō, one of Ranma's suitors, wears it at the beginning of the second ''Ranma ½'' NonSerialMovie (subtitled ''Nihao My Concubine'' in the U.S.). Partly justified in that she ''is'' a cook by profession, she was cooking at the time, and she was wearing a bikini-bottom underneath -- they were at the beach.

* In ''Webcomic/{{Freefall}}'', Florence decides on a bit of Furry Fanservice for Winston the morning after she moves in ([[http://freefall.purrsia.com/ff3100/fc03035.htm Strip 3035]]), with Winston repaying the favor two strips later, albeit in undies since he doesn't have a tail to help his modesty.

* In ''Webcomic/GrrlPower'', alien succubus Dabbler apparently regards this, rather predictably, as normal wear for cooking (and the apron has a risqué slogan on it) -- though before the fact is revealed, she has been persuaded to at least start wearing panties. (Even though they are black, lacy and rather small.)

** Also, several of the men (and Harem) have lined up chairs [[MaleGaze so they can watch]]. Anvil, however, is just there for the cookies.

* {{Cl|oudcuckoolander}}ear from ''VisualNovel/DramaticalMurder'' does this while cooking breakfast for [[CloudCuckooLandersMinder "Master" Aoba]]. Hilariously, Clear is still wearing his {{gas mask|LongCoat}} despite being naked (aside from the apron, of course).

* ''VideoGame/WorldOfWarcraft'' has a similar look when equipping a tabard (and optionally a belt) with nothing underneath it. Notably, since tabards (unlike most armor) aren't damaged when you die, this is used to give some semblance of dignity to "corpse runs". However, since you do not lose your gear when you die, and anything you have in your bags is also damaged when you die, the practicality of this is somewhat suspect. It also makes you look NAKEDER, since the tabard looks accident prone, and covers your underwear. For Double Points: there is actually a tabard that is explicitly an [[http://www.wowhead.com/item=86468/apron Apron]], it's part of a cooking set including a frying pan and a rolling pin.

* ''Webcomic/{{Freefall}}'': The [[http://freefall.purrsia.com/ff3100/fc03037.htm morning after]] Florence and Winston move in together, they both {{Invoke|dTrope}} this independently of each other. Just because they're still navigating all the implications of their InterspeciesRomance doesn't mean they can't put on a bit of a show for each other.

* In ''Manga/ShokugekiNoSoma'', this is Satoshi's most common outfit, though he very rarely gets scolded for it probably because he is an elite chef in the most prestigious cooking school of the world.

* Isshiki from ''Manga/FoodWars'' has this as one of his default outfits. The others are a {{Fundoshi}} for yard-work, and a very elegant suit-and-tie for when he has to [[LetsGetDangerous get serious.]]

* In ''Manga/ShokugekiNoSoma'', this is Satoshi's most common outfit, though he very rarely gets scolded for it probably because he is an elite chef in the most prestigious cooking school of the world.

* In ''VisualNovel/YuNo'', Takuya encounters [[spoiler:a CuteMute girl named Sayless and they begin living together]]. The girl wears nothing but an apron while making food, in a scene that marks how close they've become. Later, she stops wearing it once [[spoiler:their kid is born]], which Takuya is slightly disappointed by.

** DiDi [[{{Fanservice}} pulls]] this off [[DistractedByTheSexy quite distractingly]], starting with strip #431 (March 28, 2011, NSFW).

* Done in [[http://twokindscomic.com/images/6thBirthday.jpg an anniversary image]] from ''Webcomic/TwoKinds''. With the addition of this trope to her catalog, Kat is rapidly becoming ''Two Kinds''[='=] premier fanservice model.

* Shown in a montage during ''Film/TheFiveYearEngagement''. Creator/JasonSegel is serving Creator/EmilyBlunt a homemade breakfast in a long sleeve shirt and an apron. We assume he is fully clothed but he turns around to show his behind to the camera and his on-screen fiance.

** PetHomosexual Dillon wears one as a favour for his friend Zii (strip #154, May 22, 2009, NSFW).

* Io of the Amazons makes armor for Franchise/WonderWoman. She wears a leather blacksmith's apron but not a shirt (or bra) under it. She still wears pants so it's not a literal example of NakedApron, but it's close.

** Also, several of the men (and [[BiTheWay Harem]]) have lined up chairs [[MaleGaze so they can watch]]. Anvil, however, is just there for the cookies.

* Isshiki from ''Manga/ShokugekiNoSoma'' has this as one of his default outfits. The others are a {{Fundoshi}} for yard-work, and a very elegant suit-and-tie for when he has to [[LetsGetDangerous get serious.]]

* ''Webcomic/GroovyKinda, around midway there's [[spoiler: 15 y.o. Jacob for Anya.]]

* A bizarre example in ''Series/Roseanne''; the end of one episode parodies porn videos and has Roseanne, Jackie and Nancy dressed in blonde wigs and pink waitress outfits all surround a patron before the scene [[SexyDiscretionShot dissolving into static]]. It then cuts the patron wearing one of their aprons while cleaning out the grease trap.